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20 Great Lakes Getaways
Grand Haven, Michigan
Stroll on a boardwalk dotted with ice cream shops and gaze at an iconic red lighthouse in this quintessential beach town. visitgrandhaven.com
Five Fun Stops
1 The 48-acre recreation area at Grand Haven State Park has a popular beach plus views of the Grand Haven pier and lighthouse. michigan.gov/dnr
2 Colorful jets of water dance to music by the likes of Sousa and Led Zeppelin in a 25-minute show on summer nights at Grand Haven Musical Fountain. ghfountain.com
3 The modern Harbor House Inn overlooks downtown. Homemade treats star at the buffet breakfast and afternoon tea; at night, look for the inn's signature caramel candy. harborhousegh.com
4 Odd Side Ales brews specialty and often-quirky beers (think raspberry wheat, peanut butter stout and bubble gum ale). Enjoy samples in a lounge stocked with board games. oddsideales.com
5 Three restaurants in one -- casual, midrange and fine-dining -- make the Kirby House a popular stop. thegilmorecollection.com
- Photo Courtesy of Christine Livingston/Indiana Dunes Tourism
Chesterton, Indiana
This small Lake Michigan town offers easy access to the Indiana Dunes, plus tempting lodging and dining options. chestertonin.org, indianadunes.com
Five Fun Stops
1 Indiana Dunes State Park (pictured) and the surrounding Indiana Dunes National Park draw visitors with spectacular sand beaches, plus interesting nature trails along the dunes, prairies, woodlands and wetlands. in.gov/dnr, nps.gov
2 Small-town goodness is a main ingredient in all of Red Cup Cafe & Deli's homemade baked items, sandwiches and soups. Red Cup Cafe & Deli on Facebook
3 Chesterton's European Market attracts up to 150 vendors offering fresh produce, plants, artisanal breads and more each Saturday from May through October. chestertonseuropeanmarket.com
4 Near the lake, you'll find the amenities of a vacation rental with the flexibility of a hotel at the Dunes Walk Inn. duneswalkinn.com
5 Creative burger varieties and delicious desserts make tiny Octave Grill worth multiple visits. Octave Grill on Facebook
Door County, Wisconsin
Roughly 75 miles long and 10 miles across, the Door Peninsula offers more than 300 miles of shoreline to explore, along with charming small towns such as Ephraim, Fish Creek, Egg Harbor and Sister Bay. doorcounty.com
Five Fun Stops
1 Enjoy Door County islands and waters on a Shoreline Boat Cruise. shorelinecharters.net
2 A loyal theater community and enthusiastic summer audiences have made Peninsula Players Theatre an institution for more than 70 years. peninsulaplayers.com
3 Destinations like Pelletier's (pictured) and White Gull Inn host fish boils, a traditional Door County experience: part dinner, part theater, all delicious. doorcountyfishboil.com, whitegullinn.com
4 The historic Eagle Harbor Inn offers both spacious whirlpool suites in cottages as well as nine bedrooms in a traditional B&B. eagleharborinn.com
5 Hiking, biking, boating, swimming, fishing, camping, golf, a nature center and the historic Eagle Bluff lighthouse are among the highlights of Peninsula State Park. dnr.wi.gov
Petoskey, Michigan
Set on a hill above Little Traverse Bay, Petoskey is a postcard-pretty town full of historic cottages and high-end shopping. petoskeyarea.com
Five Fun Stops
1 The Little Traverse Wheelway bike trail (pictured) follows the Lake Michigan shore from Charlevoix 26 miles north to Harbor Springs. trailscouncil.org
2 Sweeping Lake Michigan views and a sophisticated yet familiar menu have made Twisted Olive Cafe a popular spot on the dining scene. twisted-olive.com
3 Victorian charm at the sprawling Stafford's Bay View Inn draws couples and girlfriends for memorable stays along the shore. staffords.com
4 Housed in a 120-year-old church, Crooked Tree Arts Center has been home to northwest Michigan's cultural development for almost half a century, offering art exhibits, classes, and dance and music performances. crookedtree.org
5 In Bay Harbor's marina, choose among 60-plus beer varieties in the fun, faux-nautical saloon Knot Just a Bar. knotjustabar.com
Saugatuck, Michigan
This Lake Michigan shore town boasts more than 40 art galleries and outstanding beaches. saugatuck.com
Five Fun Stops
1 Long sandy beaches and dunes more than 200 feet tall draw nature enthusiasts, bird-watchers and hikers to Saugatuck Dunes State Park. michigandnr.com
2 Take thrilling rides up and down the steep dunes bordering Lake Michigan with Saugatuck Dune Rides (pictured). saugatuckduneride.com
3 Oval Beach has been recognized as one of the world's best beaches for its wide, sandy shore and clear water, but be sure to check out other area beaches as well. saugatuck.com
4 The dining room at Bowdie's Chophouse seats just 25, ensuring an intimate experience at the steakhouse in Saugatuck. bowdieschophouse.com
5 Saugatuck's Belvedere Inn features 10 guest rooms in a restored 1913 mansion; the window seat in the third-floor Windsor Room invites curling up with a book after a long day at the beach. thebelvedereinn.com
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As the gateway to Minnesota's North Shore vacationland, Duluth lures visitors who come for outdoor adventure, the glamour of 1900s-era lumber-boom mansions and breathtaking views of Lake Superior. visitduluth.com
Five Fun Stops
1 Duluth's 135-foot-tall Aerial Lift Bridge (pictured) rises more than 20 times each day for sailboats and skyscraper-length ships traveling between Lake Superior and Duluth Harbor. dot.state.mn.us
2 Check out the freshwater critters (gigantic sturgeon, otters, trout) at the two-story Great Lakes Aquarium. glaquarium.org
3 Historical elegance melds with modern-day luxuries at the A.G. Thomson House Historic Bed and Breakfast, a 1909 Dutch Colonial. thomsonhouse.biz
4 At Vikre Distillery, Lake Superior water goes into craft products like aquavit, a Scandinavian liquor spiced with cardamom and caraway. vikredistillery.com
5 The beautiful Park Point Beach lies on a sandy swath of land separating Lake Superior from the Duluth harbor. Watch the ore boats come and go or brave the lake's temps and frolic in the water. visitduluth.com
St. Joseph, Michigan
This Lake Michigan town is revitalizing many of its historic buildings. Within an easy walk of the beach, downtown St. Joe is a popular spot to while away a summer afternoon. stjoetoday.com
Five Fun Stops
1 Catch a concert, learn to draw, or view art at the turn-of-the-20th-century Box Factory for the Arts. boxfactoryforthearts.org
2 Head to Schu's for great burgers and potato soup enjoyed with a side of amazing views of Lake Michigan. schus.com
3 The restored indoor carousel (pictured) at Silver Beach Center brings the charm of a classic amusement park ride to a new generation. silverbeachcarousel.com
4 Caffe Tosi prides itself on good coffee and local produce; we loved the fresh bread. caffetosi.com
5 Guests at The Boulevard Inn & Bistro enjoy a French-influenced bistro with a spectacular wine list. Some guest suites have lake views. theboulevardinn.com
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This small town about 27 miles northeast of Duluth provides a base for outdoor exploration along the North Shore. twoharborschamber.com
Five Fun Stops
1 Grand Superior Lodge offers lots of family activities, such as ATV rides and kayak tours. Chose from rooms, cabins or lakefront homes. grandsuperior.com
2 Superior Hiking Trail heads all the way north to the Canadian border; stop in the Two Harbors store and office for trail information and recommendations. shta.org
3 Everyone will tell you to stop for pie at landmark Betty's Pies. Everyone is right. bettyspies.com
4 Local specialties star at the Vanilla Bean Cafe, where you might have Norwegian crepes with blueberries and raspberries for breakfast, wild rice fish chowder for lunch or pan-fried lake trout for dinner. thevanillabean.com
5 Highlights of Gooseberry Falls State Park (14 miles northeast of Two Harbors) include an outstanding visitors center, waterfalls (pictured) and easy trails. It's one of eight fabulous state parks along the North Shore. dnr.state.mn.us
South Haven, Michigan
Shops and restaurants abound in the historic downtown area, while a paved trail with signs recounting the village's history follows the waterfront to the Michigan Maritime Museum, home of an 1810 replica sloop. southhaven.org
Five Fun Stops
1 Buy a box of fresh blueberries or pick your own at DeGrandchamp Farms, one of Michigan's largest blueberry farms. degrandchamps.com
2 Flower gardens surround Yelton Manor B&B, across the street from the beach and within a 10-minute walk to downtown shops and restaurants. yeltonmanor.com
3 A few blocks from Lake Michigan, the rehabbed 1920s Victoria Resort Bed and Breakfast features spacious guest rooms, many with whirlpool tubs and fireplaces. Adults only. victoriaresort.com
4 Indulge in sundaes, shakes, malts and waffle bowls at South Haven's throwback Sherman Dairy Bar. shermanicecream.com
5 Sail across the waters of Lake Michigan on Friends Good Will, a replica 1810 square topsail sloop (pictured). The ship travels from the Michigan Maritime Museum. michiganmaritimemuseum.org
