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"The Flame in the Flood" Game
"The Flame in the Flood" Game (2016). A roguelike survival adventure video game by Curve Digital / The Molasses Flood. Developed by The Molasses Flood, Curve Digital.
October 5, 2017 Upd: December 29, 2020
"The Flame in the Flood" is a roguelike survival adventure video game by The Molasses Flood and Curve Digital, developed by The Molasses Flood and Curve Digital.
Here are "The Flame in the Flood" video game trailer, gameplay, features, release date and everything we know so far.
Is there a trailer for The Flame in the Flood?
Nintendo on Thursday, October 05, 2017 released the trailer for "The Flame in the Flood" you can watch here:
The Flame in the Flood Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch.
The Flame in the Flood Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch | October 05, 2017
The Flame in the Flood: Complete Edition - Launch Trailer | PS4 | January 17, 2017
The Flame in the Flood: Complete Edition | Announce Trailer | PS4 | December 02, 2016
What are The Flame in the Flood gameplay features?
Here is a short review of "The Flame in the Flood" video game gameplay features.
The player character is a young girl referred to as Scout. Her companion is a dog (named either Aesop or Daisy) who can sense danger and locate supplies. Scout uses a raft to traverse a large river, the result of an apocalyptic flood which has turned the land into a series of islands. The player must pay attention to Scout's needs such as her energy, thirst, hunger, and warmth, and not paying attention to them can result in death. Like other roguelikes, death is permanent, although the player can restart at predetermined checkpoints along the river if they are playing in Campaign mode. There is a crafting system allowing the player to create new items. Players will need to scavenge areas for valuable items. Factors such as the weather impact the gameplay. Players are able to create insulated clothing to protect them from the cold. One of the developers referred to it as a "travelling survival game".
The player must try to survive a river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America.
When is The Flame in the Flood game release date?
"The Flame in the Flood" video game release date was scheduled to be on February 24, 2016 (international), on January 17, 2017 (international) and on October 12, 2017 (international) published by Curve Digital and The Molasses Flood.
What are The Flame in the Flood game specifications?
The Flame in the Flood is a single-player video game.
The Flame in the Flood uses Unreal Engine engine.
The Flame in the Flood is available for the following platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
"The Flame in the Flood" video game is rated "T", according to the ESRB video game rating system, and "PEGI 16", according to the PEGI video game rating system.
Where to buy and download The Flame in the Flood video game?
More information on where to buy and download "The Flame in the Flood" video game, also reviews of gameplay features and game requirements you can get on the following websites.
"The Flame in the Flood" video game official website:
themolassesflood.com/the-flame-in-the-flood
The Flame in the Flood buy and download:
"The Flame in the Flood" video game for Steam
"The Flame in the Flood" video game for PlayStation
"The Flame in the Flood" video game for Xbox
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Your Entrelac Tote came out great! I really want to do that one, but the list of want-to-do is very long.
I admire your work for CIC. You've done a great job on your Olympic projects. Congratulations!
Love all your finished projects. Great work as always!!! The entrelac turned out really well. Do you think you might do entrelac again?
Great job!! Love the tote. Entrelac is so intriquing ... it is on my list of things to do. Congrats on the CIC mitts ... Woo-WHOO!
Love your CIC mitts. The crochet looks very pretty and, most important, very warm.
I don't think we (the CIC_Knit List) are going to have any trouble hitting the 150 goal for mitts, do you?
Your projects look great. I love your Entrelac Tote, and hope to try your crochet mitts pattern soon!
Good Job, Suzie. I love the entrelac tote and thanks for the warning. I love the way it looks, but working in ends is my absolute worst knitting task. I think I will just learn to like other people's totes!
Nice bag -- and congrats on finishing three times. I alas, didn't finish at all.
Love your Entrelac Tote - especially the color combination and contrast!! Isn't Entrelac fun, once you learn it?
Wow, great job! The tote looks magnificent. Love the scarf and mitts too.
Great work. Entrelac is one of the techniques I hope to try soon.


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The Far End of the Lakes: Designing Resilient Habitat on the St. Louis River at Lake Superior
Kevin Bunch
The US Army Corps of Engineers hopes to use dredged materials for another project in the northwest end of the Great Lakes basin. By providing foraging and nesting habitat for piping plover birds in the St. Louis River Area of Concern on the west end of Lake Superior, project partners are working to design and build a resilient and stable shoreline to restore habitat for the endangered birds.
Predatory piping plovers are a major control on insect and crustacean populations on beaches, and serve as an indicator species for scientists to determine how healthy and clean an ecosystem is, according to the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology. The species has been threatened by habitat loss due to shoreline development throughout its habitat zones and is listed as endangered by the United States and Canada.
A mother piping plover with her chicks. Credit: Kaiti Titherington/US Fish and Wildlife Service
The project's partners include the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA,) US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). It's still in the design phase, but the most suitable location has been identified as a degraded beach within the WDNR's bird sanctuary, near the federal navigation channel at the Duluth-Superior Harbor, according to Amanda Meyer, project manager with the USACE Detroit District. Part of the plan to remove the St. Louis River from the list of Areas of Concern is to restore more nesting habitat for the plover, Meyer said, which will contribute to a goal set by the USFWS of 150 nesting pairs throughout the Great Lakes.
The USACE plans to use dredged materials from the harbor to widen the beach, giving piping plovers space to forage and nest. The harbor needs to be dredged to allow commercial shipping to continue, and since that sand isn't contaminated, reusing it to create habitat nearby is considered a good opportunity, according to the project website. The USACE plans to add cobble to attract the birds and patches of dune grasses to stabilize the shoreline and provide cover. Erosion or deposition is possible while the beach is stabilizing, and Meyer said the final design will include a plan for longer-term maintenance and management actions to keep plover nesting habitat healthy. The final beach design is expected to hold together and remain healthy in high- and low-water periods along the Lake Superior shore.
Besides the benefits to shipping, building out the beach is expected to improve resiliency along that section of the waterfront. The dredged materials should stabilize the remaining beach and broader shoreline, reduce erosion and help protect existing habitat from waves and high water events. Part of the design phase is determining if the USACE needs to construct anything else to best protect the shoreline from erosion.
Meyer said the design phase is expected to wrap up in the spring of 2019, and pending permits and construction funds, the dredged materials, cobble and dune grasses are targeted to be placed later in 2019 or 2020. At this point, she said construction is expected to cost US$2-3 million via the Area of Concern program in the US Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
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When taking out a business energy contract, there's always a small chance that something may not go smoothly. In the event that you are left dissatisfied with the quality of service that you've received, it's important that your business energy supplier has the processes in place to handle your complaint and seek out a timely resolution.
Below, we take a look at the best way to complain to your business energy supplier, and what to do if they do not handle your complaint adequately.
If you need to make a complaint, you should consider making initial contact with your supplier's customer service department directly and in writing. For the contact details of your supplier, see the table below.
Please note: By keeping all essential communication in writing (either email or letter), you can record all of your correspondence over the matter, which can be used for future reference, if required.
When you first write to your supplier and bring the issue to their attention, they have 14-days to respond, but in most cases they will respond sooner than this. In the event that your supplier takes more than 14-days to respond to your initial complaint, you should escalate the issue to the CEO. Again, it's best to do so in writing and record the date that the issue was escalated. Once the issue has been escalated, your supplier will have an additional 14-days to respond to you.
The Energy Ombudsman will run an independent review of your issue and arrive at a ruling that all parties must adhere to.
If you aren't happy with the level of service you're receiving from your supplier, or you're unsatisfied with their complaint handling process, then one solution is to switch suppliers when you're able to do so. Remember, when looking for a new deal on your business energy, price shouldn't be your sole motivation. You should also consider the level of service that you're likely to receive in the event that something does go wrong.


