July 19th, 2009 traveler
Michael Jackson around the world – Michael Jackson King of Pop Poster – Born in 1958, Michael Jackson became an international star by the age of 13. Michael was praised for his singing, dancing, and acting abilities. He has one of the most recognized names of the 20th century and has been a household name around the world for decades. He was awarded 13 Grammy Awards. Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958, and was an international star by 1971. Famous for his songs (Thriller, “Beat It” and “Billie Jean”), video films, dance moves, such as the robot and the moonwalk, and television and concert appearances, Michael Jackson was the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time. He was the first African American artist to amass a strong crossover following on MTV and thousands of musicians today mention him as an important influence on their music. Michael Jackson had five brothers, Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, and Randy Jackson, and had three sisters, Rebbie Jackson, La Toya Jackson, and Janet Jackson.
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Michael Jackson Concert Photo Poster with his famous hat and white t-shirt.
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Michael Jackson – Thriller Poster
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July 16th, 2009 traveler
Seychelles Poster
Karrass, Mark
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Sunset Palm Tree Over Ocean- Indian Ocean Exotic Tropical Island Seascape Photo Poster – Tropical Beach Palm Trees on Sandy Beach in Seychelles Islands, Africa Touristic Art Photo by Mark Karrass
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Exotic Flowers Postcard – Original Digital Photo Art
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July 15th, 2009 traveler
Live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece. Dalai Lama
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A- avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits
B- believe in yourself and succeed
C- consider things from every angle
D- don’t give up and don’t give in
E- enjoy life today, yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come
F- friends and family are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches
G- give more than you planned to
H- have major league fun
I- ignore those who try to discourage you
J- just do it
K- keep trying no matter how hard it seems, it will get easier
L- love yourself first and most
M- make it happen
N- never lie, cheat or steal, always strike a fair deal
O- open your eyes and see things as they really are
P- practice makes perfect
Q- quitters never win and winners never quit
R- read study and learn about everything important in your life
S- stop procrastinating
T- take control of your own destiny
U- understand yourself in order to better understand others
V- visualize it and focus
W- want it more than anything
X- xcellerate your efforts
Y- you are unique in all God’s creations, nothing can replace you
Z- zero in on your target and go for it
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June 3rd, 2009 traveler
Avranches Art Print
Bergevin, Albert
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Vintage French travel advertising poster print. 1900s Art Deco French travel advertisement: Baie du Mont St. Michel Avranches, Manche Basse Normandie (Normandy) Coast France.
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June 2nd, 2009 traveler
Cote d’Azur Art Print
Domergue
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Vintage Travel Poster Print: Cote D’Azur Coast, Saint Tropez French Riviera France. Art Deco Style Men’s & Women’s 1800’s Fashion and French Seascape Illustration Painting with Blue and Yellow Tones.
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June 2nd, 2009 traveler
Monaco, 1937 Art Print
Ham, George
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Golden age of auto racing poster prints: Vintage Monaco Grand Prix print for your wall. Art Deco Retro automobile racing advertisement print – Vintage car racing print poster. Old Art Deco vintage car racing advertising wall print. Monaco France Grand Prix auto racing art print 1937.
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May 12th, 2009 traveler
The outermost ring of France consists of young Alpine ranges. These are represented by three units, the Pyrenees on the south, and the Alps and Jura on the east. The high mountain meadows of the lofty Pyrenees are used for cattle in summer. On their northern flank and passing over into the Aquitaine Basin, a succession of tremendous alluvial fans forms a foreland which can be regarded as part of the Garonne Basin.
The Alps to the cast of the Rhone show a young rugged topography, while the high parts are covered with glaciers. Here, as elsewhere, several subdivisions stand out. The Massif of the Maures along the coast of the Riviera, belongs geologically with the Pyrenees. The Alpine chains themselves can be divided, as in Switzerland, into the High Alps and the Pre-Alps separated by the longitudinal upper valleys of the Isère and the Durance. Finally, the Jura is an Alpine offshoot, the regular limestone folds of which mark the boundary between France and Switzerland.
Subtropical agriculture is typical of the Riviera, the Mediterranean coast of this Alpine section. Fields of early vegetables, winter flowers for perfumes, and groves of oranges, lemons, and figs reflect the mild winter and warm summers. Olives and grapes invade the mountain valleys. The dry summers, however, are not favorable for cattle, and goats are the most common domestic animals. On the higher slopes the forest prevails. Farther north the use of the land changes. The broad valleys, well protected climatically, are used for grain, especially wheat, while fruit trees grow on the lower slopes. Higher up cattle-raising is the main source of income, a result of lower temperature and more abundant summer rains. In Savoie, the French province south of Lake Geneva, dairying is carried on as intensively as in similar parts of Switzerland. The Jura is also important as a dairy region, but here forests cover a great deal of the ranges and limit the meadows to the valleys and the high summits.