Mackinac Island, Michigan
A short ferry ride transports visitors to famously Victorian and car-free Mackinac Island. mackinacisland.org
Five Fun Stops
1 Fort Mackinac and Mackinac Island State Park are part of Mackinac State Historic Parks, a collection of museums and parks in the Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island region. mackinacparks.com
2 Family-owned Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, a century-old company, provides horse-drawn buggies for a leisurely tour of the island. mict.com
3 Enjoy a waterfront setting, gourmet dining and elegantly appointed lodging at Hotel Iroquois. iroquoishotel.com
4 A comfortably casual restaurant, Millie's on Main serves well-prepared, locally sourced cuisine in a bistro setting. milliesonmain.com
5 Stay at—or at least visit—the Grand Hotel (pictured), a glorious Victorian-Era landmark, with its purportedly world's-longest 660-foot front porch overlooking the straits. grandhotel.com
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Lake Erie shore, Ohio
Sandy beaches, coastal wetlands and a wealth of attractions draw visitors to Ohio's Lake Erie towns and islands. shoresandislands.com
Five Fun Stops
1 Cedar Point Amusement Park/Resort (pictured) in Sandusky has a mix of modern thrill rides (18 roller coasters!) and old carnival classics. cedarpoint.com
2 Attractions at Kelleys Island include the state park (for the rental yurts and fabulous beach), fishing spots and Victorian B&Bs. By ferry, 20 minutes from Sandusky or Marblehead. kelleysislandchamber.com
3 The bird-watching enclave of Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, 25 miles east of Toledo, has walking trails and observation towers. friendsofmageemarsh.org
4 Explore the original late-19th-century wine cellar at Port Clinton's Mon Ami Restaurant and Historic Winery, sample from a huge selection of estate and hand-selected wines, then stay for lunch. monamiwinery.com
5 Rent a kayak and explore on your own, or sign up for a tour with Kayak the Bay Ltd. in Put-in-Bay. kayakthebay.net
Munising, Michigan
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore steals the show, but this Upper Peninsula town on Lake Superior delivers on other adventures, too. munising.org
Five Fun Stops
1 On Munising Bay Shipwreck Tours, look up to see a lighthouse or down through glass viewing wells to see shipwrecks. shipwrecktours.com
2 Sandstone cliffs streaked by minerals, dunes, beaches, waterfalls and forested shoreline stretch for more than 40 miles in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (pictured) between Munising and Grand Marais. nps.gov/piro
3 Kayak tours with outfitters like Paddling Michigan put things in perspective, with guides leading paddlers under overhangs and past waterfalls. paddlingmichigan.com
4 Dine among thousands of books lining the shelves at Falling Rock Cafe and Book Store, which has gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan options as well as specialties such as smoked whitefish. fallingrockcafe.com
5 Our pasty from Muldoon's Pasties came fresh from the oven with a flaky crust, tender beef and nicely textured veggies. Enjoy your traditional Michigan treat on the porch, on picnic tables on the lawn or to go. muldoonspasties.com
Holland, Michigan
This shore town reflects its Dutch heritage in restaurants and attractions. In the spring, Holland hosts one of the nation's largest flower festivals, Tulip Time. holland.org
Five Fun Stops
1 At Windmill Island Gardens, a 250-year-old working windmill towers above a garden-filled 36-acre island. cityofholland.com
2 Holland's favorite night spot, New Holland Brewing Company, serves award-winning beers and creatively topped pizzas. newhollandbrew.com
3 Eight miles west of Holland, Holland State Park has an expansive beach, great lighthouse views and access to Mount Pisgah's towering sand dune. michigandnr.com
4 Visitors stop at DeBoer's Dutch Brothers Bakery to pick up fresh breads and buttery kraklingen cookies or to nosh on pigs-in-a-blanket and pea soup. deboerbakery.com
5 CityFlatsHotel, one of the world's few LEED-certified hotels, sets a sleek tone, with ecofriendly decor, walk-in showers and tall windows. cityflatshotel.com
Grand Marais, Minnesota
This onetime fishing village between the North Woods and Lake Superior draws both outdoorsy types and a large community of working artists. visitcookcounty.com
Five Fun Stops
1 Learn basket making, canoe building, knitting and much more at the wonderfully wholesome North House Folk School (pictured). Classes offered year-round. northhouse.org
2 Angry Trout Cafe, a little fish restaurant with a big reputation throughout Minnesota, serves fresh, flavorful Lake Superior fish grilled, fried or in chowder. angrytroutcafe.com
3 Stay in sleek lakeside condos with fabulous Lake Superior views at East Bay Suites. eastbaysuites.com
4 Explore the region's Gunflint Trail—a 55-mile-long road running from Grand Marais to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness—and stop at the Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center, with exhibits on the trail and the area's natural history. gunflint-trail.com
5 Loon Lake Lodge, one of the Gunflint Trail's best-kept dining secrets, serves up classic resort charm and hearty fare in a small dining room. visitloonlake.com
Bayfield, Wisconsin
Lake Superior adventure awaits visitors to this town on the Bayfield Peninsula. bayfield.org
Five Fun Stops
1 Walking tours at Bayfield Heritage Tours offer insights into town history and its settlers. bayfieldheritagetours.com
2 Explore the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, a 21-island archipelago in Lake Superior known for its rocky hiking trails, lighthouses and sea caves. nps.gov/apis
3 Snuggle under duvets in all-white rooms with whirlpools and windows facing Lake Superior at the Bayfield Inn. bayfieldinn.com
4 Pick up a map at the visitors center and drive to any of 14 orchards, including Bayfield Apple Company and Blue Vista Farm, for fresh fruit, baked goods and locally made products. bayfield.org
5 Stop at Cafe Seiche on Madeline Island for upscale eats in a casual atmosphere. Chef-owner Chris Wolfe's menu changes daily but might include almond-crusted lake trout over roasted red potatoes and asparagus. cafeseiche.com
Charlevoix, Michigan
Families love Charlevoix, an easygoing beach town with a triple lakefront (Lake Michigan, Round Lake and Lake Charlevoix). visitcharlevoix.com
Five Fun Stops
1 The surprisingly quiet Fisherman's Island State Park encompasses a swath of Lake Michigan beach outside Charlevoix and is ideal for camping or picnics. michigandnr.com
2 With curved roofs, deep eaves and cottagey stone walls, Mushroom Houses by native son Earl Young echo the Lake Michigan landscape and look like homes for fairy-tale creatures. Walking tours and self-guided driving tours available. visitcharlevoixmichigan.com
3 Celeste Murdick's Fudge has been creating fudge on Charlevoix's Bridge Street since 1953. Try the classic chocolate. celestemurdicksfudge.com
4 Designed by local architect Young, the fieldstone Weathervane Terrace Inn overlooks Lake Michigan in the heart of Charlevoix. weathervane-chx.com
5 Relax at East Park's picnic tables, then take a short walk to watch yachts cruise beneath a drawbridge. Check out nearby galleries, boutiques and waterfront bistros. visitcharlevoix.com/East-Park
New Buffalo, Michigan
A standout beach, boutique hotel, and easy access to inland fruit farms and wineries distinguish this Lake Michigan town. harborcountry.org
Five Fun Stops
1 The 55-room Harbor Grand Hotel encourages indulgence; enjoy 24-hour Ben and Jerry's ice cream delivery, free beach towels and beachside lounge chairs. harborgrand.com
2 The lighthouse and grassy dunes at New Buffalo City Beach create a scenic backdrop that makes this stretch of sand a cut above the rest. newbuffalo.com
3 The legendary ice cream shop Oink's Ice Cream and Yogurt (pictured) is the signature stop when you need a cool retreat from the beach. (269) 469-3535
4 Visitors to Lemon Creek Winery and Fruit Farm (22 miles northeast) can sample wines or enjoy the you-pick apples, berries and peaches. lemoncreekwinery.com
5 Cruise through towns with beautiful beaches, quaint shops and historic attractions along Red Arrow Highway. harborcountry.org
Traverse City, Michigan
Visitors will love the bustling, foodie-fueled restaurant scene, as well as sparkling waters and relaxing beaches. traversecity.com
Five Fun Stops
1 You'll find public beaches all along the shore, but Clinch Park, a 1,500-foot beach and marina, is just a couple of blocks from downtown. traversecity.com
2 Celebrate local ingredients with from-scratch, seasonal dishes at Trattoria Stella (pictured). Trattoria Stella on Facebook
3 We love the combined luxurious B&B and top-notch winery and vineyard at Chateau Chantal, on the Old Mission Peninsula north of Traverse City. chateauchantal.com
4 Grand Traverse Pie Company serves some of the area's best home-style fruit pies. gtpie.com