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Mayor of London Boris Johnson keen to make Formula E race annual event
By Luke SmithJun 26, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
LONDON – Mayor of London Boris Johnson has expressed his desire to bring an FIA Formula E race to the city every year after trying out one of the cars ahead of this weekend's season finale.
Johnson played a pivotal role in securing an ePrix in London's Battersea Park, which will play host to two races this weekend as the inaugural Formula E campaign comes to a close.
In an entertaining publicity event on Friday, Johnson got behind the wheel of the Spark-Renault SRT_01E car for a lap of the circuit, running behind a safety car.
Speaking to reporters just minutes after getting out of the car, the Mayor spoke about the experience and praised series CEO Alejandro Agag for his involvement in setting up the championship.
"It was amazing, amazing!" Johnson said. "I thought I hit a squirrel at one stage but he was quite nimble.
"It's a wonderful event for London and I congratulate Formula E and Alejandro for everything they've done.
"Wandsworth [council] have played a blinder in getting it here in Battersea and let's make sure we have it every year."
Johnson also praised the series for the way in which it publicizes electric vehicles, believing it to embody the bid to make London a greener city and reduce carbon emissions.
"What it showcases is our drive to get low carbon vehicles on the street," Johnson said.
"We're going to have an ultra-low emission zone in the heart of the city by 2020, taxis by 2018, buses are some of the greenest in the world and it's part of our campaign to get London electric."
This weekend's race in London is the first motorsport event in the capital in over 40 years, and it is shaping up to be one of the highlights of the inaugural Formula E season as one of six drivers is crowned champion.
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As usual, all of your magic hands hocus pocus means nothing if the patient cannot keep the improvements between visits. Here are 5 ways to self-treat the cervical spine.
Don't think double chin, think triple chin!
I saw her just this past summer for a completely different condition, the first thing she showed me was the lack of a double chin, she was so happy the chin tucks tightened everything up!
it's the too simple to work for many upper quarter problems self-treatment!


The first country we had gone to, was the United Kingdom, which is represented by England this time around (for the uninitiated, the United Kingdom has actually four different independent football associations, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and is looking for its first title since 1966. We started out with the classic Sunday Roast Dinner, with a rotisserie chicken, roast potatoes, leeks and carrots, before rounding it off with some delicious Chocolate Chip Chocolate Scones.
…but the ultimate hit was the Apple Sharlotka dessert, which is somewhere between a cake, a pancake, with apple pieces and just to die for!
Mexico has been a staple in the World Cups of the past few years (or rather decades, since they only happen every 4 years) and during the making of their kitchen staple of Chicken Quesadillas Nico baffled us with his kitchen skills, including cutting bell peppers, and he ate at least two of the four ingredients we used to make them, lol, so at least a partial success.
Record world champion Brazil, 5-time winner overall, has been one of the biggest successes and surprises of the whole "Around the World 12 Dishes" series, with what Nico calls "yellow chicken", which in fact was Brazilian Curry Chicken, since it had ginger and curry in it, but he loved it!
Korea has been a regular participant at the World Cups, yet with very limited success. Thankfully our Beef Bulgogi was a hit with us, while Nico didn't want to try it, as usual.
Always a very talented squad, but in the end never quite living up to their potential, Portugal's dish fared way better. Both Nico and myself loved our Pao Doce (Sweet Bread), which actually reminded me of brioche-like breads from my own childhood!
Do you cook with your kids? Share your posts with the hashtag #MKBKidsCook !
Valerie grew up in Quebec, while Alex is originally from Germany. They now live in Calgary, Canada, with their energetic son Nico. Nico loves to bake and cook, though usually doesn't eat what he makes! They hope you will be able to find inspiration at their blog Glittering Muffins and that you can use some of the ideas to do yourself, with and for your kids and maybe put your own spin on it. Alex is also an avid football fan.


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Film Review: Jason Wise (Director), Somm 3
Journal of Wine Economics
Vol. 15, Issue 4, Pages 422-426
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Robert Stavins
A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development
This is the third in a trilogy of documentaries about the wine world from Jason Wise. The first—Somm, a marvelous film which I reviewed for this Journal in 2013 (Stavins, 2013)–followed a group of four thirty-something sommeliers as they prepared for the exam that would permit them to join the Court of Master Sommeliers, the pinnacle of the profession, a level achieved by only 200 people globally over half a century. The second in the series—Somm: Into the Bottle—provided an exploration of the many elements that go into producing a bottle of wine. And the third—Somm 3—unites its predecessors by combining information and evocative scenes with a genuine dramatic arc, which may not have you on pins and needles as the first film did, but nevertheless provides what is needed to create a film that should not be missed by oenophiles, and many others for that matter.
Stavins, Robert N. "Film Review: Jason Wise (Director), Somm 3." Review of Journal of Wine Economics, 15.4, November 2020: 422-426.


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Q: How can I use arrays in bash? I'm trying this in 16.04 but it is not working. Taken from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8880633/2771043.
Edit: Apparently this works if you copy and past it to a terminal but not on a script file. How do I get it to work the same way on a .sh file?
declare -a arr=("element1" "element2" "element3")

for i in "${arr[@]}"
do
   echo "$i"
done

I get
old.sh: 2: old.sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

If I take out the brackets, I get
old.sh: 2: old.sh: declare: not found
old.sh: 5: old.sh: Bad substitution

A: It works if you add the crunchbang line at the head end of the script to force the shell interpreter to use the bash syntax, and not default to the old sh syntax. (It works for me also without the crunchbang line, but for many reasons it is a good idea to use a crunchbang line.)
I created the file arraytest.
#!/bin/bash

declare -a arr=("element1" "element2" "element3")

for i in "${arr[@]}"
do
   echo "$i"
done

Then I made it executable and executed it.
chmod ugo+x arraytest

$ ./arraytest
element1
element2
element3

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My grandson's teachers birthday is next Wednesday and he wanted me to make her a box. I was sending him pics yesterday until he finally decided on this style. I'm pleased with how it turned out.
Wow! That is Gorgeous. Great paper choices too. Love it.
You are JUST pleased??????????I would be ecstatic, it is so beautiful she will be blown away! The colors are sensational together and the rose on top is gorgeous!! Keep those creative juices flowing!!
Super gorgeous and so unique! Love it!
Hi Nana!This is GORGEOUS!Stunning!Beautiful!WOW!!!I love it!just to update you...LOL...my Bday is in June...LOL...it really is beautiful!
Oh wow! How cute is this? Love the sweet papers you used and the flower on top - simply adorable!
I absolutely love this Nana, I got one for my birthday from Karen--- This is the coolest cut ever -- I am really tempted to get a machine that cuts SVG's-- I would love to have this file-- and be able to cut it.
Nana, this is beautiful. I love all the inking to highlight the panels. Perfect choice on the papers!
WOW, Nana, this is gorgeous!! I love the beautiful design and the papers you used!! The flower is stunning!! What an fabulous gift!!
Wow Nana, this is gorgeous, I like the papers you have used.
This is BEAUTIFUL!!!! Love the design and papers! Wowza!
So pretty!The flower makes it!
Such a great cupcake box! Love the papers !
I LOVE this cupcake!!! One of my favorite 3d projects!!
Yours turned out gorgeous!! Great papers and colors!! LOVE the flower on top!
This is amazing! You are so super creative. I would never be this imaginative. Great job!
OMG, I love it!!! Your box is amazing and turned out great! She will absolutely love this special box!
Oh, how cute is this---great little box and the flower on top looks so pretty!