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May 12th, 2009 traveler
The new settlement superseded Biloxi in 1723 as the capital of the vast Colonial empire of Louisiana. Eighteen miles of levee were constructed above and below the town, government buildings erected, and efforts made to drain the land. As part of the ‘Mississippi Bubble,’ John Law’s grandiose real-estate project, New Orleans enjoyed an early increase in population, although the majority of immigrants coming to Louisiana in quest of the easy living advertised in Europe chose to settle along the river outside of the small town. Beside the civil and military officials, the population consisted of slaves, soldiers, trappers, and merchants. Classes of slaves included (1) Negroes imported directly from Africa or from the French possessions in the West Indies; (2) esclaves naturels, Indian prisoners of war; and (3) ‘redemptioners,’ impoverished Europeans, most of whom were Germans, who had bound themselves to serve for a period of three years in payment of their passage and were ’sold’ to the planters by ship captains. Because of the rapid increase in slaves, the French practice of populating Louisiana with convict labor soon came to a stop, resulting in an improvement in the type of colonist settling in and about New Orleans.
Under the Company of the Indies, a John Law enterprise, the government of the Colony was vested in a Superior Council consisting of the directors of the trading company with a commandant-general, in place of a governor, at its head. Lower courts were established for the administration of justice, and a right of appeal to the Superior Council was granted. In 1724, the Code Noir, a compilation drawn up for the regulation of Negroes on the island of Santo Domingo, was promulgated in Louisiana by Governor Bienville. Among its additional provisions were those having to do with the expulsion of Jews from the province, under penalty of confiscation of property and imprisonment, and the establishment of the Catholic religion as the State faith. For more than a century it formed the basis of white treatment of enslaved Negroes.
The religious administration of the Colony was divided among three religious orders. The Jesuits were given charge of all territory north of the Ohio, the Capuchins were assigned to the territory west of the Mississippi River, and the Carmelite Fathers were placed in charge of the settlement east of the river with headquarters at Mobile. The Carmelites failed to fill their assignment and the Capuchins were given charge, while the Jesuits were allowed to do missionary work among the Indians in the Capuchin territory, with the understanding that there would be no interference with Capuchin activities. Both orders were under the supervision of the Bishop of Quebec.
Care for the sick and education for girls were provided for with the arrival in 1727 of six Ursuline nuns, who founded the Ursuline Convent. Equally important, however, was the importation during the following years of young French women (called filles à la cassette because of the chests of clothes and linen given them as dowries by the French Government) to supply wives for the colonists.
In 1731 the Company of the Indies relinquished its charter and Louisiana once more became a province of the Crown. A governor, appointed by the King as his representative, regulated the simple affairs of the Colony, and in his executive capacity exercised military and administrative authority, enforced by the soldiery of which he was the head. His dictatorial power also embraced judicial and legislative activity, limited to a great extent, however, by the fact that all ordinances and royal edicts emanated from France. The Superior Council was reorganized to consist of the intendant, procureur-général (King’s attorney), registrar of the province, and six prominent citizens. In conjunction with the Governor and a commissaire ordonnateur (agent of the King in charge of commerce and Crown property) the Council discharged the executive, legislative, and judicial affairs of the Colony. Justice was administered, without trial by jury, by inferior courts subject to the appellate jurisdiction of the Superior Council. The Custom of Paris, a codification of ancient French law, formed the basis of Colonial law from the beginning.
Early in its history the town took on a gay and light-hearted appearance. Under the governorship of the Marquis de Vaudreuil ( 1743-53) the social life of the town was modeled after Versailles, and citizens sought to outdo each other in the splendor of their social affairs.
The capital of one third of the present area of the United States grew slowly. At first only that manufacturing which had to do with supplying the immediate needs of the Colony was undertaken. Sawmills were in operation soon after the town was founded, and by 1729 brick, pottery, and tiling were being sold in New Orleans. Shipbuilding, especially the construction of pirogues, brigantines, and other small craft, developed as an industry to meet the demands of growing commerce on the Mississippi.
Never fully realizing her importance as the port of the Mississippi Valley, New Orleans lay dormant during the first half of the eighteenth century. Trade restrictions prohibited commerce with any but the mother country, and illegal trade with England, Spain, Mexico, Florida, and the West Indies had to be resorted to. With merchants and officials conniving with smugglers and pirates, smuggling grew to such an extent that in 1763 the illicit traffic was estimated to represent one sixth of the official trade total. The bulk of cargoes, shipped in exchange for slaves and European merchandise, consisted of lumber, pitch, tar, wax from the wax myrtle, brick, rice, indigo, sugar cane, cotton, sassafras, and fur pelts. As settlers crossed the Allegheny Mountains and developed the Middle West, New Orleans began to grow as a commercial port. The extent to which the river traffic had grown by 1750 may be seen in the frequent requests of Colonial officials for sailors to man the boats used on the river. By 1763 exports totaled $304,000; indigo accounted for $100,000, skins and furs $80,000, and lumber $50,000.
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