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Terminology

;Sacrifice

:A child orphan raised on Kabuchi Island for the purpose of becoming the victim of the Kaguya-hime "festival".

;Donor

:A human who was cloned for the purpose of offering organs or spare parts to a VIP of financial or political power (the "recipient"). Clones can be created for insurance purposes (Akira, Midori, Sutton, Satoshi, Katsura, Kaede, Mamoru) and for crucial organ parts (Miller) in transplant surgeries.

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3.2yesterday17.aug.20066.50Is
3.3Yellowbreard17.aug.20066.50Is
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  1. "'Heads in the Sand' Objection: 'The consequences of machines thinking would be too dreadful. Let us hope and believe that they cannot do so.' " This objection is a fallacious appeal to consequences, confusing what should not be with what can or cannot be.
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And bring us a lot of horilka, but not of that fancy kind with raisins, or with any other such things — bring us horilka of the purest kind, give us that demon drink that makes us merry, playful and wild!

Taras Bulba, by Nikolai Gogol

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Original Notes

Footnote 1. Marvin, AP; History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Embracing a Comprehensive History of the County from its earliest beginnings to the present time; Vol I and Vol.lI; CF Jewitt and Company, Boston, MA; 1879; accessed via Google Books search; 8/19/07; (Uxbridge is referenced in Volume II p. 421-436)

Footnote 19. Harvard Library; from Google Books; Judge Henry Chapin; Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge; 1864; Charles Hamilton Press; Worcester, Mass. 1881

1. Marvin, AP; History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Embracing a Comprehensive History of the County from its earliest beginnings to the present time; Vol I and Vol.lI; CF Jewitt and Company, Boston, MA; 1879; accessed via Google Books search; 8/19/07; (Uxbridge is referenced in Volume II p. 421-436)

2. Oldest/Firsts Within the Blackstone Valley; Blackstone Daily; link accessed 8/19/07 http://www.blackstonedaily.com/History&Heritage/firsts.htm.

3. Access Geneaology; extracted from Taft Genealogy. Accessed 8/19/07 http://www.accessgenealogy.com/surnames/taft.htm.

4. Copyrighted historical material of Saylesville and Smithfield RI; accessed 8/19/07;

http://www.kouroo.info/RSOF/SaylesvilleSmithfield.pdf

5. The Uxbridge Meeting House; Blackstone Daily; accessed 8/19/07 http://www.blackstonedaily.com/quaker.htm

6. The Conestoga Area Historical Society; The Conestoga Wagon; accessed 8/19/07 http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/wagon.htm

7. Staunton River Tour; Halifax County, Virginia; Washington Passes Through Halifax; accessed 08/19/07; http://www.oldhalifax.com/county/GeoWashington.htm

8. Walking Tours; Uxbridge; The Blackstone Daily; Accessed 8/19/07 http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors&Nature/WTuxbridge.htm

9. Uxbride, MA Description; MA Info website; accessed 8/17/07 http://www.mass.info/uxbridge.ma/description.htm

10. Executive Office of Environmental Affiars/Preserving Massachusetts Water Resources/Watersheds/Blackstone River Watershed; accessed 8/19/07 http://www.mass.gov/envir/water/blackstone/blackstone.htm

11. Eds. Stattler, Rick; A Guide to Women's Diaries; in the Manuscript Collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society Library; Rhode Island Historical Society; 1997; http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/WomenGuide.htm accessed 8/19/07

12. Worcester Historical Museum website; Richard E. Greenwood Historian and Archaeologist

Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission; 175th Anniversary of the Blackstone Canal; The Blacksone Canal; Its Unique Historical Significance; accessed 8/19/07

http://www.worcesterhistory.org/bcinfo/bcinfo-home.html

13. Martial Musick in Uxbridge Masachusetts - 1727-present; Insight into tradition……. Fife and Drum bands in Uxbridge, MA 1727-2004 ; accessed 7/30/07 http://www.angelfire.com/music2/uxbmarmusic/

14. National Park Service; US Department of the Interior; John H. Chaffee Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor; Massachusetts/RhodeIsland; Birhplace of the Industrial Revolution; accessed 8/19/07 http://www.nps.gov/blac/

15. Mass.gov; Department of Conservation and Recreation; Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park; Accessed 8/19/07 http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/blst.htm

16. Blackstone River Bikeway: About the Bikeway; Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce; Accessed 8/19/07 http://www.blackstoneriverbikeway.com/

17. US Army Corps of engineers; West Hill Dam, Uxbridge Massachusetts ; accessed; July 30,2007; http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/whd/whdhome.htm

18. Boston Globe, December 5, 2006. The Rock Stars of Universal Coverage by J. Kaisser

http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/12/05/the_rock_stars_of_universal_coverage/

19. Harvard Library; from Google Books; Judge Henry Chapin; Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge; 1864; p. 24; Published by Charles Hamilton Press; Worcester, Mass. 1881

20. Barry, John, The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History (Hardcover); by John M. Barry; 2005; New York Times Bestseller of 2005