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PRICE STYLEZ - "NC-17"
Boston is definitely in the house with this one! Price Stylez has a crazy flow that will have you hanging on each and every word on his latest single "NC-17", smoothly produced by Jakk Wonders. This is the first single from the upcoming "BlackMassEP" so be sure to stay tuned for that because at least to me this is the type of Hip Hop shit I love to blast with the volume turned way the fuck up! NC-17 by Price Stylez
In case Price Stylez is new to you be sure to check out his excellent 2015 project "Masterpiece Theater: The Mixtape Vol. 1" where he gets busy over a selection of classic beats and a few originals. I got a feeling this cat is about to blow... just you wait!
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[Album] TRIBE OF JUDAH - "Organically Grown"
Producer and emcee Tokyo Cigar has been a dedicated friend of me and The Lost Tapes blog for years and we worked together with Mal Moe on "The Uprising" (check that out if you've been sleeping). Tokyo has a great ear for dope sounds, and is heavily influenced by the Hip Hop he grew up around, which gives his music a Golden Age touch without sounding outdated or rehashed as he incorporates different styles, instrumentations and samples that gives his special brand of East Coast tinged boom bap a unique vibe that's unmistakably his own. As I mentioned up top, Tokyo is a friend, but trust me when I say that I wouldn't post his stuff unless I thought it was of very high quality, and whatever he drops usually are.
The latest project he's been working on is producing the album "Organically Grown" for Maryland duo Tribe Of Judah, and it is a heavy hitter to say the least. The current line-up of the group are emcees Sincere and La Sin and the album is completely produced by Tokyo Cigar. Around 2014 Tokyo was working on an album with Hell Razah (which sadly remains unreleased although a couple of those joints can be heard on "The Uprising") and it was Razah who suggested Tokyo hook up with Tribe since he knew them and liked what they were doing, as well as they all being from Maryland he figured it could make for some great music, which it certainly did. The group originally begun as a 5 man unit but has been paired down to Sincere and La Sin since a few years back. "Organically Grown" is actually their official debut album. The last producer they worked with before was Black Jeruz and they have worked with Wu Syndicate and even had meetings with RZA and others of the Wu Elementz. Considering how smashing their new LP is it will most deifnitely be interesting to see what the future holds for this skilled group.
As Tokyo tells it about the creation of the album: "Sincere and I linked up and began building then we met and choppd it up about the album. I made beats and and went back and changed stuff a couple of times. Then they came to the crib and we recorded the whole thing. I sat on it for a few months then changed a few things and did the final tweaks and mixing then BOOM thats the album haha".. So there you have it, press play and let the hardcore beats and well written and well spoken rhymes wash over you. And be sure to keep an eye open for more material from The Tribe in a near future. Released independently through Tokyo's own Gravity Academy imprint, which means you can purchase a High Quality download through his Bandcamp and you can of course also stream it befor you hit the purchase button... TURN IT UP!!
Organically Grown by Tribe Of Judah
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[Comp] RZA as BOBBY DIGITAL - "Pre-In Stereo"
Following up my article on the merits of RZA's 1998 solo debut "In Stereo" on GeeStreet/V2, I decided to put together a compilation highlighting the transforation of Bobby Steels to Bobby Digital on wax as we was able to hear it. As I mentioned in the article, although it might have sounded like that to many of us at the time, the stripped down sound of RZA's digitized orchestra wasn't born out of thin ear but was something The Abbot was slowly perfecting deep down in his basement studios, only letting out small pieces at a time for heads to show up before letting the whole album touch down in late '98, following up Method Man's "Tical 2000: Judgement Day" and Cappadonna's "The Pillage". To me it's very close to a personal classic and a stronger LP than either of the aforementioned projects - it is also the only solo album by RZA that I think really shows how dope he really is as an artist. The close-to-sample free sonic enviroment created through a multiplex of keyboards and synthesizers that could come close to the sound of a 19 piece orchestra. A brilliant mix of the digital and the analog, and to top it all off it was a well put together concept album - telling the story of the superhero Bobby Digital and his struggles in the Americna ghetto. As "Wu-Tang Forever" and songs like "Sunshower" pointed our RZA was preparing an intense project full of wisdom and knowledge with lyrics touching on politics, 5% and Nation of Islam teachings, the art of war, and spirituality. This album was to be titled "The Cure" and has today taken on almost mythical proportions as the rapping producer realized he wasn't in the right mindstate to proudce such an important lyrical masterpiece. Instead he created the persona of Bobby Digital, mixing his own hectic upbring in the '70s and '80s with blaxploatation flicks and comic books in the creation of his very own superhero. In the masked character of Bobby Digital he was able to indulge in full misoginy, weapon fetishes, violence, drugs, and over the top movie scenarios.
85 percent of the LP was produced by RZA hismelf, with the exception of Inspectah Decks excellent, mystic Portishead sampling "Kiss Of A Black Widow" and the interlude "Airwaves" which really is RZA's verse stricty lifted from the Wake Up Show Anthem '99 twelve inch - the linear notes mistakenly credit King Tech as the prodcuer of "Love Jones" which is most likely wrong. RZA got a special, kind of ruff and rugged voice so he sure needs several guests and not too long a running time to create a poewerful vibe that never let the listener lose interest - and "In Stereo" is a front-to-back materpiece as long as you lose the four bonus tracks at the end.
Not couning the music on "Wu-Tang Forever" (where he first started using the digitial orchestra) there is at least 10 songs that is increasingly Bobby Digital joints, starting with the Hide-Out Remix to Method Man's "The Riddler" from 1996 and ending with "Cakes" by Bobby Digital and Kool Rap. Grab it below for a nice bite size of Bobby Digi Digi..
BOBBY DIGITAL - "STEREO OR MONO - ITS B.O.B.B.Y." (1998)
01. "Belly Of The Beast"
02."The Chase"
03. "The Riddler" [Bobby's Hide-Out Mix] (w. Method Man)
04. "Nurmeg" (w. Ghostface Killah)
05. "Windpipe" (w. Ol' DIrty Bastard & Ghostface Killah)
06. "Project Talk" (Ft. Beretta 9) [Interlude]
07. "Terrorist" [Director's Cut] (Ft. Black Knights & Killarmy)
08. "And Justice For All" (w. Method Man & Killarmy)
09. "Shaolin (6eme Chaundron)" (w. Arsenik)
10. "Cakes" (Ft Kool G Rap)
11. "Do You Hear The Bells" [So Called Freestyle]
12. "Bobby Digital Audio Interview: 'In Stereo Bonus Disc'"
BOBBY DIGITAL - "IN STEREO OR MONO.... It's B.o.B.B.Y." ('98)
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We had Allah with us; Eoin Morgan on winning Cricket World Cup 2019
The ICC World Cup 2019 ended on 14th July Sunday, at Lord's after seven weeks of excitement and exhilaration. England won the World Cup for the first time and ended New Zealand's dream run with a super-over victory in the World Cup finals.
The captain of the England team Eoin Morgan was asked by the journalists at the post match press conference after winning Cricket World Cup 2019:
Journalist: Do you think the luck of an Irishman got England over the line?
Eoin Morgan: We had Allah with us as well, I spoke to Adil, he said Allah was definitely with us, I said we had the rub of the green. It actually epitomises our team, it has quite diverse backgrounds and cultures and guys grow up in different countries and are at the stage of their career to actually find humour in the situation we were in at the time was pretty cool.
Muslim wrestler devoted his victory at the World Cup to Imam Shamil
Alhamdulillah – The Perfect Praise
Speak a good word or remain silent
Benefits of Tawheed (Allah's Oneness)
The Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) and helping the poor
The Status of Salah
How To Prepare For Ramadan – Are You Ready?