5 Among the most popular of the region's many farm markets, Gallagher's Farm Market and Bakery serves up an authentic country experience along with fresh cherries, baked goods and produce. gallaghersfarmmarkettc.com
Alpena, Michigan
One of northeast Michigan's bigger towns, Alpena borders Lake Huron and offers the top-notch Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center as well as a variety of other activities focused on the water. visitalpena.com
Five Fun Stops
1 A huge menu of healthy, flavorful sandwiches, wraps and salads makes Fresh Palate one of Alpena's best places to eat. freshpalategourmet.com
2 Explore the rich (and often tragic) history of the Great Lakes' shipping industry at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center (pictured), part of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. thunderbay.noaa.gov/
3 Put on your explorer's cap and cross a bridge to Island Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, with trails, fishing docks and a surprising amount of wildlife, all in the middle of the Thunder Bay River. michigan.org
4 Hop aboard a glass-bottom boat and let a guide with Alpena Shipwreck Tours take you for a tour of 19th- and early 20-century shipwrecks visible in the crystal-clear Thunder Bay waters. alpenashipwrecktours.com
5 At Cabin Creek Coffee, the joe is smooth and rich, but so are the other choices: lattes, chais and specialty drinks. Enjoy one with berry-studded scones. cabincreekcoffeealpena.com
Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio
Vintage boardwalk fun draws families to the summer resort town of Geneva-on-the-Lake, while the surrounding wine country offers upscale restaurants and fine wines to sample. visitgenevaonthelake.com
Five Fun Stops
1 The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake, a resort near Geneva State Park, has contemporary country-inn appeal. A delightful 2-mile paved path links the lodge to the state park beach. thelodgeatgeneva.com
2 Patrons at Ferrante Winery and Ristorante sample hearty Italian dishes and wonderful wines made on-site, about 9 miles south of Geneva-on-the-Lake. ferrantewinery.com
3 A charming soda fountain and old-fashioned malts draw customers to Ree's Corner in downtown Geneva-on-the-Lake. reescorner.com
4 Try to visit South River Vineyard at sunset, when the views are spectacular. About 10 miles south of Geneva-on-the-Lake, this winery is housed in a classic, white-steepled church, where the sun streams into the tasting room through stained-glass windows. southrivervineyard.com
5 The Lakehouse Inn and Winery (pictured), one of the area's only wineries on the lake, features a glassed-in tasting room with great views of Lake Erie, as well as cottages, a B&B and restaurant. thelakehouseinn.com
- Photo Courtesy of Door County Visitor Bureau/DoorCounty.com
Read more about exploring Great Lakes townsRelated Links
- Top Things to Do in Door County, Wisconsin
- Top Things to Do Along Minnesota's North Shore
- Top Things to Do in the Traverse City, Michigan, Area
- Top Things to Do in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
- Lake Erie Shore Trip Guide
- Top Things to Do in the Mackinac Island Area, Michigan
- A Guide to Michigan's Southwest Shore
- Top Things to Do Along the Lake Huron Shore in Michigan


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The National Science Foundation has granted CAREER awards, its most
prestigious grants for scientists early in their careers, to three
Princeton faculty members, Craig Arnold, Benjamin Sudakov and Olga
Arnold, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, received a $500,000, five-year grant for a project aimed at developing new ways of processing materials that could result in improved batteries and other devices. His project involves using lasers to modify materials used in batteries and conducting rigorous studies to understand the relations between the processing techniques and the materials' performance. The grant is titled "Laser Modified Transport in Electrochemical Materials."
Sudakov, an assistant professor of mathematics, received a five-year grant of $409,000 for a project titled "Methods and Challenges in Discrete Mathematics." He plans to research problems related to Ramsey theory, graph colorings, extremal combinatorics, and random and pseudo-random graphs. He also intends to work on the application of these areas to the field of theoretical computer science. His project encompasses a wide range of educational measures, including developing a series of courses for seniors and graduate students related to these research problems.
Troyanskaya, an assistant professor of computer science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, received a five-year grant of $1 million to combine computational and experimental techniques for analyzing networks of biological processes within organisms. Part of her project, "An Integrated Approach to the Study of Biological Process Specific Networks," involves analyzing genomic data and creating computer models that simulate biological networks. Another part focuses on lab experiments to test the validity of the computer models. Combining these approaches, Troyanskaya expects to develop computer models that are faster than lab experiments and more accurate than purely computational methods.
The CAREER program supports young, tenure-track "teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization." The grants are intended to "build a firm foundation for a lifetime of integrated contributions to research and education."
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prestigious grants for scientists early in their careers, to three
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Advertising pamphlet describing "The Betsy Flanagan Cocktail" featured at The Roosevelt in New York.
Found in "The Prairie" by James Fenimore Cooper. Published by Lovell & Coryell, circa 1900.
Huh! So...now we know!ReplyDelete
and as we all remember, knowing is half the battle.ReplyDelete
Appropriately enough, Cooper's book "The Spy" was where the Betsy Flanagan story first hit print in 1821.
William Grimes demolishes the story in "Straight Up Or On The Rocks", his history of the cocktail. (The word was used by Washington Irving in 1809, but first appears in an upstate New York newspaper in 1806.)
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Innovation. Story telling. Discovery. Connections. Beauty. Heartbreak.
TEDMED 2012 had it all. What seemed initially like disparate sessions later proved to be a carefully planned series that wove together important themes for making a healthier future.
The three days of immersion were, at times, overwhelming, but the careful planning interspersed intense talks with music or dance, all illuminating different aspects of healing, well-being, resilience, and persistence.
I was quite surprised that the conference began with an acrobatic/dance performance Traces by Les 7 doights de la main. Their grace and raw power was amazing. As curator and emcee Jay Walker explained, "Performing arts open our minds and imaginations to things we don't think are possible." This dance troupe was a great illustration of combining the art and science of medicine and an apt metaphor to start the TEDMED conference.
Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, further set the mood with his inspiring story about the power of identity and how important it is if you can get people to imagine a future they would not otherwise be able to. He was moving: "We have the capacity to do great things..." tempered by his admonition, "We are going to be judged by our willingness to confront...injustice." Our mission is to do things "burdened by the challenges, but liberated by the possibilities." And he reminded us that the "opposite of poverty is not wealth...but justice." A brilliant attorney, he set the stage, reminding us how social justice is at the core of health.
NIH Director Francis Collins told us that we have 4,000 disorders with a known molecular basis but only 250 have treatments. He vividly illustrated the urgent need for progress by introducing 15 year old Sam Berns, who has the body of an 80 year old, from his disease, progeria. Given the progress in treating progeria in the past decade, Sam tells us that "if that drive exists [in researchers] anybody can cure any disease." Sam is also a powerful advocate for clinical trials. (This is sorely needed; even among cancer patients, fewer than 5% participate in trials). And Sam is full of life and optimism, as are some of the young patients I care for with other devastating diseases.
Dr. Collins also focused on the potential of repurposing drugs, urging pharmaceutical companies to "open their drug freezers" to test drugs that have already passed safety hurdles. For example, AZT (zidovudine), the first effective treatment for AIDS, was initially developed as a treatment for cancer. I was fascinated, too, by his description of a "lung on a chip," that might eventually eliminate much animal testing. In the future, he postulated there might be a "You on a Chip," for personalizing drug treatment.
