Monday, January 18, 2010

Building Your Van Dwelling: Insulation, Part One of Two

Just as in a house, insulation is a great help in interior climate control. Insulating your van dwelling will improve your comfort by a number of degrees. Insulating the […]


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Sunday, January 17, 2010

WK26295 Installation and Use of Radiant Barrier Systems (RBS) in?

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Monday, April 06, 2009

Book: Blackbeard and crew born in Carolinas

BATH -- In a pirate-worthy broadside on conventional history, a Raleigh author claims that Blackbeard and many of his henchmen weren't rogue Englishmen, but sons of North Carolina landowners.

Most historical accounts contend that the notorious pirate known as Edward Teach or Thatch was from Bristol, England. But Kevin P. Duffus said his review of archives and genealogical research indicates that Blackbeard was probably Edward Beard, son of a landowner in Bath in Beaufort County.

"There's never going to be a smoking gun to determine who he really was," Duffus said of the pirate. "My version is a lot more plausible than what's been foisted upon us for nearly three centuries."
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Blackbeard the Pirate's Sword and Booty Discovered


Blackbeard's beloved ship Queen Anne's Revenge sank off the coast of North Carolina in the 18th Century, and now researchers have recovered a sword handle and some gold stashed aboard.

The sword guard you see to the left would have rested between the blade and the grip, and an x-ray revealed a little hole bored in it where you might hang a tassel - sort of the pirate sword equivalent of a cell phone charm.

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