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Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle The Meteor of 20th Century Coinage
The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle is the most popular and recognizable coin in United States numismatics. The front and back of the coin, designed by the most preeminent American sculptor of the 19th Century, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, is a landmark in numismatic history. The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle series, minted between 1907 and 1933, is world-renowned as the most beautiful coin ever created by the United States, and, fittingly enough, the story behind its creation is dramatic. Gold investors should also be aware of this coin as owning it for its gold value may be an excellent way to add value to your investment portfolio.
The Most Expensive Coin Ever Auctioned in 2009
On December 8, 2009, a 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle became the most expensive coin sold at auction. It was the world's first $7.59 million coin in 2009. Another record has been set since then.
The King Farouk 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle
The 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle was the last year of the series. In 1933, an executive order stated forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States. The US Government also ordered all newly minted 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles to be melted, except two coins donated to the Smithsonian Institution. Several pieces surfaced from the 1930s through the 1950s, and most were confiscated and destroyed by the Secret Service. Then in 1996, an example that once belonged to King Farouk of Egypt turned up in the hands of British dealer Stephen Fenton. Secret Service agents confiscated the coin. After lengthy litigation, the US government legalized the coin, making it the only 1933 Double Eagle legal to own. The coin was sold raw (uncertified) at auction in 2002 for $7.59 million, to be offered again in June 2021 by Sotheby's, where it realized a world-record price of $18,872,250. The most expensive ever sold in a public auction, the coin has since been graded MS65 and encapsulated by PCGS.
When the rare 1907 Saint-Gaudens went to auction in 2014, it made headlines too. There were four experimental relief Double Eagles ($20 coins) minted in Philadelphia in 1907. A proof 67 (a perfect score is 70), high relief Double Eagle brought $222,300 at an auction on June 2, 2014.
If the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle stands out as looking different from many of the coins created the century before, it's because everything about it was a challenge to tradition. Through President Roosevelt's pure force of personality and will, it became the first coin designed by an artist outside the US Mint. Even the original design had to be modified after it was discovered that it took three blows of the press to bring the relief to the level of required sharpness. Later the design was somewhat modified by lowering the relief so that it could be reproduced without breaking the machinery. The relief was so high that the initial design called for a wire rim high enough to allow for even stacking of the coins. The initial date 1907 appeared in Roman numerals, MCMVII, as a kind of homage to the ancient coins that inspired it, though the Roman numerals were later dropped and exchanged with the traditional Arabic numerals. The motto IN GOD WE TRUST was not a part of the original design, owing to a personal preference from President Roosevelt. In 1908 Congress ordered the motto reinstated.
Still, since its inception, the Double Eagles of Augustus Saint-Gaudens began trading at a premium as soon as they hit the marketplace. Almost instinctively, the people of the early 20th Century sensed the classic nature of the designs; and that the design itself was conceived with the utmost care and consideration.
The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle series continued until 1933, which was the same year President Franklin Roosevelt confiscated that nation's gold, allowing only numismatic collectors to hold onto gold coins. Most of the coins of the middle series, between 1920 and 1930, were not circulated but kept in Treasury vaults; therefore, these dates tend to be in incredibly good condition. Some were shipped overseas in payment for international transactions. Many foreign governments and banks were not eager to return the coins to the United States and held onto them. The gold coins captured by the government during the recall of 1933 were melted. The US Mint sent two of the 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles to be kept at the Smithsonian Institute. Consequently, what would otherwise be high mintages, suddenly become scarce. It wasn't until after World War II that some countries, like Switzerland and Argentina, released large quantities of Double Eagles. Most of these released coins made it into the hands of numismatic collectors.
Today, the first of the series, the MCMVII issues, are available but are in great demand. There are about 20 Ultra High Relief MCMVII specimens and are quite a prize. The 1927-D has only 15 are known to exist. The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle has been a popular series since it was first minted in 1907. Holding any specimen from this amazing series of Double Eagles is an object of pride.
The History of the Double Eagle (President Roosevelt's "Pet Crime")
Augustus Saint-Gaudens was America's most prominent sculptor in the late 19th Century. He had a history with the old guard of the US Mint that dated back to the 1892 Columbian exposition in Chicago. Against Saint-Gaudens's wishes Charles Barber, Chief of the US Mint, added his design to the reverse of medal that Saint-Gaudens had designed for the exhibit. Saint-Gaudens had enough and avoided working with the Mint until 1905 when President Roosevelt commissioned Saint-Gaudens to create his inauguration medal. President Roosevelt and Saint-Gaudens knew each other. They were friends.
Having Saint-Gaudens create his inauguration metal was a shrewd maneuver by the President, who already began to think about his "pet crime." His "pet crime" was to have Saint-Gaudens design an entire set of new coinage. The idea percolated in Roosevelt's head for some time. Then, on December 27, 1904, he wrote to Leslie Mortier Shaw, the Secretary of the Treasury,
"I think the state of our coinage is artistically of atrocious hideousness. Would it be possible, without asking permission from Congress to employ a man like Saint-Gaudens to give us a coinage which would have some beauty? After all, this is the United States, we should have coinage that we're proud of."
Saint-Gaudens responded enthusiastically but conveyed reservations that Charles Barber would go along with the idea. Leaning forward with clinched fist pounding to the table to emphasize key points, Roosevelt forced the Mint to engage Saint-Gaudens. There were certain coins the President could commission without Congressional approval. Those were to redesign some of the coins which could be changed without the Congressional approval, the cent and the four gold coins that were issued at the time: the $2.50 Quarter Eagle, the $5 Half Eagle, the $10 Eagle, and the $20 Double Eagle. The top brass at the US Mint was offended. The entourage, led by the Chief Engraver Charles Barber, obstructed and resisted wherever possible; after all, no US coin had ever been designed by anyone other than a Mint employee.
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased with the way the medal turned out and wanted to commission Saint-Gaudens to create designs for the country's coinage. President Roosevelt wrote to Saint-Gaudens suggesting he create something along the lines of the high relief gold coins of Alexander the Great. Would it be well to have our coins in high relief, and also to have the rims raised? Roosevelt asked.
Saint-Gaudens replies,
"You have hit the nail on the head with regard to the coinage. Of course, the great coins, and you might say the only coins, are the Greek ones you speak of, just as the great medals are those of the fifteenth century by Pisani and Sperandie. Nothing could please me more than to make the attempt in the direction of the heads of Alexander, but the authorities on modern monetary requirements would I fear 'throw fits' to speak emphatically if the thing were done now. It would be great if it could be accomplished, and I do not see what the objection would be if the edges were high enough to prevent the rubbing. Perhaps an inquiry from you (Mr. President) would not receive the antagonistic reply from those who have the say in such matters that would certainly be said to me."
Correspondence continued between the two men until designs for the $10 Eagle and $20 Double Eagle were developed.
The Design of the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle
The obverse showed the figure of Lady Liberty walking towards us. She holds a torch in one hand and an olive branch in the other. The reverse is the sculpted eagle in flight against rays of sunlight. Earlier versions of the design had the date in Roman numerals below the flying eagle. The style was suggestive of the Art Deco movement which would begin 15 years later.
President Roosevelt loved the results of his "pet crime." He wasted no time in sharing pieces struck in high relief to his friends. In one letter that accompanied a brand new high relief MCMVII Double Eagle, he wrote that it is the best coin that has been struck for 2,000 years. President Roosevelt sought to create a majestic piece of gold coinage that would say more about the nation that issued them than any other coin previously struck at the US Mint.
The legacy of the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, and the sculptors who followed in his footsteps, is irrefutable. Augustus Saint-Gaudens and President Theodore Roosevelt set the precedence for talented artists, outside of the US Mint, to contribute to American coinage. On the heels of the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle came the Saint-Gaudens Indian Head Eagle, Vincent David Brenner's Lincoln penny, and the lesser-known but amazingly ingenious Indian Head Half Eagle and Quarter Eagle, both by Saint-Gaudens's protégé Bela Lyon Pratt. Still, the US Mint and its old guard mentality at the turn of the century held fast.
In 1915, Mint Superintendent Adam M. Joyce appeared in the Michigan Manufacturer said,
"…there is no thought of issuing new coins of the 50-cent, 25-cent, and 10-cent values. If, however, a change is made we all hope that more serviceable and satisfactory coins are produced than the recent Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle and the Eagle and the Pratt Half and Quarter Eagle. The Buffalo nickel and the Lincoln penny are also faulty from a practical standpoint. All resulted from the desire by the government to mint coins to the satisfaction of artists and not practical coiners."
Despite the "not practical" designs of the US coinage of the early 20th Century, they remain the most memorable and striking of US numismatic history.
Reuse of the Double Eagle Design
When the American Gold Bullion program started in 1986, Saint-Gaudens's design for the Double Eagle was used for the obverse with two stars added (recognizing the admission of Alaska and Hawaii) next to the two added by Barber in 1912.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens had designed a masterpiece, but he didn't live to see the final result. Saint-Gaudens died the same year he finished sculpting the final work. His final gesture was etching his initials into the back of the 1907 plaster cast. The Mint, using the best technology at the time, made several attempts to produce 1907 MCMVII as the artist conceived it. The Mint had to make compromises to produce Saint-Gaudens's Double Eagle in the quantities needed for circulation.
The 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin
Finally, manufacturing technology caught up to the artist's vision. By 2008, the US Mint had transitioned to digital technology completely changing the way a coin is made. The acting Mint Director was Edmund C. Moy sent a memo to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson seeking approval to mass-produce the 1907 Double Eagle just as Augustus Saint-Gaudens intended. Naturally, Paulson approved the project.
As the Mint released a 2009 version of the Ultra High Relief Double Eagle, this time perfected by advancements in modern technology, acting Mint Director Edmund C. May said, few things are more a part of our everyday lives than our coinage; it is part of what defines America. That is what Saint-Gaudens illustrated so well. His 1907 Double Eagle tells the rich story of the Nation at the turn of the century and what it aspired to be.
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Das Lycée Lakanal ist eine öffentliche Sekundarschule in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, Frankreich, im Großraum Paris. Sie ist nach Joseph Lakanal benannt, einem französischen Politiker und Gründungsmitglied des Institut de France. Die Schule bietet auch eine Mittelschule und eine Classe préparatoire (Vorbereitungsklasse) für die selektiven Aufnahmeprüfungen der Grand  Écoles. Berühmte französische Wissenschaftler und Schriftsteller haben am Lycée Lakanal gelernt, darunter Jean Giraudoux, Alain-Fournier und Frédéric Joliot-Curie.