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Feliciano Arango
by Kevin Moore - © 2005 - pon clik aquí para su página en Salsa en Madrid
This brief introduction to the music of Feliciano Arango covers his Timba period, from 1989 to 2003, and his new music with Los Hermanos Arango .
The music of Los Hermanos Arango combines Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms and Jazz, but extends this often-explored idea to the point of creating a new and unique genre. It's common to hear Latin Jazz groups incorporate guaguancó, "6-8", or perhaps even a taste of the more common batá rhythms such as Ynongo and Chachalokuafún, but in many of their compositions, Los Hermanos Arango goes so far as to completely replace the standard rhythms section with a battery of 3 batás and to draw much more deeply on the vast spectrum of Afro-Cuban folklore than anyone has previously done.
Here are some audio examples of this unique new type of music from the group's first CD:
Canto a Oshún No. 1
Abakua en 7x4
Fiesta negra (Toque de palo)
Los infortunados (Rumba)
Feliciano Arango was the original bassist of the first timba group, NG La Banda , and played with them for over a decade prior to forming his own group. He was recently honored by the readers of timba.com as the greatest timba bassist of all time in the timba.com awards section. Michelle White met with him in Havana to present the award and wrote this account .
There are two ways to approach an understanding of Arango's place in the history of timba bass-playing -- as a stylistic innovator, and as an individual musical voice. Let's start with the latter. Like James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, and Jaco Pastorius, Arango's basslines transcend the traditional role of marking the rhythmic and harmonic structure of the arrangement -- each one stands alone as a melodic composition. I've always found it an appropriate coincidence that the name "Feliciano" comes from the same stem as "felicidad" because Arango's basslines seem to be bursting with the joy of being alive. In the early days of timba.com, I used to wax poetically for paragraphs in the NG La Banda section trying to describe Arango's style, but in 2005 this can now be done much more easily and effectively through the miracles of digital audio and high-speed intenet connectivity. Below are 4 audio links to specially-altered mp3 excerpts of classic NG tracks. The tempos are correct, but the pitch has been raised an octave to bring the bassline into the singable range. Unfortunately, the process also makes poor Issac, Tony Calá and Los Metales de Terror sound like Alvin and Chipmunks, but if you can get over that, the finer details of the basslines can be heard very clearly even if you're not a trained musician. After singing along with the basslines for a while, you can then listen to the original tracks and hear Arango's magic more clearly.
1989 - La expresiva
1989 - Porque tú sufres con lo que yo gozo
1995 - Te pongo mal
1995 - La bruja
Our NG La Banda recommended listening guide will faithfully guide you through Arango's timba great recordings.
The personal elements of Arango's style -- his improvisations, melodicism, tone, phrasing and overall funkiness -- are enough to rank him among the greatest timba bassists -- and still sound modern even after the quantum leaps that occurred in timba in the late 90's at the hands of younger bassists such as Alain Pérez, Pedro Pablo, Joel Domínguez, et al,. but to understand Arango's ranking at the very top of this list of extraordinary talents, we need to consider his place in history and go back to 1989 when NG released the first timba albums, En la calle and No se puede tapar el sol, which were released outside of Cuba on CD by QBADisc as "En la calle".
In Son and salsa, the bass tended to play repetitive figures based on the "bombo-ponche" pattern:
xxx0 xx0 x xxx0 xx0 x old-style bass tumbao
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Note that this older pattern is the same on each side of the clave. By 1989, songo bassists such as Juan Formell and Ritmo Oriental's Humberto Perera had already begun to experiment with "clavifying" the bassline:
0 x0 x 0 x0 x x0 x0 x00 x clave-aligned bass tumbao
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Arango greatly refined and extended this approach to create the set of rhythms which were the basis for the generations of timba bassists who followed him. He also pioneered many other hallmarks of timba bass playing, such as laying out and then sliding his hand down the lowest string during breakdown sections.
To hear Feliciano's contributions in context, I would suggest first listening to the basslines of:
Orquesta Revé: La explosión del momento
Los Van Van: anything from Colleción, (Vol. I-XV)
Ritmo Oriental: Historía de la Ritmo (Vol. I-II)
Fania All-Stars: (anything from the late 70's and early 80's)
Then listen to NG's "En la calle", recorded in 1989.
Then, to hear Arango's influence, listen to:
Charanga Habanera: Hey You Loca
Paulito FG: Con la conciencia tranquila
Issac Delgado: Exclusivo para Cuba
Manolín: De buena fe
Klímax: Mira si te gusta
Bamboleo: Ya no hace falta
Los que son son: Qué cosas tiene la vida


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This sounded like an interesting idea. I thought it had the potential to become a new tween fad. So I pledged $35 on Kickstarter to help Lumi Co. make their new product. I received the Inkodye kit as my reward. Lumi raised $268,437 from 3,525 backers with pledges from $1 to $625.
I learned about Kickstarter from Joy Furtado, one of the cat fosters in Safe Cat. Her son posted a project for "A multi-sensory live concert experience with banjo and slide guitar virtuoso, singer-songwriter, and cupcake connoisseur Tony Furtado." I pledged $25 for a copy of the CD, DVD, and the cupcake recipe. Tony raised over $19K and recorded his band on November 17, 2011. I liked his first track "Golden" so much I used it as the theme on my Blogtalkradio show.
Kickstarter is an investment in an idea, a product, or a performance. Prosper is investing for income. With Ben Bernanke keeping interest rates near zero, there are few opportunities to invest for interest income. Prosper offers investors interest rates from about 7% for highly rated borrowers to over 35% for risker ones.
I heard about Prosper from a TV news report four years ago. I suggested it to a friend who needed to pay off her credit cards. I put up $500 for her Prosper loan but on most of the others I "bid" $50 or $100. My friend's note was paid off last year and I made approximately $140 on my investment of $500.
I bid on several other projects on Prosper for people I don't know but whose projects sounded interesting or worthwhile. I took a chance on a young man in Colorado who wanted to expand his doggy daycare from 8 dogs to 12. He needed $3,000 but his Prosper rating was E, which is very low. The interest on his loan was 34.35%. I invested $50. He made every payment since December 2010. My original $50 investment is almost paid off with another year to go on the loan.
Since the amounts are small, $50 and up, even if you make one or two bad choices the losses are not great. I have not lost any money investing on Prosper. The loans have either been completed, or the principle has been repaid, or I'm still receiving regular monthly payments.
Another form of peer-to-peer lending is Donor's Choose, for non-profit fundraising for specific projects. I've contributed $50 or $100 for teachers in inner city schools to buy materials or musical instruments to help students learn new things.
Last year the San Ramon Express published an article about Schubros Brewery using crowdfunding to start up their craft beer company. I contacted Ian Schuster about investing. I was hoping to get in on the ground floor of a potentially profitable startup. The initial equity investment was $5000, which I couldn't afford to risk, especially since I don't even drink beer.
Schubros later sold shares for $1 each, which is more my economic level, but I still don't like beer. Schubros is counting on passage of H.R. 2930 to amend the securities laws to provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities to make it easier for small businesses to raise money by selling shares directly to the public.
Congress passed H.R. 2930 last November. The Bill, now named the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act has been sent to the Senate for approval. Entrepreneurs need capital but are having a hard time getting it.
Banks have a lot of money but they are not lending it. Corporations have a lot of money but they are not spending it. Billionaires are given tax breaks so they will have more money to invest in new and expanding businesses to help grow the economy, but too many billionaires are investing in political ads to keep politicians in their pockets and out of their wallets.
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S.B. Wineries Are Not a Problem
Good Neighbor Ordinance Is All We Need
The time has come to correct inaccurate, inflammatory, and unfounded reports about the so-called "controversy" over the Winery Ordinance. First of all, it is not a controversy. It is a process through which the Planning & Development Department (P&D) has been forced to go by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, one supervisor in particular. This process will cost the county (taxpayers) well over $175,000.
The current ordinance tries unsuccessfully to address the impacts of noise, traffic, parking, lighting, and dust. It dances around those concerns by using numbers related to frequency, attendees, acreage, etc. The five impact-concerns might be legitimate if you live close to a winery, but nonetheless, over the past three years, there have only been eleven complaints. None of them were about those impacts.
