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1964 model you posted. I corrected fret spacing problems and replaced the binding when I refurbished this one, which I bought in deteriorated but complete condition in 2005. Unless the frets are repositioned it is only good for slide, and Ry Cooder (see picture) has been known to play this very same two-pickup early model. The "Franz" pickups (as used also on early Guilds) are like dream P-90s. To top it off, it has catalin knobs, a big appliance-style pickup selector switch and a flashy pickguard that leaves no doubt that this instrument was made for show business.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon said on Thursday he has "profound concerns" about a bill state lawmakers approved this week requiring women to wait 72 hours for an abortion, even in cases of rape or incest.
Nixon, a Democrat, did not say whether he would veto the bill, which the Missouri House of Representatives approved on Wednesday, advancing it to the governor.
Missouri would join Utah and South Dakota as the only states to require women to wait 72 hours to have an abortion after an initial visit to a doctor, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit research organization that supports the right to abortion.
Utah's law does not require a 72-hour wait if a woman is a victim of rape, incest or is age 14 or under, said Elizabeth Nash, state issues coordinator for Guttmacher.
Nixon said Missouri's bill, which makes an exception for medical emergencies, would get the same full review as all other legislation. He could sign the bill, veto it or let it become law without his signature.
The governor said in a statement that lawmakers' failure to include an exception for rape or incest would separate Missouri from all but one other state in the nation. The state currently has a 24-hour waiting period.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 5, 2010) – The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team gave a much better performance on Saturday in its second 2010 FIVB World League match, but Russia still came out on top 3-1 (25-14, 25-22, 21-25, 25-21) in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
After being swept by Russia on Friday, the U.S. Men fall to 0-2 in Pool C. Russia is 2-0. Team USA will travel to Tampere, Finland for its next two pool play matches on June 11-12. Russia will host Egypt.
"We played better today than we did yesterday and hopefully we'll play even better in Finland next weekend where I expect another two tough games," U.S. middle blocker Ryan Millar (Alpine, Calif.) said.
Outside hitter Riley Salmon (League City, Texas) paced the U.S. Men with 18 points on 15 kills (0.55 attack percentage) and three blocks. Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.), playing opposite, scored 16 points on 15 kills (0.44 attack percentage) and one block. Middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) totaled 12 points on eight kills (0.80 attack percentage) and four blocks.
"I am pleased that today we played better than yesterday," U.S. Head Coach Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.) said. "And I was also pleased with the fact that the team came back into the game after the first set even though we didn't play so well. Hopefully we'll be improving from weekend to weekend as our goal is to qualify for the final round."
Russian opposite Maxim Mikhaylov led all scorers with 23 points on a match-high 19 kills (0.56 attack percentage), three blocks and one ace.
Russia led the U.S. Men in aces 3-1 and in blocks 13-12. Russia's attack percentage was 0.51 (58 kills, 19 faults, 114 attempts) while the United States' was 0.44 (50 kills, 22 faults, 114 attempts).
The U.S. was credited with 14 digs and three faults on 43 attempts. It had 13 excellent receptions and three faults on 83 attempts.
Among the other U.S. players, outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), who started for Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) in the second set and played the rest of the match, scored nine points on eight kills (0.42 attack percentage) and the United States' only ace. Millar scored four points on two kills and two blocks. Rooney finished with three points on two kills and one block.
Setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) scored one point on a block. He was credited with 20 running sets (assists) and two faults on 102 attempts.
Knipe started Rooney and Salmon at outside hitter, Lee and Millar at middle blocker, Anderson at opposite, Hansen at setter and Lambourne at libero.
Lotman started the second set for Rooney and played the rest of the match. Even Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) played as a serving substitute. Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) also played as a substitute.
In the first set, Russia opened up a 9-3 lead, scoring on two blocks, two kills and five U.S. errors. The U.S. points coming from one kill by Rooney and two from Anderson. A Salmon kill made the score 9-4, but Russia responded with a 5-1 run to increase its leave to 14-5. Rooney had two straight blocks of Mikhaylov and Taras Khtey ,but Russia scored twice on U.S. errors to reach the second technical timeout (TTO) with a 16-7 lead and a third straight U.S. error after the break gave it a 17-7 advantage. The teams traded points until the score was 20-11. Russia scored on an attack and a block to lead 23-11. With Russia leading 23-12, the U.S. Men scored twice on Russian errors. Russia reached match point on a kill by Dmitriy Muserskiy and won the match on a Khtey ace.