Mehrere ehemalige Schüler haben die Grandes Écoles besucht, darunter die HEC Paris.

Berühmte ehemalige Schüler
 Maurice Allais (1911–2010), französischer Ingenieur und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
 Robert Bresson (1901–1999), französischer Filmregisseur
 Jean-Toussaint Desanti (1914–2002), französischer Philosoph
 Gérard Genette (1930–2018), französischer Literaturwissenschaftler
 Jean Neuberth (1915–1996), französischer Maler der Abstraktion
 Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (* 1929), französischer Historiker
 Charles Péguy (1873–1914), französischer Schriftsteller
 Frantz Reichel (1871–1932), französischer Sportler
 Jacques Rivière (1886–1925), französischer Schriftsteller

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Introduction…………………………………………………………………….…3
The disease………………………………………………………………………..4
Mortality………………………………………………………………………….8
Physicians………………………………………………………………………..11
Effects of The Black Death………………………………………………………14
Plague has a remarkable place in history. For centuries, plague represented disaster for those living in Asia, Africa and Europe, where, it has been said, populations were so affected that sometimes there were not enough people left alive to bury the dead. Because the cause of plague was unknown, plague outbreaks contributed to massive panic in cities and countries where it appeared. The disease was believed to be delivered upon the people by the displeasure of the gods, by other supernatural powers or, by heavenly disturbance. Innocent groups of people were blamed for spreading plague and were persecuted by the panicked masses. Numerous references in art, literature and monuments attest to the horrors and devastation of past plague epidemics. So imprinted in our minds is the fear of plague that, even now, entering into the 21st century, a suspected plague outbreak can incite mass panic and bring much of the world's economy to a temporary standstill. The number of human plague infections is low when compared to diseases caused by other agents, yet plague invokes an intense, irrational fear, disproportionate to its transmission potential in the post-antibiotic/vaccination era.
The most memorable example of what has been advanced is afforded by a
great pestilence of the fourteenth century, which desolated Asia, Europe, and Africa, and of which the people yet preserve the remembrance in gloomy traditions. It was an oriental plague, marked by inflammatory boils and tumours of the glands, such as break out in no other febrile disease. On account of these inflammatory boils, and from the black spots, indicatory of a putrid decomposition, which appeared upon the skin, it was called in Germany and in the northern kingdoms of Europe the Black Death, and in Italy, _la mortalega grande_, the Great Mortality.
Few testimonies are presented to us respecting its symptoms and its course, yet these are sufficient to throw light upon the form of the malady, and they are worthy of credence, from their coincidence with the signs of the same disease in modern times.
The imperial writer, Kantakusenos, whose own son, Andronikus, died of this plague in Constantinople, notices great imposthumes of the thighs and arms of those affected, which, when opened, afforded relief by the discharge of an offensive matter. Buboes, which are the infallible signs of the oriental plague, are thus plainly indicated, for he makes separate mention of smaller boils on the arms and in the face, as also in other parts of the body, and clearly distinguishes these from the blisters, which are no less produced by plague in all its forms. In many cases, black spots broke out all over the body, either single, or united and confluent.
These symptoms were not all found in every case. In many, one alone was sufficient to cause death, while some patients recovered, contrary to expectation, though afflicted with all. Symptoms of cephalic affection were frequent; many patients became stupefied and fell into a deep sleep, losing also their speech from palsy of the tongue; others remained sleepless and without rest. The fauces and tongue were black, and as if suffused with blood; no beverage could assuage their burning thirst, so that their sufferings continued without alleviation until terminated by death, which many in their despair accelerated with their own hands.
Contagion was evident, for attendants caught the disease of their relations and friends, and many houses in the capital were bereft even of their last inhabitant. Thus far the ordinary circumstances only of the oriental plague occurred. Still deeper sufferings, however, were connected with this pestilence, such as have not been felt at other times; the organs of respiration were seized with a putrid inflammation; a violent pain in the chest attacked the patient; blood was expectorated, and the breath diffused a pestiferous odour.
In England the malady appeared with spitting of blood, and with the same fatality, so that the sick who were afflicted either with this symptom or with vomiting of blood, died in some cases immediately, in others within twelve hours, or at the latest two days. The inflammatory boils and buboes in the groins and axillae were recognised at once as prognosticating a fatal issue, and those were past all hope of recovery in whom they arose in numbers all over the body. It was not till towards the close of the plague that they ventured to open, by incision, these hard and dry boils, when matter flowed from them in small quantity, and thus, by compelling nature to a critical suppuration, many patients were saved. Every spot which the sick had touched, their breath, their clothes, spread the contagion; and, as in all other places, the attendants and friends who were either blind to their danger, or heroically despised it, fell a sacrifice to their sympathy. Even the eyes of the patient were considered a sources of contagion, which had the power of acting at a distance, whether on account of their unwonted lustre, or the distortion which they always suffer in plague, or whether in conformity with an ancient notion, according to which the sight was considered as the bearer of a demoniacal enchantment. Flight from infected cities seldom availed the fearful, for the germ of the disease adhered to them, and they fell sick, remote from assistance, in the solitude of their country houses.
Thus did the plague spread over England with unexampled rapidity, afterit had first broken out in the county of Dorset, whence it advanced through the counties of Devon and Somerset, to Bristol, and thence reached Gloucester, Oxford and London. Probably few places escaped, perhaps not any; for the annuals of contemporaries report that throughout the land only a tenth part of the inhabitants remained alive.
From England the contagion was carried by a ship to Bergen, the capital of Norway, where the plague then broke out in its most frightful form, with vomiting of blood; and throughout the whole country, spared not more than a third of the inhabitants. The sailors found no refuge in their ships; and vessels were often seen driving about on the ocean and drifting on shore, whose crews had perished to the last man.
Thus much, from authentic sources, on the nature of the Black Death. The descriptions which have been communicated contain, with a few unimportant exceptions, all the symptoms of the oriental plague which have been observed in more modern times. No doubt can obtain on this point. The facts are placed clearly before our eyes. We must, however, bear in mind that this violent disease does not always appear in the same form, and that while the essence of the poison which it produces, and which is separated so abundantly from the body of the patient, remains unchanged, it is proteiform in its varieties, from the almost imperceptible vesicle, unaccompanied by fever, which exists for some time before it extends its poison inwardly, and then excites fever and buboes, to the fatal form in which carbuncular inflammations fall upon the most important viscera.
Such was the form which the plague assumed in the fourteenth century, for the accompanying chest affection which appeared in all the countries whereof we have received any account, cannot, on a comparison with similar and familiar symptoms, be considered as any other than the inflammation of the lungs of modern medicine, a disease which at present only appears sporadically, and, owing to a putrid decomposition of the fluids, is probably combined with hemorrhages from the vessels of the lungs. Now, as every carbuncle, whether it be cutaneous or internal, generates in abundance the matter of contagion which has given rise to it, so, therefore, must the breath of the affected have been poisonous in this plague, and on this account its power of contagion wonderfully increased; wherefore the opinion appears incontrovertible, that owing to the accumulated numbers of the diseased, not only individual chambers and houses, but whole cities were infected, which, moreover, in the Middle Ages, were, with few exceptions, narrowly built, kept in a filthy state, and surrounded with stagnant ditches. Flight was, in consequence, of no avail to the timid; for even though they had sedulously avoided all communication with the diseased and the suspected, yet their clothes were saturated with the pestiferous atmosphere, and every inspiration imparted to them the seeds of the destructive malady, which, in the greater number of cases, germinated with but too much fertility. Add to which, the usual propagation of the plague through clothes, beds, and a thousand other things to which the pestilential poison adheres--a propagation which, from want of caution, must have been infinitely multiplied; and since articles of this kind, removed from the access of air, not only retain the matter of contagion for an indefinite period, but also increase its activity and engender it like a living being, frightful ill- consequences followed for many years after the first fury of the pestilence was past.
We have no certain measure by which to estimate the ravages of the Black Plague, if numerical statements were wanted, as in modern times. Let us go back for a moment to the fourteenth century. The people were yet but little civilised. The Church had indeed subdued them; but they all suffered from the ill consequences
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The drawings of Sant'Elia produced for architects or for private clients inevitably bear the stamp of and reflect certain restrictions imposed by the commissions themselves, as well as the limits to available financial resources. He enjoyed relative freedom in the case of Villa Elisi, a building of modest proportions for an industrialist in Como which was based on a project submitted to the Competition for a Small Modern Villa as published in Milan in 1910. Other examples of works executed on commission include the headquarters of the Società dei Commessi in Como [Como Province Association of Clerks in Trade and Industry] and the Caprotti funeral monument in Monza (1914), the only work, together with Villa Elisi, actually built during the architect's lifetime. The commissioned works show us that the long design stage, documented by numerous sketches initially displaying much in the way of fascinating new ideas, was steadily toned down to formal late art-nouveau designs, clearly with the demands of the prevailing taste of the day in mind.