The third district supervisor tells us, "The winery ordinance issue affects the whole county, but most of all the Santa Ynez Valley. I was hearing about the increasing divisiveness, or polarization, as individual winery projects were coming through. Or there were zoning violations for activities that might end up being OK with revision."
What divisiveness? What polarization? What zoning violations? Eleven complaints have been recorded by the county over three years. Three were found not to be violations. Two venues had no wineries. One was about an agricultural tour. Two were about construction issues. One was about a sign. One was about food service. One was about a "commercial" event.
Over a ten-year period there have been no DUIs associated with wineries, according to California Highway Patrol statistics. No traffic accidents have been traced to wineries.
So, what is the problem? There is one voice in particular from the east side of Santa Ynez that has been heard consistently complaining. The person who is complaining has written a number of commentaries and articles, published in this and other newspapers. The writings have used vast generalities, misrepresentations, and non-factual information. He has fomented rumors, speculation, and fear.
Now, the Cattlemen's Association and others have come forward with a common-sense Good Neighbor Special Events Ordinance which is under consideration by P&D and the Planning Commission. Simply stated, the contents of this ordinance, although directed at the issue of non-winery special events, would solve the winery problem with simple, objective standards for all five of the potential complaint areas. A great part of this Good Neighbor ordinance can easily be incorporated into the current winery ordinance. If that is done, it will answer the primary concerns of neighbors and citizens.
A petition circulated throughout the county by the Central County Coalition asked potential signators if they supported wineries, tasting rooms, and wine-marketing strategies. There are over 1,200 signators. Most of them are not connected to the wine industry. Residents of Santa Barbara County support wineries.
In the face of this support, planners are publicly contending that there are large numbers of folks who don't complain, don't attend meetings, and don't write about their concerns. The reason given is that they are intimidated and don't like to come to meetings, despite the fact that the county is spending a fortune on outreach meetings for their benefit. A demand under the Freedom of Information Act has been put to the county asking for proof of the planners' statements.
If the Good Neighbor Special Events Ordinance is adopted for wineries, the other outreach issues of tasting rooms, food, and regulatory structure will be solved. There will be no need for the next two hearings on neighborhood compatiblity and structure. The county should save this cost and devote it to adoption of the Good Neighbor Special Events Ordinance.
The author is the founder and president of the Central County Coalition in Santa Barbara. He and his wife, Linda, retired to Santa Ynez in 2003, where he founded the Vineyard Valley Theatre Company, whose mission is to bring the highest quality theatrical presentations to the Santa Ynez Valley and distribute the net revenues to charitable organizations and schools. Among other accomplishments, Rosenberg earlier in his career co-founded the worldwide talent agency Triad Artists, which was later acquired by the famed William Morris Agency.


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African violets are one of the most popular indoor blooming plants. They come in various sizes, leaves shapes and flower colors and with careful selection of proper pots and growing medium, African violets can find their place in even the smallest areas.
African violet is not the simplest flower to grow and care about, but after setting things properly and getting used to do what they want, it is a joy not a job :o).
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If you follow these steps, you will have great and beautiful African violets. If you miss few of those, there is also great chance of getting nice African violet. But be careful, there is also a chance for some disappointments, usually because of something not so obvious – most often bad light, too much water, dry air, heavy soil ...
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To celebrate National Bible Week, we sat down with our long-time Bibles editor, Don Kraus, to find out more about his experience with publishing bibles at Oxford University Press.
How long have you been at OUP, and have you worked on Bibles the whole time?
I have worked at OUP since 21 February 1984, and yes, I've been Oxford's Bible editor for that entire time. In fact, one of our former OUP-US presidents used to joke at the annual employee party that "We have an editor with us for [5, 10, 15] years, and he's only published one book in that entire time." I think the third time it was less funny!
What can you tell us about the history of Bibles publishing at OUP?
Oxford isn't the oldest Bible publisher in the world, but it's been in the business for a long time — since about 1575. (That was before I came to work here.) In the 19th century Oxford Bibles were sold all around the world, and those sales helped finance other Press activities, including the Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford was the first Bible publisher to develop really thin, strong paper; to include many cross-references (internal links between one Bible verse and another on the same topic or using similar wording); and to publish a Bible with commentary on the same page as the Bible text. The last one is what we know as the original Scofield Reference Bible, published in 1909 and the first publication by OUP in New York — the New York office opened in 1896, but it started as a sales operation and only developed into a publishing center with the Scofield Bible.
What do you think is one of the biggest differences about publishing Bibles rather than other kinds of books?
I think there are two main differences, one physical and one that you might call meta-physical. The physical one is that Bibles are much longer than most books — the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible is about 500,000 words, and the New Testament is almost 200,000; if you add the Apocryphal Books you will have a total word count of nearly 900,000 words. A major trade book, like a blockbuster novel or a best-selling biography, is rarely longer than a couple of hundred thousand words. So Bibles are long, and in order to keep them in bounds they are published on very thin paper, which is not used for anything else. That makes Bible production something of a specialty. Then there are the leather-bound editions, the ones with ribbon markers for keeping your place, and other special features, and the production process can get really complicated.
Study Bibles, our mainstay, get even longer, of course. Our biggest ones are more than 2400 pages, and can amount to 1.4 million words, which is about the limit for something that can be bound in one volume and still hold together!
The "meta-physical" difference in Bible publishing is the incredible fussiness of members of the Bible-readership. A typographical error is a major crisis for some of our readers, and we regularly get mail (or nowadays e-mail) from anguished readers who basically say, "How could you publish this Bible with an error in it?"
How long can the process be for publishing a Bible, start to finish?
A major new study Bible will take five to six years, from the time we plan it to the time we publish. This is not an "insta-book" business! We carefully review a proposal for such a resource, sometimes including research into the student or religious readerships, and work closely with the editorial board to plan the contents and the contributors. When the submissions begin to come in, we edit them carefully so that they are appropriate for the intended audience. We also supply supplemental materials in the back matter, including a glossary of technical terms and guidance about where to find English translations of ancient writings (other than the Bible) that the biblical authors might have known. We also have the whole text copy-edited, and the study materials and Bible text proofread.
What is the most surprising thing you've found about working on Bibles?
I think the one aspect of this job that I did not expect was the way in which we could keep developing new publications in such a limited area. There always seems to be something new or different to say about the biblical text, and some new way of presenting it. I would never have imagined when I started in this job that we would have published so many different kinds of Bibles.
How have the changes to publishing and shift to digital affected Bibles publishing at OUP?
Bibles have been available in electronic form for some years now, starting actually back in the time of floppy disks (yes, there were Bible texts on floppies — and they were very awkward to navigate). Later, with CD-ROMs and now with web-based publishing, you can find a wide array of translations at least for reading, if not downloading. And specialist publishers offer subscription services that provide a range of translations, original language texts, and loads of reference tools for researchers.
So far, this hasn't impacted our sales of print versions very much. There is still a sense that "the Bible" as a printed book is something that people want to have, even if their regular reading is in another medium. As time goes on, however, and as our student population increasingly turns to web-based learning and digital resources, I would expect that our Bible sales will gradually migrate onto the web. And we will then have to decide about the extent of the materials that we will make available: as mentioned above, we're now about at the limit of a bound, one-volume print edition in our study Bibles, but on the web there is no limit other than the reader's/viewer's fatigue!
Any interesting stories to tell concerning working on Bibles?
I think the book that we published that made the biggest splash — though not, I'm sorry to say, on the sales end – was the Inclusive Language New Testament and Psalms, which came out in 1995, when Bill Clinton's presidency was first dealing with the Republican takeover of Congress (this political background is relevant, as you'll see below). The inclusive language version was an adaptation of the New Revised Standard Version that avoided male-gendered language not just about human beings, but about God. Terms such as "kingdom" were rendered "reign"; "Father" became "Father-Mother"; even the devil, who in standard translations is male, was not referred to in gendered language.
The reaction was virtually instantaneous, and although some people liked our version, many more were very angry – and they let us know it. My favorite "fan" letter, from a detractor, began, "To Satan's Right Hand Man (and Clinton supporter)." Another one told me, "You are the scum of a cesspool." (My thought about that one was, "Well, better scum than lees.") It was a novel experience for someone who had been in the backwater area of Bible publishing, and who was suddenly Exhibit A in the culture wars. I've since receded to the backwaters again.