The U.S. Men led 8-7 at the first TTO of the second set, scoring on two kills from Salmon, a block and kill by Millar and a block by Lee as well as three Russian errors. An Anderson block of Khtey after the break gave the United States the 9-7 advantage. The two teams traded points until the U.S. lead was 12-10. Mikhaylov sparked a 5-0 Russia run with a kill. A Millar kill made it 15-13, but Russia got two straight points on U.S. errors to extend the lead. With Russia leading 19-16, Team USA pulled to within one point on a Russia serving error and attack from Anderson. But Russia came back with a kill and a block to lead 21-18. Russia reached set point at 24-21. A Lee kill held off the loss before Mikhaylov won the set for Russia with a final kill.
Team USA once again led 8-7 at the first TTO of the third set, scoring on three kills from Anderson, attacks by Lee and Millar and Lotman's ace. After the break, the U.S. scored four straight points on a Russian error, a block and kill by Salmon and a Millar block. Mikhaylov ended the run with a kill, but the U.S. led 16-12 at the second TTO. With the U.S. leading 17-14, it committed two straight errors to allow Russia to pull to within on at 17-16. A Lee kill kept the U.S. ahead by two. Later, with the U.S. leading 20-18, Russia tied the score on a kill and an ace by Yury Berezhko. Knipe called timeout and the U.S. scored four straight points on a Lotman kill, Hansen block, Lee block and Anderson kill. Poltavskiy held off the set loss with a kill but Anderson attacked to win the set for the United States.
Russia stormed back in the fourth set, taking an 8-3 lead at the first TTO. The U.S. points came on kills from Lee and Salmon. Russia was leading 10-6 when Team USA went on a 5-1 run sparked by Anderson who contributed four kills while Salmon had a block. With the score tied at 11-11, Russia scored twice on two kills. The U.S. scored on kills by Salmon and Anderson but then allowed Russia to score twice on two errors. With Russia leading 19-17, it used a 6-2 run to reach match points at 24-19. Team USA scored on kills by Anderson and Salmon to hold off the loss, but Berezhko ended the match with a kill.
For the U.S. Men's World League Media Guide, click here.
To view a match photo gallery, click here.
To read Rob Browning's World League blog, click here.
To read Doug Beal's report from Ekaterinburg, click here.
The USA Volleyball page for World League information is http://usavolleyball.org/events/2878.
To visit the FIVB World League page with photos, statistics and live scoring, click here.
2010 FIVB World League
June 4-5 in Ekaterinburg, Russia
U.S. Roster
No. Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2 Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
3 Evan Patak (Opp, 6-8, Pleasanton, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
4 David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7 Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC)
8 C Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9 Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Utah, BYU)
10 Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15 Russell Holmes (MB, 6-8, Fountain Valley, Calif., BYU)
17 Max Holt (MB, 6-9, Cincinnati, Ohio, Penn State)
19 Alfee Reft (L, 5-10, Oxnard, Calif., Hawai'i)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Team Leader: Rob Browning (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Gary Sato (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Trainer: Ron Larsen (Lafayette, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Team Doctor: William Schobert (Mission Viejo, Calif.)
Medical Support: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
Pool C Standings (As of June 5)
Russia 2-0
Egypt 1-0
Finland 0-1
2010 U.S. World League Schedule and Results
Date: June 4-5
Location: Ekaterinburg, Russia
June 4: Russia def. United States, 25-15, 26-24, 25-14
June 5: Russia def. United States, 25-14, 25-22, 21-25, 25-21
Date: June 11-12
Opponent: Finland
Location: Tampere, Finland
Date: June 18-19 (7 p.m. both days)
Opponent: Egypt
Location: Cabarrus Arena in Concord, N.C. - www.visitcabarrus.com
Date: June 25-26 (7 p.m. both days)
Opponent: Finland
Location: Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Date: July 2-3
Opponent: Egypt
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Date: July 9 at 7 p.m.; July 10 at 6 p.m.
