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We had an extended power failure last night. Nothing to do but go to the pub rather than stay in and watch TV. Came home - still pitch black. No power for us until after I'd already set off to work. Bugger.

picture taken by scorpion ♡ by Audrey

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Day Six by photographic_man

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Most snow I have ever seen. Love it.

Sunset over New Lambton, Newcastle by Yahoo!7 - Sunrise Weather

Photo By: Chris Le Roy

clouds x users by Thilo Specht

#rp12 re:publica 2012

CN4A0203 - Fuji User by Syed HJ

DSCF0291-user-PC by Lei

Not his real Eyes by Paul Lloyd

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They are a picture of his real eyes

Season 52 5K Run by Kitzzy

Jason stretches before the race.

user-experience by Photon Infotech

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Graded Placed Vindication Colt AS Stallion Prospect~~~~ by stillfork

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Monticello Visitor Center (Albemarle County, Virginia) by courthouselover

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Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States. Jefferson began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at the age of 14, but its construction date is typically identified as 1772. Located in Albemarle County just outside Charlottesville in the Piedmont region, the plantation was originally 5,000 acres, with Jefferson using the forced labor of slaves for extensive cultivation of tobacco and mixed crops (later shifting from tobacco cultivation to wheat in response to changing markets). Due to its architectural and historic significance, the property was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. In 1987, Monticello and the nearby University of Virginia, also designed by Jefferson, were jointly designated as a single UNESCO World Heritage Site. The United States nickel has featured a depiction of Monticello on its reverse since 1938 (except for 2004-05).

Jefferson designed the main house using neoclassical design principles pioneered by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and reworking the design through much of his presidency to include design elements popular in late 18th-century Europe and integrating numerous ideas of his own. Situated on the summit of an 850 foot-high peak in the Southwest Mountains south of the Rivanna Gap, the name Monticello derives from Italian meaning "little mountain." Along a prominent lane adjacent to the house, Mulberry Row, the plantation came to include numerous outbuildings for specialized functions, e.g., a nailery; quarters for slaves who worked in the home; gardens for flowers, produce, and Jefferson's experiments in plant breeding—along with tobacco fields and mixed crops. Cabins for slaves who worked in the fields were farther from the mansion.

At Jefferson's direction, he was buried on the grounds, in an area now designated as the Monticello Cemetery. The cemetery is owned by the Monticello Association, a society of his descendants through Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. After Jefferson's death, his daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph, apart from the small family graveyard, sold Monticello for $7,500. In 1834, it was bought by Uriah P. Levy, a commodore in the U.S. Navy, for $2,500, who admired Jefferson and spent his own money to preserve the property. His nephew Jefferson Monroe Levy took over the property in 1879; he also invested considerable money to restore and preserve it. In 1923, Monroe Levy sold it for $500,000 to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (TJF), which operates it as a house museum and educational institution.

Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello

user: matt_barnes by flickrouttakes

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Aad Metz by Netherlands InDesign User Group