Don Kraus studied Greek and Hebrew as an undergraduate (Trinity College, Hartford) and Hebrew and biblical studies at the Harvard Divinity School. He has worked in publishing since 1978 (before that he was in bookselling) and has been Oxford's Bible editor for nearly thirty years. He is the author of three books: Choosing a Bible, about the differences among Bible translations and the readerships for which they are intended; Sex, Sacrifice, Shame, and Smiting, about how to understand difficult or repellent passages in the Bible; and The Book of Job: Annotated and Explained, a translation of Job with an introduction and annotations intended for general readers. He is married (to Susan, an Episcopal priest who is the Rector of St. Giles' Episcopal Church in Jefferson, Maine). He lives in Maine. He likes murder mysteries, preferably British and not too gory.
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initial version of kernel 2.6.26-grml
A first version of kernel 2.6.26-grml is ready to go:
% uname -a Linux okely-dokely 2.6.26-grml #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 27 00:10:16 CEST 2008 i686 GNU/LinuxNow work on external modules will start, if you want to follow progress of work on kernel 2.6.26-grml check out our grml-kernel mercurial repository. If you want to get the kernel using Debian's package management even before it's available through grml's repository add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list and install linux-image-2.6.26-grml then:
deb http://grml.org/2.6.26 ./Please notice that we are testing migration to libata with this kernel so if you use root=/dev/hd.. in your bootloader config make sure to switch to root=/dev/sd.. or even better use root=UUID=... (see stable root device aka UUID for more details) instead.
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(Attaches story to news alert corrected to show period is fiscal, not calendar, Q1)
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.3 billion in the October to December quarter, an official said on Friday, days after the beleaguered mail agency announced plans to cut back on Saturday delivery to save money.
The Postal Service lost $3.3 billion in the same period a year earlier.
This year, extra mail tied to the November elections and stronger revenue from holiday-related packages contributed to a better quarter, USPS Chief Financial Officer Joe Corbett said during a meeting of the Postal Service Board of Governors.
The October to December period, which is the first quarter of the Postal Service's fiscal year, is typically the strongest because of the holidays.
The mail service has been grappling with tumbling mail volumes as Americans communicate more online and has struggled under the weight of massive required payments for future retiree health benefits.
The Postal Service defaulted twice last year on required payments to the federal government and lost almost $16 billion during the fiscal year.
Earlier this week, the mail agency announced plans to stop delivering first-class mail on Saturdays starting in the first week of August as part of a series of cost-cutting steps the agency is taking. The agency said cutting back to five-day mail delivery would save $2 billion a year.
The Postal Service will continue delivering packages on Saturdays and will keep post offices on their normal schedules. (Reporting by Elvina Nawaguna Writing by Emily Stephenson; Editing by James Dalgleish)


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Saturday, February 09, 2013
India: Afzal Guru's execution - possible security implications
by B.RAMAN
The intelligence agencies would have examined in depth the likely security implications of the execution of Afzal Guru this morning for his involvement in the attack on the Indian Parliament in December,2001, and taken necessary precautions not only in Jammu and Kashmir, but also in the rest of India.
2.They would have studied in detail the kind of security problems our agencies faced after the execution of Maqbool Bhatt of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front in the Tihar Jail in 1984 for his involvement in terrorism.
3. The circumstances in 1984 were not as complicated as they are today. We had to contend with only dangers of retaliation by the Kashmiri terrorist organisations.
4.In 1984, we were not faced with dangers of possible retaliation by Pakistani jihadi organisationssuch as the Lashkar-e-Toiba, the Jaish-e-Mohammad, the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.They were busy fighting the Soviet troops in Afghanistan and the attention of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence was also in Afghanistan.
5.They were not in a position to mount instant retaliation.Their retaliation was delayed till 1989 after the Soviet troops had withdrawn from Afghanistan.
6.Today, all these groups, particularly the LET and the JEM which played a principal role in the attack on the Parliament, are well primed against India and are in a position to mount quick retaliatory attacks not only in J&K but also in the rest of India with the help of their accomplices such as the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and the Indian Mujahideen.
7.Our security focus has to be pan-India. (9-2-13)
The writer is former AdditionalSecretary , Cabinet Secretariat, Govt of India, New Delhi,and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Associate, Chennai Centre For China Studies.
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Happy Halloween/Samhain/Beltain wherever you are in the world. Growing up Halloween wasn't a popular festival to celebrate. I didn't go trick or treating and the only chance I got for a party was when a friend had one to celebrate her birthday a few days later. It hasn't been a 'thing' here to do and has only grown in popularity in the last decade. For me, Halloween has always been less about the festivities, partly because of the above, but…


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- 2 bedrooms
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- 87 m²
- 1,450,000 €
Sold - Within a residence that delivers a new level of quality, elegance and exclusivity in Cap d'Antibes, we are very pleased to propose this magnificent apartment with 87 m2 living area composed of an entrance hall with guest toilet, 2 en-suite bedrooms, a bright living room with dining area and a fully equipped top standard kitchen. All rooms have access to a large covered south west facing terraces (46m2) for outside living.
The residence includes a collection of magnificent 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments and 4 bedroom penthouses with private rooftop pools. All of the 88 apartments benefit from large terraces or gardens for outside living, with sea and mountain views for some. The landscaped gardens comprises an outdoor swimming pool and a tennis court. The residents will benefit from a private spa comprising treatment rooms, ice room, jacuzzi and a fully equipped Gym. There is private underground parking included in the price, 24h security as well as a conciergerie.
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The State Legislature incorporated the Town of Pelham on March 7, 1788, and at that time included all of City Island and what is now Pelham Bay Park east of the Hutchinson River. In 1895, the Town of Pelham was redefined as two villages. These two Villages known as the Village of Pelham Manor in 1891 and Village of Pelham in 1896; were incorporated within the Town of Pelham.
History And Antiquities, Compiled 1841
"Pelham is situated on the sound, 18 miles NE. from New York. Pop. 789."
"Historical Collections of the State of New York
, Published by S. Tuttle, 194 Chatham-Square, 1841
History of Pelham, Published 1900
John Pell, the successor of Thomas in the " lordship " of Pelham Manor, was born on the 3d of February, 1643. He arrived in America and entered into his proprietorship in the summer of 1670. On the 25th of October, 1687, a new royal patent of Pelham Manor was issued to him by Governor Dongan, the reason for this proceeding being, as stated in the patent, that he desired "a more full and firm grant and confirmation" of his lands. The bounds of the manor as specified in the new instrument were precisely the same as those prescribed in the Nicolls patent to his uncle - Hutchinson's Eiver on the south and Cedar Tree or Gravelly Brook on the north, with the neighboring islands; but the dignities attaching to the manorial lordship were somewhat more elaborately defined, and instead of paying to the royal governor as quit-rent "one lamb on the first day of May" as had been required of Thomas Pell, he was to pay "twenty shillings, good and lawful money of this province," "on the five and twentyeth day of the month of March." He married (1685) Bachel, daughter of Philip Pinkney, one of the first ten proprietors of EastChester. He resided on his estate, and seems to have taken an active and influential interest in public matters related to Westchester County, having been appointed by Governor Andros (August 25, 1688) the first judge of Westchester County, and serving as delegate from our county in the provincial assembly from 1691 to 1695. He died in 1702. The tradition is that he perished in a gale while upon a pleasure excursion in his yacht off City Island.
The most notable event of John Pell's administration of his manor was the conveyance by him through the celebrated Jacob Leisler of six thousand acres as a place of settlement for the Huguenots - a transaction out of which resulted the erection of the Town of href="/direct.html?http://westchestertowns.com/php/Westchester/Town0220.php" target="_blank"> New Rochelle.
The Edict of Nantes, a decree granting a measure of liberty to the Protestants of France, promulgated in 1598 by King Henry IV., was on the 22d of October, 1685, revoked by Louis XIV., and by that act of state policy the conditions of life in the French kingdom were made quite intolerable to most persons of steadfast Protestant faith. For some years previously to the revocation numerous French Protestants had begun to seek homes in foreign lands, especially America; and after 1685 the emigration grew to large proportions. A great many of the Huguenots came to New York City. Several of the leaders of the sect abroad entered into correspondence with Leisler (known to them as a responsible merchant and influential citizen of New York and, moreover, a man of strong liberal principles), with a view to the purchase by him as agent of eligible land for the establishment of a Huguenot colony.