Opponent: Russia
Location: Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan. - www.wichitasports.com/
Final Round (must qualify)
Date: July 21-25
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Other Pool C Results
June 5: Egypt def. Finland, 23-25, 26-24, 25-16, 20-25, 15-13


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The uberFRESH service is being tested in Santa Monica, Calif. where it runs between 11:30 a.m and 2:30 p.m. and offers a $12 daily menu, according to TechCrunch. Users can use uberFRESH in the Uber app (a toggle on the far right, TechCrunch says) on weekdays until Sept. 5 when the pilot program ends. There's no word on whether there will be more test markets, but we figure it's likely.
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Happy Birthday to Tuesdays with Dorie! The group has been going strong for a year now, and Dorie Greenspan herself was gracious enough to choose this week's recipe: French Pear Tart. Oh, I know what you're thinking. My title is French *Peach* Tart. Well, I had a slight mental lapse while buying the canned fruit and just grabbed the peaches. (Probably because I'm not really a huge fan of pears... although I'm sure they're delicious in this dessert.) Luckily, Dorie's inevitable "Playing Around" section also suggests peaches, so it all worked out :)
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I was really, really pleased with how this came out! I didn't really know what to expect, since I'd never had this almond cream-type of filling before, but it was delicious, with a chewy/crunchy top and creamy interior. The peaches added a very nice sweet and fruity counterpoint.
The tart shell was a par-baked recipe of Dorie's sweet tart dough, which we also used in La Palette's Strawberry Tart. This time, to avoid cleaning the food processor twice for once recipe, I made the dough by hand with a dough cutter. It was much easier than I expected, and I'll probably be doing it more often!
The almond cream consisted of butter, sugar, ground blanched almonds, a little flour and cornstarch, an egg yolk, and some rum. Dorie recommended assembling the cream in a food processor in that order, creaming the butter and sugar, adding the almonds till smooth, then the dry ingredients, then the yolk, and finally the lovely, lovely rum.
Ingredient note: I used very finely ground almond flour, which came out to be 60g for the required 3/4 cup.
Here are the non-pears:
Dorie says to drain and pat the fruit dry, or else the cream won't set during baking.
I had let the cream sit in the fridge overnight, so by the time I assembled the tart for baking, it was very thick and almost batter-like in consistency.
The instruction to "thinly slice crosswise" kind of threw me for a loop, but after a couple of google searches, I figured out what it meant :)
Here I am with the assembled tart. Check out my apron — it was a Christmas gift from A.! He played around with my logo and put it on a zazzle apron. Such a cute idea :) And I forgive him for getting my URL slightly wrong ;)
Here is the tart, fresh out of the oven. The peaches sank a bit, which just makes me wish I had some huge, gorgeous peaches to make this with. I guess that will have to wait until the summer :)
Thanks so much to Dorie for choosing this recipe, and for having created such a wonderful book in the first place! Go check out her blog for the recipe and photos of her tart, and don't forget to check the rest of the TWD blogs for their creations!


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Q&A with Susanna Daniel
In Sea Creatures, author Susanna Daniel explores the joys and compromises of marriage and motherhood in a sunny Miami setting
The follow-up novel to Susanna Daniel's PEN/Bingham Prize-winning Stiltsville, Sea Creatures transports us back to the real-life Stiltsville community—a group of seven homes perched on wooden stilts in Miami's Biscayne Bay—to tell the story of sweet, strong-willed Georgia and her husband Graham, who, after an embarrassing debacle related to Graham's severe sleep disorder, decide to flee from their Midwest home and take up residence on a dilapidated houseboat in Miami. Here, Georgia struggles with the realities of her far-from-perfect marriage, a young son who refuses to speak, and new, unexpected feelings for an older, eccentric artist who lives alone in Stiltsville. We caught up with Susanna to hear about the themes and inspirations behind Sea Creatures, and how her own hometown of Miami became its magical setting.
Tell us what inspired you to write Sea Creatures.