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The year 2018 marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the "Smyrnea Settlement," and the City of New Smyrna Beach is celebrating the town's long and unique history with special events throughout the year.
Learn more about the mysterious "Old Fort" here.
See the calendar for a handy listing of events.
A story of New Smyrna's foundations
As New Smyrna Beach prepares to celebrate its birthday next year, one remarkable structure serves as the emblem of the city's 250 years of history: the "Old Fort."
Its origin is a mystery. However, one thing is certain: it was never a fort, even though generations of local children have scrambled around its coquina walls aiming their imaginary rifles and cannons at imaginary ships on the river fronting the structure.
The fort-like walls visible from the east, as seen in the photo, are actually exposed foundation walls that had been embedded in a large shell mound to support a building intended to sit atop the mound. In the early 1900's the shells from this side of the structure were cleared away down to ground level and carted away for road bed construction. The resulting exposed fascade was "restored" in the 1930's by workers of the WPA , who added elements to make the foundation appear like a fort. A part of the shell mound remains and can be seen the slopes leading up to the west and south sides of the ruins.
When the founders of New Smyrna arrived in 1768, the mound was quite large and covered with vegetation. Now called Old Fort Hill, the mound was one of many shell middens lining the shores of the intracoatal waterway. These were essentially trash heaps built up over hundreds of years by ancient Native Americans who discarded oyster shells, clam shells, animal bones and broken pottery.
So who built the coquina structure? There are two possibilities. Local archaeologists believe that the founders of New Smyrna, the Turnbull colonists, had begun constructing a large plantation house for Turnbull's partner, Sir William Duncan, but did not complete it before the colony failed. Another possibility is that the foundations were built about 26 years later by an American named Ambrose Hull for his plantation house. Local archaeologist believe that Hull built his home over the Turnbull foundation.We may never know for certain who really built the structure.
We do know that a succession of dwellings have stood on Old Fort Hill and they all reflect the history of the little place called New Smyrna. As we've seen, Duncan's manor, often referred to as Turnbull's Palace, was not completed because the Turnbull settlers abandoned the colony in 1777. After that, New Smyrna ceased to be a town. It existed only as a spot on the map, part of a string of cotton and sugar plantations established along Florida's north east coast during Spanish rule of Florida. Hull's plantation house, built around 1803, was one of those. It was damaged by Indians in 1807 during the First Seminole Indian War, and then destroyed by American maurauders who swept down from Georgia in 1812. Hull never returned to his plantation.
The next house on the hill was a frame structure built after Florida became a US territory. It housed the family of John Sheldon, the overseer of a sugar plantation whose owners resided in New York.The neighboring plantation houses were much grander; one was even described as opulent. On Christmas eve in 1835, Seminole Indians attacked the plantations of New Smyrna and destroyed them all, including the house on the hill. New Smyrna was once again abandoned and no more grand scale plantations were attempted.
After the end of the Second Seminole War, John Sheldon returned to New Smyrna as customs inspector, and bought the Old Fort property. A new economy had emerged with smaller scale farms scattered throughout the back country growing citrus and raising cattle. New Smyrna became a port for shipping goods north to Charleston and south to Cuba. At the same time, the bountiful fish and game of the Mosquito and Indian River Lagoons drew sportsmen from as far away as England.
In about 1858, to accommodate the people passing through New Smyrna by land or sea, Sheldon built on the Old Fort hill New Smyrna's first hotel, the only hotel south of St Augustine. Five years later, in the midst of the Civil War, the hotel was shelled and destroyed by the Union Navy in an attempt to halt blockade running through the port. New Smyrna, which at the time was still comprised of only the Sheldon family, was again destroyed.
After the Civil War, Sheldon's widow returned and constructed a building on the hill that would serve as an hotel, store, and post office for the settlers around New Smyrna. That building survived many years as peaceful times allowed New Smyrna to gain stability and grow into an actual town. The ramshackle building was torn down in 1903, and curious residents uncovered the coquina foundations.
After almost 250 years, the coquina foundation still stands on a hill in the heart of New Smyrna, the one constant in an ever-changing scene, reminding visitors of the town's long and unique history.
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MUSEUM MATINEE PROGRAM ARCHAEOLOGY WORKS PRESENTS: POTTERY- PREHISTORIC CERAMICS Come learn about Florida's 4000 years of prehistoric ceramics at this hands on workshop. Explore how archaeologists learn about the people in the past from these baked bits of clay and try your hand at creating and decorating your own pot. Registration required please contact the museum at NSMofHistory@gmail.com or 386.478.0052 ... Read More
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MUSEUM CHRISTMAS PARTY @ New Smyrna Museum of History
NEW SMYRNA MUSEUM OF HISTORY CHRISTMAS PARTY Join us for the most relaxing event of the year as we bring in our favorite holiday side dishes and desserts to add to the Ham, Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks supplied by the Museum. Sing along with your favorite Christmas carol as Cyndi Frasier plays holiday favorites and leads in the holiday ... Read More
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Secret Service will release Abramoff's White House visitor logs
The Secret Service has agreed to turn over White House visitor logs that will show how often convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with Bush administration officials -- and with whom he met.
The Secret Service has agreed to turn over White House visitor logs that will show how often convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with Bush administration officials — and with whom he met.
U.S. District Judge John Garrett Penn last Tuesday approved an agreement between the Secret Service and Judicial Watch, a public interest group, that requires the agency to produce records of Abramoff's visits from Jan. 1, 2001, to the present.
Judicial Watch filed suit in February after the Secret Service failed to respond to its request under the federal Freedom of Information Act.
Abramoff, who represented Indian tribes in their dealings with Washington politicians, once was one of the city's most successful lobbyists.
He pleaded guilty in January in Washington to federal charges stemming from an investigation into his ties with members of Congress and the Bush administration. He also pleaded guilty to fraud charges in Miami concerning a multimillion-dollar purchase of SunCruz Casinos gambling fleet in 2000.
Administration officials have refused to say how many times Abramoff, who raised at least $100,000 for President Bush's re-election, has been to the White House. Bush has said he doesn't know Abramoff.
Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch's director of investigations, said, "The documents will speak loud and clear on what Abramoff was doing in and out of the White House."
The visitor logs are to be delivered to Judicial Watch by May 10.
Bush's spokesman has said Abramoff attended "a few staff-level meetings" at the White House, as well as Hanukkah receptions in 2001 and 2002.
The president has said he does not know Abramoff personally. When a photo of Bush with Abramoff surfaced earlier this year, the president said he has his picture taken with "a lot of people." In the 2001 photo, Bush is shaking hands with a leader of an Indian tribe. Abramoff is in the background.
A few days after Bush made the remarks about the photo, Abramoff expressed surprise in e-mails to a magazine editor about the president's faulty memory. Abramoff told the Washingtonian magazine that he had met with Bush nearly a dozen times and that Bush knew him well enough to joke with him.
Three former business associates of Abramoff also told The Associated Press that Abramoff often mentioned White House adviser Karl Rove when talking about his influence inside the White House.
Abramoff was a $100,000 fundraiser for Bush and lobbying records obtained by the AP show his lobbying team logged nearly 200 meetings with the administration during its first 10 months in office on behalf of one of his clients, the Northern Mariana Islands.
The contacts between Abramoff's team and the administration included meetings with Attorney General John Ashcroft and policy advisers to Vice President Dick Cheney, the AP reported last year.
© 2006 The Associated Press