It happened that a number of the Huguenot immigrants in New York City, looking about them for suitable places of residence, had in 1686 and 1687 chosen and secured from John Pell parcels of land in that portion of Pelham Manor now occupied by the present City of New Rochelle. From this circumstance Leisler, as the constituted agent of the Huguenots, was led to locate the settlement at that place. He entered into negotiations with Pell, and on the 20th of September, 1689, "John Pell and Rachel his wife'' conveyed to him, " in consideration of the sum of sixteen hundred and seventy-five pounds sterling, current silver money of this province," "all that tract of land lying and being within said Manor of Pelham, containing six thousand acres of land, and also one hundred acres of land more, which the said John Pell and Rachel his wife do freely give and grant for the French church erected, or to be erected, by the inhabitants of the said tract of land, or by their assignees, being butted and bounded as herein is after expressed, beginning at the west side of a certain white oak tree, marked on all four sides, standing at high water mark at the south end of Hog Nock, by shoals, harbour, and runs northwesterly through the great fresh meadow lying between the road and the Sound, and from the north side of the said meadow to run from the due north to Brouckes river, which is the west division line between the said John Pell's land and the aforesaid tract, bounded on the southeasterly by the Sound and Salt Water, and to run eastnortherly to a certain piece of salt meadow lying at the salt creek which runneth up to Cedar Tree brook, or Gravelly brook, and is the bounds to Southern. Bounded on the east by a line that runs from said meadow northwesterly by marked trees, to a certain black oak tree standing a little below the road, marked on four sides, and from thence to run due north four miles and a half, more or less, and from the north side of the said west line, ending at Broncke's river, and from thence to run easterly till it meets with the north end of the said eastern most bounds, together with all and singular the islands and the islets before the said tract of land lying and being in the sound and salt water," etc. This was an absolute deed of sale of the property. The sum paid for it, £1,675, was extraordinarily large, in comparison with the usual amounts given in those times for unimproved landed property, and is a demonstration of the entirely substantial character of the settlement of New Rochelle at its very foundation. In addition to the purchase money, " said Jacob Leisler, his heirs and assigns," were to held and pay "unto the said John Pell, his heirs and assigns, lords of the said Manor of Pelham, to the assigns of them or him, or their or either of them, as an acknowledgment to the lords of the said manor, one fat calf on every four and twentieth day of June, yearly and every year forever - if demanded." This proviso was incorporated conformably with the customs of the times, which required the vouchsafing of peculiar courtesies to the lords of manors on the part of individuals upon whom they bestowed their lands. The ceremony of the presentation of the fat calf was duly observed for many years, and was always made a festival occasion.
Although the deed of sale specified the Bronx River as the westernmost boundary of the tract, its bounds as finally established stopped at Hutchiuson's River or creek. The six thousand acres comprised the whole northern section of the manor, Pell retaining the southern portion, a wedge-shaped territory, about one-half less in area than the part conveyed to Leisler.
Shortly after the consummation of the purchase, Leisler began to release the lands to the Huguenots, and the place was settled with reasonable rapidity. It was called New Rochelle in honor of La Rochelle in France, a community prominently identified with the Huguenot cause in the religious wars. From the first the French refugees proved themselves most desirable additions to the population of our county, and the entire history of New Kochelle is a gratifying record of progress.
It will be remembered that John Richbell's original purchase from the Indians of what is now the Township of Mamaroneck, a purchase confirmed to him at the time by the Dutch authorities, and later by the English governor, Lovelace, comprised three necks on the Sound between the Mamaroneck River and Thomas Pell's lands, and that the interior extension of the purchase was twenty miles northward "into the woods". Of the three necks, called the East, Middle, and West Necks, the first was deeded by Richbell to his mother-in-law, Margery Parsons, and by her immediately conveyed to his wife, Ann; but the latter two were mortgaged and finally lost to Richbell's estate. These Middle and West Necks, with their prolongation into the interior, formed a triangular tract of land owned by several persons, which lay wedge-shaped between the Manor of Pelham, at the southwest, and what later became the Manor of Scarsdale, at the northeast. The East Neck, terminating at the mouth of the Old Guion Place, New Rochelle.
Mamaroneck River, continued to be the property of Mrs. Richbell until its sale by her to Caleb Heathcote, in 1697. It formed the nucleus of Scarsdale Manor, erected in 1701.
History of Westchester County, New York: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900,
History of Pelham Manor, Compiled 1940
Pelhamdale Ave., to the railroad station on Washington Ave., was the route of the tiny trolley said to have provided the inspiration for the Toonerville Trolley series of Fontaine Fox, the cartoonist.
At 12.5 m. is the junction with Split Rock Road.
Left onSplit Rock Road to the New York City line, 0.5 m., then through Pelham Bay Park to Pelham Parkway. Split Rock Road was once the private driveway from the manor house of Thomas Pell to the Boston Post Road. Washington's army retreated along this road after the Battle of Long Island. Some of the heaviest fighting in the Battle of Pell's Point, October 18, 1776, took place in the vicinit of the cleft 10-foot boulder, which is near the New York City line.Learn about the American Revolution in Westchester and the Hudson River Valley.
Source: Excerpts from "New York, A Guide to the Empire State" , Compiled by workers of the Writer's Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York, 1940 Albany
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Cubs deal Campana to desert for two righty prospects
MESA, Ariz. -- Tony Campana has spent the last week paying to hit at a batting cage in the Phoenix area. Now, the Diamondbacks will pay him.
The Cubs dealt the popular speedster to the Diamondbacks on Monday for a pair of 17-year-old Venezuelan right-handed pitchers: Erick Leal and Jesus Castillo.
"I had a feeling," Campana said as he packed his Cubs gear into a box. "I'm excited that I get to go somewhere else and try it out. I'm excited to go over there."
Campana, 26, led the Cubs with 30 stolen bases last season, but he didn't get on base consistently enough to utilize his speed. He was designated for assignment on Feb. 10. In 89 games last season, Campana batted .264 with a .308 on-base percentage.
"It's difficult to lose Tony from the organization," Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said. "Great person, he's a fantastic base stealer and a guy we really enjoyed getting to know. But ultimately you can only protect 40 guys on the roster, and he got caught up in the roster crunch. We have a little bit of depth in the outfield and less depth in pitching, and given that, it led us to designate Tony for assignment."
There was simply no room in the Cubs outfield for Campana.
"It's a little crowded here," Campana said. "It's good to get over there."
It's been a long week as he waited for some decision.
"I found a cage -- I was paying to hit in a cage and paying for a gym for the last week," Campana said. "I'm glad to be able to go hit and lift for free now.
"I knew there was a chance of this happening," he said about being designated. "I kind of made myself ready just in case it happened. I was glad there was a team out there that wanted to go get me. I'm excited now."
Campana was a hot topic at the Cubs Convention in January as fans asked Hoyer and others where the outfielder would play.
"It was kind of crazy," Campana said of the support. "I wasn't expecting that. I kind of expected [to be designated]. When [the fans] got so mad, it was a humbling experience for me."
Leal could play in the U.S. this year, but Castillo will likely stay in the Dominican Republic and play in the Dominican Summer League. Leal was 6-2 with a 2.44 ERA in 14 appearances for the DSL last season, striking out 70 over 70 innings. Castillo was 2-4 with a 5.40 ERA in 14 appearances in the DSL.


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Brightside in View
The Cassini spacecraft continues to image terrain on Iapetus that is progressively eastward of the terrain it has previously seen illuminated by sunlight.
The region seen here was imaged in reflected light from Saturn at excellent resolution in the close flyby on New Year's Eve 2004 (see Iapetus by Saturn Shine).
This view looks toward the equator of Iapetus (1,468 kilometers, or 912 miles across) on the moon's Saturn-facing side. North is up and rotated 11 degrees to the right.
The image was taken in visible green light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Nov. 27, 2006 at a distance of approximately 2 million kilometers (1.2 million miles) from Iapetus. Image scale is 12 kilometers (7 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov . The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org .
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute


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Riding Honda's U3-X personal mobility prototype is easy. Very easy. Gut-fatteningly, motivation-drainingly, muscle-atrophyingly easy.