SD: I was compelled almost against my will to return to Stiltsville, which is the setting of my first book of the same name. I had a yen to explore the life of a man who is mentioned only briefly in that book: the Hermit, a character loosely based on a man who lived at Stitsville full-time during my childhood. I didn't concern myself much with the hermit when I was a kid—his stilt house was the closest one to my family's, and my parents used to spy on him through binoculars—but after Hurricane Andrew, I remember wondering: Where did he go? And what was his story, anyway?
My narrator, Georgia is a thirty-six year-old mother with a 3-year-old son—which describes me during the year I wrote this book. Otherwise, we are similar only in that I invented her to answer questions I hope never to have to answer myself: What would it be like to be married to someone with an extreme sleep disorder? Also, what if my child never starts to speak? Georgia is the embodiment of both of those questions and anxieties. She rises ably to her challenges, I think.
Two main characters in the book suffer from forms of insomnia. Why did you choose to write about sleep disorders?
SD: I've had insomnia since I was 20 years old, and it's the kind of thing that a person can cope with pretty sufficiently, but still it's always lurking, threatening an outbreak or decline. When will it come back, and what if it gets much, much worse (as so many illnesses, mental and physical, tend to)?
Georgia is an insomniac and visits a sleep clinic with the naive hope that she might one day sleep well. There, she meets Graham, whose sleep disorder is much more pervasive and debilitating than her own. She sympathizes with him, and she understands him. But this all happens—their meeting and falling in love -- before Sea Creatures starts.
This is your second book that has been set in the community of Stiltsville over Biscayne Bay. What is your personal connection to Stiltsville and why is it meaningful to you?
SD: My grandfather built a stilt house in 1964, and I grew up spending weekends there with my family. It's a terrific setting for fiction because it's basically an island, and when you strand your characters on an island, they do this amazing thing that doesn't always happen when you put them in a school or a house or a car: they talk to each other. And then they hurt, love, fight, resist, seek out each other in a more intense way. Stiltsville is also this physical place that is at once solid and vulnerable (think: hurricanes), like the institutions of marriage and family, which are the main concerns of both of my novels.
What kind of research did you have to do in order to write Sea Creatures?
SD: Unlike Stiltsville, which spans three decades and includes a lot of South Floridian history, Sea Creatures takes place in three months: the summer of 1992. This was the summer of Hurricane Andrew, so I did some research into the storm itself, including the path of the storm, the media coverage, the evacuations. I also researched parasomnia and mutism, which afflict Graham and Frankie, respectively. This was interesting because neither affliction is particularly well understood; parasomnia, in particular, is sort of an umbrella diagnosis for anyone who does pretty much anything out of the ordinary during sleep.
Mostly I read about how real people cope with parasomnia, how couples sleep in separate bedrooms, often behind locked doors, and how many parasomniacs sleep with physical restraints. There's no certain cure, and many parasomniacs eventually become drug-addicted or suicidal. And, as Georgia knows even at the start of Sea Creatures, parasomnia is very, very hard on a marriage.
What was it like growing up in Miami? What do you love about the area?
SD: For the most part growing up in Miami was like growing up anywhere else: I rode my bike to school, fought with my brother, rebelled against my parents, and so on. I also grew up thinking that El Diablo was Fidel Castro's actual nickname (which it kind of is, in Miami) and that there was no appeal to places where you couldn't go to the beach in mid-January. I no longer feel that way. I love Miami still, but it's changed in the ways that most cities have changed in the last thirty years: Better shopping, worse traffic. Better restaurants, worse schools. And so on.
What are some of your favorite restaurants/shops/areas in Miami?
SD: I grew up in Coral Gables and South Miami and spent most of my time there and in Coconut Grove, and I still love those parts of town—for one thing, these parts of Miami are so lush and beautiful that it's a pleasure just to drive down a banyan-lined street. I was married at the Barnacle, which is an historic home on the water in Coconut Grove and has a definite Old Florida vibe about it; it's a great place to spend a few hours. Miami has become a serious food city, which is great, but when I visit, I tend toward my sentimental favorites. And I never miss a chance to go for frozen yogurt at the Whip n' Dip on Sunset Drive!


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At the arrests, weapons were seized from the bikers, and charges included robbery and extortion. Although, we have a feeling that list will grow after these detainees have been interviewed by police interrogators.
