![]() John was in all likelihood present as well. He was a senior at Harvard, days away from his graduation. The “Concord Hymn” was first performed in 1837, when the obelisk was dedicated. Inscribed below the Minuteman was the least obscure stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn,” which Thoreau quotes and then follows with a couple of pages of his own verse. Off the other end, in bronze, was the Minuteman sculpture by Daniel Chester French, whose sitting Lincoln sits in the Lincoln Memorial. On the right bank-the British side of the bridge as the redcoats faced the Colonial militia-was an obelisk dated 1836. Under light, steady current, the bent river grass pointed us downstream, and through the oaken pilings of the Old North Bridge. Far into his text, he recalls boatmen, in low water, mowing the grass of the Concord River as if it were a hayfield, the better to deliver their freight. In half a mile, we came to Egg Rock, an outcrop of granite gneiss, as impressive in its size as in words inscribed in the rock: “On the hill at the meeting of these rivers and along the banks lived the owners of Musketaquid before the white men came.” The rivers Sudbury and Assabet join at Egg Rock to form-as Thoreau tells us in the first words of his book-“the Musketaquid, or Grass-ground River.” It had been renamed Concord River, but “it will be Grass-ground River as long as grass grows and water runs here,” he says, suggesting a viewpoint not widespread in his time. Across a swamp on the left was Nashawtuc Hill, but in 2003 we could see neither school nor hill from the tree-screened Sudbury. Henry Thoreau founded an earlier Concord Academy, in 1838. In addition to houses with sloping lawns, Concord Academy was off to our right. On August 31, 1839, as the brothers prepare to launch, “a warm drizzling rain” rains all morning, so the Thoreaus delay their departure until the “mild afternoon.” On August 31, 2003, a cool and sunlit day, we were on the Sudbury soon after breakfast. “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers,” Henry’s first book, rehearses their journey as a species of memorial, the fact notwithstanding that Thoreau never mentions his brother’s name. After nicking himself with a razor, John died of tetanus at the age of twenty-seven. ![]() John was his brother’s best friend, perhaps his only close one. He and John grew up in a now long-gone dwelling thought to have been very nearby. Across Main is the house where Henry David Thoreau died. It is now the back yard of a couple named Kate Stout and Pete Funkhouser, who live at the intersection of Thoreau and Main. ![]() On the thirty-first of August, 2003, with a college roommate who has long lived in Concord, I set out in a sixteen-foot Old Town canoe at a put-in site on the Sudbury which is Thoreau scholars’ best guess as the place where the Thoreaus took off. ![]() They carried two sets of oars and a sail. The boat was fifteen feet long, styled like a dory, and new. ![]() They were bound for Hooksett, New Hampshire, about fifty-five water miles north. On the thirty-first of August, 1839, John and Henry Thoreau-brothers, aged twenty-five and twenty-two-set out from their home in Concord, Massachusetts, in a small skiff on the Sudbury River. The river's “wild and noble sights,” Thoreau wrote, are “such as they who sit in parlors never dream of.” Illustration by Edward Sorel ![]()
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![]() ![]() Due to the extended "Special Edition for North America" credits, the ending theme plays over the entire video and mutes other audio (including the post-credits). There are no longer sound effects at the beginning of the ending.The font used in the end credits' large text was altered, and most credits related to the original soundtrack was removed/replaced.In order to remove Engrish, "YOU ARE GREATEST PLAYER" was changed to "YOU ARE THE GREATEST PLAYER".In the American version, only one button has to be pressed. In the Japanese and European versions, the player can restart the stage by pausing and pressing all three of the face buttons at the same time.For example, the "Little Planet" theme now plays on the Time Attack screen (rendering the title theme copy unused), and the music played during the Metal Sonic race is now the normal mix of Stardust Speedway's current Future and not always the "B" Mix. Some of the music placement was switched around.The copyright text at the title screen was altered slightly.In addition, there are a few other differences in the American version compared to the original Japanese and European games: The only songs that weren't altered were the Past themes since those were played through the PCM chip and not Redbook. One example of this is the theme song: instead of "You Can Do Anything", the American version has "Sonic Boom". It managed to survive all the way into the final game and can be viewed by selecting "COMMING" in the Level Select.Īlmost the entire soundtrack was redone for the American version by Spencer Nilsen because Sega of America thought the soundtrack of the Japanese and European versions sounded too close to the electronic dance soundtracks being produced at the time, so the American soundtrack has more of a rock feel. ![]() This screen, which features a scrolling banner saying "COMIN' SOON" while playing the invincibility theme, was used as far back as the v0.02 prototype when only two levels in the prototype were accessible and used for subsequent prototypes after clearing certain Rounds. At one point, a button command would have changed "たのしさ∞" (Infinite fun) to "楽しさあまって憎さ∞" (Infinite hatred proceeds from excessive fun), a phrase derived from "可愛さ余って憎さ百倍" (The greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love) but it was deleted from the game for unknown reasons.Ĭontrary to popular belief, and even SEGA's own description for the mobile release, this is not an anti-piracy screen in any version of the game.ĭespite its creepiness, Nishimura has stated it was not intended to frighten the player, with the creepiness being owed to the unsettling U.S. たのしさ∞ (Infinite fun) is a phrase that was written on Sega Sougou catalogues. Mazin/Majin is his childhood nickname, as explained here - although the spelling "Majin" is used in Dark Wizard to refer to Masato Nishimura, it has been officially confirmed that the easter egg itself is spelled Mazin. Drawn by Masato Nishimura, landscape designer for Sonic CD. Possible developers and their common nicknames are as follows:Ī rather creepy wallpaper collage featuring multiple Sonics with freakish humanoid faces. High-Speed Shoes music plays in the background. Press Right, Right, Up, Up, Down, C at the title screen to see the best times that the team behind Sonic CD got in Time Attack mode for each stage and act. ![]() ![]() ![]() These different heights and asymmetry of it all will really help with the overall look of the tank. Consider playing with the heights of the decor you choose to help draw your eyes from one area to another area. ![]() The asymmetry will naturally guide your eyes around the tank. However, if you want to make your tank look for visually appealing maybe consider making your tank decor asymmetrical. If you would like a more symmetrical look, then feel free to do so. $3.05 Buy on Amazon Try Not To Make Your Aquarium Too Symmetrical Adding extra plants, driftwood, rocks, caves, tunnels, and structures can actually be beneficial to the tank. If you have a shy fish, extra hiding places can even boost their confidence and make them explore more. If you provide more hiding places for your fish, they will feel more comfortable and secure. ![]() Hiding is a natural instinct that most fish have. * This tip is more targeted towards smaller sized fish*
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There’s always some fire, brimstone, lava and possibly a pointy-horned demon cackling at the damned, with artists and designers very rarely straying from the same design of Hell which has been popular since doom paintings from Norman churches. Hell has become one of those go-to levels for game design, being as exciting as the snow or desert area. ![]() |
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