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Thirteen Lives, review: a magnificent true story
Thirteen Livesarriving today on Prime Video, it is a production that could attract negative opinions only for the genre to which it belongs. On the other hand, in the panorama of survival and drama films there are no works that stand out and shine, unless you go back twelve years, James Franco is uncomfortable and you don't talk about 127 hours, maybe with that know-it-all tone that is now all the rage when it comes to old movies, dated or retired. For those unfamiliar with this story, just know that it tells a fact that really happened, and that in common with Thirteen Lives there is a tragedy that has been avoided by a miracle. The film, directed by a brilliant Ron Howard, takes us back to 2018, at the height of the monsoon period, in hot and humid Thailand, which we have visited on other occasions. Who remembers The Beach with Leonardo Di Caprio?
Thirteen Lives, we want to clarify it, it is obviously sadder than The Beach because, as we mentioned before, it tells of a tragedy that took place five years ago that involved twelve young players and their coach who were stuck inside a cave after they tried to explore it to the bottom. However, due to the water and torrential rains, the basin filled up quickly, preventing the Thai soccer team from turning back.
The Tham Luang incident, followed by television broadcasters from all over the world, kept not only the parents of the children in suspense but anyone who followed their stories with apprehension, from mobile to tablet. Sixteen days inside a cave without water and much less food would put anyone in difficulty, but the kids, supported by their coach and by the rescuers from all over the globe, have strengthened each other, resisting the darkness of the cave.
We might think that Thirteen Lives is in fact a film focused on them, but instead focuses on the rescuers, on the best ways to save the kids to get them out of that oppressive darkness. A complex mission and not for everyone, which however must take place before it is too late, because the risk that the gorge can completely fill with water is real. Right from the start we realized what the seriousness of the situation was by the experts and the context, while it was explained and deepened, appearing to us even more clear and better defined. It is a mission suitable for a few, a mission that not everyone can undertake, because death may not come only for those kids but also for those who have chosen to risk their lives. And the situation, of course, is not the best.
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Richard Stanton and John Volanthen, two British rescuers, volunteer to find and get the kids out of the cave before it fills up. risking everything and everything. Richard is played by an excellent Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings), while John gives a convincing Colin Farrell (The Batman), collaborating with each other to offer a first level acting that has been able to give us two and thirty of real entertainment, literally making us feel anxious for them.
In such films they are complex roles to play, because you need sensitivity and knowledge of the subject: Ron Howard he was able to exploit the talent of the two actors and to propose a compelling story, capable of keeping you glued to the screen and aiming to make you feel tension, fear and anxiety, feelings that each of the volunteers and rescuers felt on their skin. The film could simply focus on the survivors, give a vision of the whole that involved their despair and left the rest aside; instead he spoke in depth about his protagonists, who in true history have lost much more of their life and still experience those traumas today.
We think of Saman Kunan, played by Sukollawatt Kanarot, who sacrificed himself to save those children and the many rescuers who, due to the injuries sustained in the cave, they died of various infections. As the plot progressed and the risk of losing the kids became more concrete, the camera moved directly to the meetings and decisions to be made, as if Ron Howard wanted to tell without leaving anything out. It was a smart choice, because he showed us directly what really happened, especially with the interference of politics, who wanted those kids out of that hell at any cost, not calculating the risks and potential losses.
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Richard and John, in this sense, have often reiterated that patience was the weapon to get them out but the parents, increasingly worried, had not given up on the idea that it was better to move as quickly as possible: their despairwhich in the film is as tangible and sharp as a sharp rock in the cave, we perceive it from the first moment. The emotions in fact take over, giving further depth to the film, which is managed with intelligence and without any errors that could make the most demanding ones turn up their noses.
Thirteen Lives it is not the first film on the events of the Tham Luang accident and the risk of creating a work without originality was really around the corner, yet Ron Howard was able to keep everything well stuck, which is no small thing account given the genre of the film. Also joining the cast is a brilliant Joel Edgerton (Obi-Wan Kenobi) as Richard Harris, a high-risk situation expert who has worked with Richard for some time. The narrative rhythm, which never loses its depthis pressing and engaging, not groping but staging a convincing and exciting final result.
The risk that it could be the classic drama was actually tangible, especially for the subject matter, which is not new in Hollywood but has never been treated with so much care and respect for the events that really happened. We are not only witnessing brilliant interpretations, but even the study of the cave with expert geologists who came from some countries of the world to save those kids and take them away, as if everyone had stopped, stopped running and decided to help someone not to a fee, but to save him and that's it. The moral of the story is this: never give up, not even a prison made of rock and sharp stones.
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A moving tale: Thirteen Lives is everyone's story
Very often we ask ourselves what message films and television series hold, and how they are treated by directors, whether with passion and intelligence, or in a predictable and forgettable way. The second is not the case with Thirteen Lives, because the direction manages not to bore and to keep glued to the screen, making us feel the weight of those moments as if we were inside the screen.
What happened in Thailand, in fact, could have directly affected us as it happened with the parents of the children, che didn't know if they would ever hug them again. The most moving dialogues, in this sense, are precisely those between the experts and relatives, with some of them who have even lost hope and ask only for the body of their child. This is an example that represented a real boulder, which Ron Howard has decided to insert to better understand the gravity of the situation, now more and more delicate after every hour.
He could have been satisfied, leaving out the rescuers and their fears, and instead involved them, talking directly about them and the plan to save the kids, choosing a different approach, which to us pleasantly impressed and convinced us from start to finish. arriving at its goal. It is a film recommended for anyone looking for a faithful representation of the events that took place in Tham Luang with a stellar cast and a director who takes all the risks of the case, packaging a detailed work. We couldn't have asked for better.
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National Parks Host Holiday Celebrations
The holiday season is a wonderful time to visit North America's national parks which offer cooler temps, lighter crowds, and a peaceful serenity that comes during this relatively quiet time of year
The holiday season is a special time for the National Park Service. Many parks across the U.S. and Canada offer unique holiday programs and events that simply can't be experienced at any other time of year. Chances are, there's something exciting happening in a park near you!