Italian to the core, the Hells Angels of Italy are headquartered in the picturesque and fair town of Verona, although today Verona may seem less funny to the gang members than William Shakespeare thought it to be. Reportedly, more than 140 Hell's Angels members have been staked out at the hideout, with full guards at the door. Various weapons have been confiscated and more news is awaited on the results of the European wide arrests.


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- It is essential to meet the deadline: trailers that have not reached CARTOON by 19 August 2020 will not be presented during the Croissant & Coffee Shows, and these projects will inevitably be disadvantaged.
- Only for the Croissant & Coffee Shows : this trailer will not be available for you on site. So think of bringing a copy with you if you intend to screen it during your pitching session!
Please note that by sending this trailer , you have to agree (by clicking on the button) giving CARTOON the agreement to post your trailer online on our website after the event and that the compilation of the Croissant/Coffee Shows will be put at disposal of the press (see my check-list for agreement).
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Choosing the Right Law School / Re: A WARNING about Phoenix School of Law« on: July 25, 2012, 04:23:42 PM »
I attended Taft Law School for almost a year and it was the worst education I have ever received. I currently hold a BA and MS and did well in both programs. Attending a correspondence law school was a huge mistake. I owe 4k in loans and they also want $363 for leaving early. The assistant dean is a convicted felon and the instructors don't care about the students. Don't waste your time or money.


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Dustin Johnson has hired Fred Couples caddy (Golf Channel)
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The uncertainty associated with any investment. That is, risk is the possibility that the actual return on an investment will be different from its expected return. A vitally important concept in finance is the idea that an investment that carries a higher risk has the potential of a higher return. For example, a zero-risk investment, such as a U.S. Treasury security, has a low rate of return, while a stock in a start-up has the potential to make an investor very wealthy, but also the potential to lose one's entire investment. Certain types of risk are easier to quantify than others. To the extent that risk is quantifiable, it is generally calculated as the standard deviation on an investment's average return.
exposuresee EXCHANGE RATE EXPOSURE.
(1) In finance,the amount that one may lose in an investment;the potential loss,which could be the capital invested plus any personal liability on loans in excess of the value of the property securing the loans. (2) In the market, the process of making a property known to the marketplace as available for sale or lease.(3) Physically, the direction of an improvement;for example,"The southern exposure of the house had all the best views."


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Thriller action movie trailer from WWF
The trailer for WWF's Unseen makes me want to watch the movie.
Working with UK based production company, Nice and Serious, WWF created the thriller action movie clip to entice film buffs and generate awareness around the impacts of palm oil production.
Throughout the trailer we follow Jack from his everyday job at the office, staying late and cooking for his partner to when he discovers the horrifying truth.
After discovering this truth, Jack attempts to rectify it claiming "I refuse to live like this!"
We are taken on a rollercoaster action ride as Jack tries to thwart whatever devastating truth that derails his consciousness.
Jack eventually is standing in front of the cash register, two tubs of icecream within his hands as he looks imploringly at the shop attendant.
"Do you have icecream made with sustainable palm oil?"
Only at the end of the trailer do we learn it is not a movie trailer at all, but instead a "video that seeks to educate consumers about one of the world's most pressing environmental problems and how they can help".
The video is nestled within a microsite with information on the devastating effects palm oil plantations can have on the environment.
Many products that we use everyday contain some form of palm oil, icecream, lipstick, packaged bread and instant noodles just to name a few.
Check out the clip below and head to the website here.
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For this installment, we worked with OEM Plus in Laguna Hills, CA. The company has become the recognized authority for official VAG parts. So if you're looking to build an OEM+ project car, these are the people to talk to.
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We're hoping to work closely with OEM Plus as Project A3 progresses, and we're starting with this delicious Audi RS3 aluminum-carbon interior trim kit.
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Give that meat a nice, firm squeeze
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The PC / Mac game involves two teams that each control a squishy heart-like creature. The blue creature is trying to catch up and make love to the pink creature, while pink wants to keep as far away from blue as possible. Teammates move their critter by simulating a beating heart.