The U3-X is a continuation of Honda's unofficial human meat puppetry project, which started in 2008 with a set of assistive robo-legs, and will end with, well, Wall-E. Conceptually, it sits somewhere between two other historically dignified modes of transportation, the unicycle and the Segway. It supports the rider's weight with an omnidirectional wheel, which is actually made of smaller, perpendicularly aligned wheels, and which responds to slight movements in the rider's upper body; a shift of the shoulder in any direction eases the rider across the floor, in a surprisingly predictable and controllable way. It doesn't feel like rolling so much as it feels like floating.
Some other riders hammed it up and fell, but to have anything worse than an awkward dismount, you almost have to try—your feet are never more than a few inches from the ground, and this thing doesn't move any faster than your average person walks. The only thing that takes some practice is turning, since you can't rotate without dragging a toe. It's like controlling an FPS character with only your WASD keys.
Of course, no one wants to end up a meat puppet. But for now, while we still have our legs to fall back on, time spent sitting on the U3-X is a joy. And sitting is really what you're doing—with your feet so close to the ground and your butt planted firmly on the seat, you're basically just sitting in the world's most high-tech rolly-chair. On a Segway, you always feel like you're supposed to be doing something. On the U3-X, it seems perfectly normal just to hang out, and it's frighteningly easy to forget you're sitting on an experimental gyroscopic personal mobility device altogether.
You can't buy a U3-X, and you probably wouldn't want to: the battery lasts an hour, the charm of the loud electric motors would wear off quickly, and the clearance between the wheel and its guard is small enough that it could scrape on uneven terrain. But the fact that this works—and well—is pretty stunning, and the shortcomings don't require much creativity, just time. Since a person on a U3-X doesn't take up any more space than a person on foot, the everyone-needs-a-gyroscope future laid out by the Segway seems, for the first time, not ridiculous.


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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is quietly winding down one of the earliest programs created by the president's health care overhaul law.
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Bulgaria is a country in Eastern Europe bordering Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece and Turkey, a member of the European Union but not yet the Schengen zone. It's a good country for hitchhikers since this was a common way of traveling in socialist times when few people had cars. There are hardly any roads where hitchhiking would be prohibited. Except for a few stretches of true motorway, it is possible to thumb directly on the road and stop passing cars.
Hitching is slightly easier from the east to the west or vice versa because the motorway Sofia-Plovdiv is a part of the main route from Western and Central Europe to Turkey. Hitchhiking between the north and south is somewhat slower
Quite a few drivers who would pick up hitchhikers are those who used to hitchhike themselves back in the socialist regime days. They will often feel nostalgic about the time they spent on the road, and will be happy to share their adventure stories with you, or let you tell them about your trip(s). Hitchhiking is highly popular in the summer and is so common along the seaside that you can find yourself competing with other hitchhikers. Hitchhiking is also practiced and known in Bulgarian mountainous areas, especially around the Rhodope Mountains (Rodopi, or Rodopa) where there are very few cars but the ones that drive by usually stop.
There are usually many truck drivers on this road who are willing to have some company. Do not be surprised if some of them – driving long distances between Western Europe and Turkey – ask you to take off your shoes when you are in a driver's cabin, or show you photos of their family, etc. Note that in summer, on days when the temperature goes above 35 ℃, trucks must remain at a parking place between 1300 and 2100 (to avoid damaging the asphalt). So, in July and August it is best to start hitchhiking early in the morning if you want to depend on truck traffic.
As friendly as they can be, Bulgarian drivers usually don't consider small violations of existing road regulations and speed limits in Bulgaria a big deal. Be careful and avoid standing in areas with a yellow triangle sign, with a filled black circle in the middle - these indicate places with increased concentration of road accidents and are a part of a governmental campaign to improve driving safety.
Be wary of thieves - particularly in rural areas, there are many people who see a lone hitchhiker as an opportunity to gain by foul means.
Border crossing
Bulgaria is probably the most corrupt country in the EU, and you are most likely to notice this at the border crossings. However, if you carry a Western passport it is quite unlikely they will bother you.
- When going towards Turkey , the most used border checkpoint is the Kapitan Andreevo-Kapıkule border crossing.
- The checkpoint near Malko Tarnovo can also be used if you're coming from Burgas, although there is significantly less traffic there, either on the Turkish and on the Bulgarian side. The border checkpoint lies in a mountainous area so be sure you either have a direct ride to a city on the other side of the border or arrive early, because it could also be hard to find a spot to put up a tent. Traffic is very scarse, but when the border police goes to or from their shift at the border they might take you. It is recommended to cross the border in a personal car, since the truck queue is usually slow, and the Turks might not like you walking around looking for another ride - especially if you do it at night. When coming from the Turkish side however, it is very easy and accepted to walk across this border - show your passport to the Turkish guards, they stamp it and you're allowed to walk into Bulgaria. On the Bulgarian side the passport controls tend to be very quickly if you're from a EU-country - they just take a look at your passport and you can go.
Tip: when taking this bordercrossing when entering Bulgaria, it might be a good idea to start walking after you've crossed it, because many people won't stop for you when you're standing just behind the border office buildings. Even a few hundred meters will enlarge your changes of getting a ride to at least the next town, which is Malko Tarnovo.There are enough options to set up a tent near this village, and there is a cheap but good hotel too, in the north-western part of the town.
- Ruse-Giurgiu border crossing, the main border crossing and the route used by trucks.
- Calafat-Vidin border crossing, a lesser-used border crossing .
- Durankulak-Vama Veche, along the Black Sea, the least-used border crossing where waiting times can be long.
- Kalotina-Dimitrovgrad border crossing, the main border crossing.
North Macedonia
- Kriva Palanka-Kyustendil, in the north
- Delchevo-Blagoevgrad, in the south.
- Hitchhiking - автостоп [av-to-stop]
- Motorway - магистрала [ma-gee-stra-la]
- Petrol station - бензиностанция [ben-zee-no-stan-tsee-ya]
- Ring road - околовръстно (шосе) [o-ko-lo-vrast-no (sho-sse)]
- Map - карта [kar-ta]
- Bus stop - (автобусна) спирка [(av-to-bus-na) speer-ka]
- Hello - Здравейте [Zdra-vey-te]
- Good day - Добър ден [Do-bar den]
- Good morning - Добро утро [Do-bro oot-ro]
- Good evening - Добър вечер [Do-bar ve-cher]
- Goodbye - Довиждане [Do-vizh-da-ne]
- Bye - Чао - ciao (as in Italian)
- Thank you - Благодаря [Bla-go-da-rya]
- Thanks - Мерси - merci (as in French)
- From - от [ot]
- Towards - към [kam]
- Through - през [prez]
- (To the) left - (На) ляво [(Nah) lya-vo]
- (To the) right - (На) дясно [(Nah) dyass-no]
- Straignt on - Направо (Nah-pra-vo)
- Where are you going to? - На къде отивате? [Na kade o-tee-va-te?]
- I´m travelling to ... - Пътувам към ... [Pa-too-vam kam ...]
- Please stop here - Моля, спрете тук [Mo-lya spre-te tuk]
- A bit further - Малко по-напред [Mal-ko po na-pred]
Reading or writing signs in Cyrillic
- Благоевград - Blagoevgrad
- Бургас - Bourgas
- Варна - Varna
- Велико Търново - Veliko Tarnovo
- Видин - Vidin
- София - Sofia
- Пловдив - Plovdiv
- Русе - Russe
External links
- The site of BG hitch-hikers (forum, tips, etc.)
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- Add macaroni to a saucepan of boiling water. I always add a plop of olive oil to the water.
- Chopped up some mushrooms add to a pan
- Cut up 8 slices of bacon and add the mushrooms.
- Add a little salt and pepper
- Once cooked add the bacon and mushroom to a lasagne dish.
- Drain off macaroni and add to lasagne dish
- Pour cheese sauce over the macaroni, bacon and mushroom mix
- Give a stir round and sprinkle with grated cheese and a little ground pepper
- Into Oven for about 15 minutes or until nice and brown
Cheese Sauce - all into a saucepan!
- One and half tablespoonfuls of plain flour
- Around 2oz of butter
- 1pint of milk (or half milk and half water)
- Salt and Pepper
- Add to the hob and stir furiously
- Add grated cheese - depending on how cheesy you like it!
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