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Nestled in the picturesque Hudson Valley town of Rhinebeck, the Beekman Arms began humbly as a stagecoach and mail stop on the Old Albany Post Road at the end of the eighteenth century. Of more than forty stage stops that operated along that path, it is the only one still in existence. Through the tenure of many landlords and several notable renovations, it has evolved into the stately inn it is today. Proclaimed the "oldest hotel in America" since...
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After the Second World War, Britain's railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The 'Big Four' railway companies were nationalized from 1948 and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of building new 'Standard' steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951.
This program was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselize and electrify many lines, and so, the...
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What is it about lighthouses that make them bastions of spiritual activity? Built for strength and permanence, they are nonetheless vulnerable, protecting lives yet isolated and remote. Unforgiving of human frailty, these outposts inevitably become the settings for tragedy-and for the spirits that linger on at the site of their ruined hopes, their sufferings, their obsessions.
With its incessant fogs and infamously craggy coast, Maine has the second...
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Centuries before the U.S. Air Force launched Project Blue Book or mysteries swirled around the enigmatic Area 51, the Puritans in 1639 witnessed a great light in the sky over Massachusetts. It was the first recorded sighting of an unidentified flying object. Now, sightings are so common they're not even front-page news, and the Air Force just released all the records from Project Bluebook.
Despite all this, there remain sightings that cannot be easily...
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There is a revolution happening right now all over the world as believers in Jesus Christ are rediscovering the words of Jesus: I came to reveal the Father (John 1:18). When you learn to live life with an awareness of and attention to the Fathers presence, everything changes. Believers move from religion to relationship. Faith in God shifts from duty to an exciting journey. Imagine you could live with a supernatural confidence that your Father in...
10) The Taming of the Electron: A Story of Electric Charge and Discharge for Lighting and Electronics
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Benjamin Franklin recognized the attraction between objects given excess charge and objects made deficient in charge. Particle physicists attribute force of attraction to photons having particle and wave properties as do electrons. This force can produce damaging electric breakdown over a scale ranging from the atmosphere to electronic circuits and can produce light for illumination or display.
13) Manners for Kids: The Ultimate Guide for Parents to Teach Values and Manners to Their Kids, Learn
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Manners for Kids: The Ultimate Guide for Parents to Teach Values and Manners to Their Kids, Learn How You Can Raise Exceptionally Good Children
A well-mannered child always stands out from the crowd in today's world. It is nice to hear whenever we hear small ones say "Please" and "Thank You." For a parent, it's heartwarming to hear from teachers or other parents how well-mannered and behaved their kids are. after all, how a child behaves reflects...
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, is the most venerable of all the old historic taverns still operating in America. Built three hundred years ago by the How family, it has witnessed Indian affairs, colonial wars and the coming of the stagecoach, railroad and automobile. The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized it in verse with his 1863 collection Tales of a Wayside Inn, suddenly making it a desired destination for travelers....
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One of the most important primary historical sources of the American Revolutionary War, "A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier" by Joseph Plumb Martin, is the published account of his time serving in the Continental Army and Connecticut Militia. Originally published anonymously in 1830, it was thought lost to history until a surviving first edition copy of the narrative was found in the 1950's. Martin's account is particularly significant as Martin...