I Cant Believe It's Not Heaven - Blue Ridge Mountain Rentals
Nestled in the quiet community of Seven Devils, enjoy the comforts of home while staying in your own slice of mountain heaven.
The main floor features an open living room with exposed beam cathedral ceilings, dining area, and full kitchen, all with spectacular views of Grandfather Mountain. Australian Cypress hardwood floors, leather furniture, stone gas log fireplace, stainless steel appliances, and tongue-and-groove pine walls are just a few of the quality features you'll find in this home. A half bath is situated off the main living area. Also on this level is the master suite with queen bed, and a private beautifully tiled bathroom with a garden tub and shower combo.
Downstairs there is a spacious room also with views of Grandfather Mountain. In this room is a twin daybed with trundle, ping pong table and a gas stove. Off this room is a bedroom with king bed, large walk-in closet, and a bathroom with a double Jacuzzi tub and separate shower.
Upstairs there are two bedrooms and another full bathroom. One bedroom has a queen bed, and the other has a set of twin bunk beds.
Outside, a stone firepit awaits for marshmallow roasting fun. There is also a propane grill just waiting for a cookout. On the deck, enjoy the stunning views from comfortable Adirondack chairs.
Located between Boone and Banner Elk in the quiet community of Seven Devils, this home is convenient to every High Country attraction. It is just minutes away from Hawksnest Resort, Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, Appalachian State University, 3 major ski resorts, Tweetsie Railroad, Grandfather Mountain, Linville Caverns, hiking, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and hundreds of unique shopping and dining establishments.
When you experience the beauty of the High Country from this charming cabin, you may not ever want to leave ICantBelieveItsNotHeaven!
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Grist Mill In North Georgia Mountains Still Running After 140 Years
Every summer, many tourists try to escape the heat by visiting the Georgia Mountains. One popular spot is Nora Mill Granary, a 140-year-old grist mill that still grinds corn into grits. The Monitor’s Kenny Burgamy shares their story.
The Journey to Alabama: Huntsville, and the Space and Rocket Center
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For those who can't afford a conventional home, a basic shed has possibilities if you are handy enough to finish it off & can find a location where living in one is permissible.. I found a big tiny house for sale at Home Depot in Blue Ridge, Ga. On sale for only $13579..(Base price; porch not included) Check out my new video, Tiny House Part 2 for more details.
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Illinois Sports and Recreation
Illinois: The Land of Lincoln lies at the heart of the Midwest. Many pro sports teams such as the Blackhawks, the Cubs, and the Bulls call Chicago home. While you can find many popular activities like golfing, hiking and biking in Illinois, try your hand at some of the lesser-known activities like Quidditch, or the Scavenger Dash competition in Chicago.
What You Don't Know About The Experts On Pawn Stars
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English Accents | American & Australian Pronunciation Differences
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How to Do a Brooklyn Accent | Accent Training
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There are so many different types of people who live in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is an amazing place because of that. So we're going to go for a very stereotypical, general Brooklyn accent. Just to give you a flavor of it. So you put your lip corners really far forward. And it's a very urban sound. You see? In my oral posture that my lips are doing a lot of the work. It's also fun to notice that the Brooklyn accent, where your lip corner's very far forward, is also very similar to that urban London sound. That cockney sound. So Saul's daughter studied law.
You'll notice that it's a very similar shape in the mouth. Let's look at some sound changes for the Brooklyn accent. So there are no r's at the ends of some words. So like, there, player, flatter become theah, playah, flattah. And the ah sound in thought, dog, and law become a diphthong. So they become a two element sound. For thought, dog, law. Sometimes that th sound, thin, thick, this, that become very dentalized. So it's thin, thick, this, that. So you hear those hard, flat sounds. The back of the teeth. Thin. Thick. This. That.
You start to hear the musicality of the accent. T's are very dentalized. So they're very pushed up against the teeth. So Tony takes his time becomes Tony takes his time. Do you hear the difference there? Tony takes his time, and Tony takes his time. The st sound in stretch becomes stretch. I love that one.
So what's the musicality of this general Brooklyn accent? Well it's a very urban sound, like we'd said. It's got a lot of power to it. You use emphasis with volume, and less with pitch variety. But don't take my word for. Go listen to some native Brooklyn speakers, and let the accent reveal itself to you.
Bicentennial Symposium: Poetry & the American People
As part of the celebration of the Library of Congress Bicentennial in 2000, it sponsored the symposium Poetry and the American People: Reading, Voice and Publication in the 19th and 20th Centuries featuring a number of distinguished speakers followed by an evening reading by Robert Pinsky (U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry from 1997-2000) and W.S. Merwin (U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry from 2010-2011 and special Bicentennial Consultant from 1999-2000). In addition to Pinksy and Merwin, featured speakers included Rita Dove (U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry from 1993-95), Louise Glück (U.S. Poet Laureate from 2003-04), and Witter Bynner Fellows for 2000--Naomi Shihab Nye and Joshua Weiner.
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Luxury homes for sale near Boone NC & Blowing Rock Appalachian Mountains North Carolina
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Case, T.I., B.M. Repacholi, and R.J. Stevenson, My baby doesn't smell as bad as yours: The plasticity of disgust. Evolution and Human Behaviour, 2005. 27: p. 357-365.
Curtis, V., R. Aunger, and T. Rabie, Evidence that disgust evolved to protect from risk of disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 2004. 271: p. 130-134.
Hart, B.L., Behavioural adaptations to pathogens and parasites: five strategies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 1990. 14: p. 273-294.
Haidt, J., C. McCauley, and P. Rozin, Individual differences in sensitivity to disgust: a scale sampling seven domains of disgust elicitiors. Personality and Individual Differences, 1994. 16(5): p. 701-713.
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6.55 Sangbad Safura
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7.45 “Juya Pora Son: Interview with Satyanath Phukan on His Life and Works Interviewer Rupjyoti Dowarah
8.00 Times & Metre Reading, Discussion in Assamese on “Khelo India: Naba Prajonma Kheluoir Unnotir Ekhoj” Pts: Arun Kr. Das, Thaneswar Saikia, Shiva Ranjan Sharma (Moderator)
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Gilbert and Sullivan - I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General (Major-General's Song)
I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General (often referred to as the Major-General's Song or Modern Major-General's Song) is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance. It is perhaps the most famous song in Gilbert and Sullivan's operas. It is sung by Major-General Stanley at his first entrance, towards the end of Act I. The song satirises the idea of the modern educated British Army officer of the latter 19th century. It is one of the most difficult patter songs to perform, due to the fast pace and tongue-twisting nature of the lyrics. The song is replete with historical and cultural references, in which the Major-General describes his impressive and well-rounded education, but he says that his military knowledge has only been brought down to the beginning of the century. The character of Major-General Stanley was widely taken to be a caricature of the popular general Sir Garnet Wolseley.
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I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;a
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's;
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from The Frogs of Aristophanes!b
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,c
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's uniform:d
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
In fact, when I know what is meant by mamelon and ravelin,
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a Javelin,e
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by commissariat,
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery—
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy—
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.f
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
Conductor: Isidore Godfrey
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Major-General Stanley: John Reed