Whether you're seeking family-friendly entertainment and a visit from Santa, rousing celebrations featuring time-honored traditions, or a tranquil getaway that allows you to further immerse yourself in the beauty of nature, these national parks make the perfect destination for your holiday getaway.
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1. Hop aboard the Polar Express to Grand Canyon National Park
Fans of the man in the red suit can ride the rails for a different Santa-themed adventure taking visitors from Williams, Arizona to Grand Canyon National Park. Kids and kids-at-heart will flip for the Grand Canyon Railway's Polar Express which runs from mid-November through the end of the year. Travelers will have the honor of mingling with Santa and his reindeer before heading back to Williams with a keepsake present in hand. It's a popular journey that fills up fast, so making reservations for this experience is a must.
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The park's El Tovar Hotel which first opened in 1905 also gets in on the festivities with a massive tree, Santa hat-adorned taxidermy, and extravagant holiday wreaths spilling out of the century-old lobby. Don't expect to leave without a full stomach. They're always famous for their French onion soup but they also have specialty offerings like turkey that are unique to the holidays. The hotel also hosts a New Year's Eve dinner each year (reservations required).
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2. Savor a traditional holiday atmosphere at Banff National Park
Canada is known for its long winters and the short summer season means heavy crowds in Banff National Park during warm weather. But a visit during the snowy season offers a Narnia-like wonderland with fewer tourists.
From carols to candles, cookies, and cocoa, the holiday season is full of robust rituals passed on from generation to generation. And at Alberta's Banff National Park you can honor treasured traditions in an awe-inspiring snow-covered setting.
Events held throughout the season include European-style Christmas markets filled with handcrafted wares and delicious treats, a delectable hot chocolate trail through Banff and Lake Louise, and a live Christmas story told through illuminated puppets, dazzling sculptures, and clever sound effects at the park's Cascade of Time Garden.
Come January you can enjoy the Ice Magic International Ice Carving Competition at frozen Lake Louise. Here, delicate and beautiful ice sculptures take shape as they're carefully carved by skilled artists. Grab a drink from the onsite ice bar then stroll through a literal ice castle as you view the creations.
3. A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most popular of all the national parks in the United States. And if you're looking for unspoiled natural beauty, it's arguably the best place to visit in the Smoky Mountains.
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But during the holiday season, the best things to do in the Smoky Mountains involve getting into the mountain towns and soaking in a different type of scenery. Some of the best views in the Smoky Mountains in winter aren't of nature at all but of the Christmas cheer that seems to abound throughout the region. Christmas in the Smoky Mountains involves small-town parades, Christmas trains, Christmas lights, holiday craft markets, snow skiing and tubing, and a big heaping serving of music and theater.
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Whether you choose to visit North Carolina, Tennessee, or both, a Smoky Mountain Christmas offers plenty of opportunities to get festive. Christmas in Gatlinburg gets magical at SkyLift Park with its beloved Lights over Gatlinburg event running from mid-November to the end of January. The entire park is bedecked with lights and trees including a 30-foot, multi-colored Christmas tree and a 300-foot tunnel of Christmas lights.
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Christmas in Pigeon Forge is all about the Winterfest Celebration which fills the town with Christmas light displays, holiday parades, trolley tours, and Christmas shows. The Winterfest Celebration spans several popular places to visit in the Smoky Mountains including Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Sevierville.
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4. Seek out songbirds at Zion National Park (and beyond)
Each December, natural areas throughout the country take part in the longest-running citizen science survey in the world during the Christmas Bird Count. This century-old, far-reaching effort allows bird watchers and avian enthusiasts to join in the efforts to identify, count, and record the bird population as part of what's considered to be the most significant citizen-based conservation effort.
The events at Zion and Bryce Canyon allow participants to join with family and friends to conduct their count throughout a designated zone within the park. Those who can't make it to Utah for this endeavor can locate a Christmas Bird Count event at nearby national and state parks throughout the holiday season by visiting the National Audubon Society's website.
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5. Attend an epic winter festival in Bryce Canyon National Park
The iconic red rock spires that fill the landscape in Bryce Canyon National Park look even more ethereal when coated with a dusting of white snow. Visitors can delight in full-moon snowshoe adventures and Saturday astronomy programs at this certified Dark Sky Park.
So, beloved, is this stunning destination come wintertime that it plays host to a kid-friendly Winter Festival each President's Day weekend. Here you can attend a variety of themed events including cross-country ski tours, archery clinics, morning yoga, crafts and cookie decorating for kids, and more.
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6. Go warmish weather sledding through White Sands National Park
If the thought of braving below-freezing temps for some winter fun frightens you, consider a getaway to White Sands National Park. With daytime highs hovering in the 50- to 60-degree Fahrenheit range, New Mexico winters offer a more palatable climate for sledding and creating snow angels—minus the snow. Glistening white sand tricks the eye into believing that the scenery is a true winter wonderland and the park's hills are so popular for sliding down that plastic snow saucers can be purchased or rented at the White Sands visitor center.
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7. Carlsbad Caverns National Park brings back history-inspired Rock of Ages tour
For six nights in December, Carlsbad Caverns National Park offers visitors an opportunity to experience special guided tours with staff in historical costumes. The tour times are 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2-3, 9-10, and 16-17. The cost is $55 per person and reservations are required.
The tradition, brought back in 2000, gives visitors a chance to meet some of the men and women, so to speak, who helped weave the fabric of the national park. Park staff dressed in historical costumes guide visitors on a lantern-lit tour of the front half of the Big Room at the caverns.
The tour will feature a re-creation of the historic Rock of Ages Ceremony which was regularly conducted in the Big Room during the 1930s and '40s. During this portion of the tour, visitors will experience a blackout, being immersed in total darkness as a mysterious voice fills the cavern, singing the hymn Rock of Ages.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Author vogelontheroadPosted on December 8, 2022 December 6, 2022 Categories National ParkTags Banff National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Christmas Bird Count, Christmas holidays, Gatlinburg, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Railway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, holiday season, National Park Service, White Sands National Park, winter festivals, Zion National Park
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