This is done by squeezing long, thick slabs of meat.
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A marriage bond for William and Ruth is signed by William M. Willis and William I. Adams, so William I. Adams may be Ruth's father.
In the 1850 census, there is a Ruth E. Adams born about 1836 living with another family in Milford or Mispillion Hundred, Kent, Delaware, but I don't know if this is my Ruth.
In the 1860 census, the Willis family is in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware and there is a Mary Adams, age 55 living with Ruth and William. I've wondered if Mary was Ruth's mother, but haven't been able to find any proof so far.
|1860 Dover Hundred, Delaware census
In the 1870 census, the family is living in Mispillion Hundred, Kent, Delaware, the same place as the Ruth E. Adams in the 1850 census.
There are several children: James, Esther, Henry, Georganna, and Francis. Mary Adams and Sarah Adams are living with them. Georganna was a colorful character that I've posted about before.
In the 1880 census, they are still in Mispillion Hundred, Kent, Delaware and my great-grandfather Eugene Willis is 1 year old. Other children are James, Henry, Georganna, Frank, William, John, and Thomas. John's middle name is Van Berkalow which I would think is another surname in the family, but I haven't found any connections so far.
By 1900, the family had moved to Centerville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
From another researcher's note, Ruth and William are buried in the Chesterfield Cemetery, Centerville, MD.
I was curious about what the "hundred" meant in the place names in Delaware. From Wikipedia, "Hundreds are unincorporated subdivisions of counties, equivalent to townships, and were once used as a basis for representation in the Delaware General Assembly. While their names still appear on all real estate transactions, they currently have no meaningful use or purpose except as a geographical point of reference. The divisions, or "hundreds" as they are called, comes from the times when Delaware and Maryland were colonial holdings of Great Britain. While Delaware alone retains the use of "hundreds", the origin of most place names in both states can be traced back to the times of British rule."
Here are a few items for my "to do" lists on these families:
- See if I can find any info on Ruth and William after 1900.
- Look into the Van Berkalow surname
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"On the Road" is a series of workshops, combining spontaneous photography with the joy of the journey. They are organized for a limited number of participants, ranging from professional photographers to curious amateurs. Through the selection and discussion of the best images of the day, the participants will work towards developing their own photographic style and see their overall approach improve day by day.The aim is to guide the participants through technical, theoretical and aesthetic issues towards developing their own photographic style.
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• Limited number of participants (4-10)
• Booking deadline: 1st June 2013
The workshops are based on shooting during the day and editing during the evening. The use of digital photography is recommended as it facilitates the process of daily editing on the computer. Through the selection and discussion of the best images of the day, the participants will have the opportunity to see their technique and their overall approach improve day by day. The aim is to guide the participants through technical, theoretical and aesthetic issues towards developing their own photographic style.
Participants are welcome to bring into the first meeting portfolios of past work for a portfolio review.
The 21 day long Balkan expedition workshop costs 2.500 euros.
20% deposit is due upon registration, via bank transfer. The remaining fee is paid in cash the starting day of the workshop.
The price includes fees, road transport all the way from Athens and back, plus camping equipment (for most of the duration of the trip the group will be camping - approx. 1/3 will be staying in small, moderately priced hotels).
Whatever changes may occur on the workshops schedule would be due to reasons beyond our control, and would not affect confirmed participants without their prior agreement.
Nikos Economopoulos is not responsible for reimbursement of travel expenses in case a workshop is cancelled in case of an emergency. We strongly recommend that you buy refundable air tickets and/or travel insurance.
For further details and booking, please contact Marianna at
2013 workshops:
Yazd/Esfahan, Iran 12-23 May (11 days)
Lisbon, Portugal 9-16 June (7 days)
Dublin/Belfast, Ireland 7-16 July (9 days)
Istanbul, Turkey 25 Aug-1 Sept (7 days)
Athens, Greece 8-15 Sept (7 days)
Zanzibar, Tanzania 1-8 Oct (7 days)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 9-16 Oct (7 days)
Varanasi, India 3-10 Nov (7 days)
Mumbai, India 11-18 Nov (7 days)
Havana, Cuba 2-13 Dec (11 days)
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