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  New Georgia Encyclopedia: Savannah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
For the remainder of the war, Savannah was blockaded from its seaward side, and conditions for the city's civilian population became extremely difficult.
Savannah became a national leader in the paper-pulp and food-processing industries with the opening of large-scale operations at Union Bag (which merged with Camp Paper in 1956) and the Savannah Sugar Refinery (Dixie Crystals) in the 1930s.
Savannah continues to be a national leader in the processing of paper pulp and related products through International Paper Corporation (formerly Union Camp) and is also the home of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, one of the world's leading manufacturers of corporate aircraft.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1056&pid=s-69   (2449 words)

  
 Savannah Monitors
The Savannah monitors in captivity tend to be larger than their wild counterparts, due to food being more regularly available: no forced fasting from lack of available prey during the prolonged dry periods, periods that can last from 3-6 months, depending on where the lizard is originally from.
Savannahs are generally ready eaters, and will easily increase their weight five to ten times during the course of the first year, more than doubling their hatchling size of two and a half to four inches during that time.
Savannahs are reputed to be intelligent lizards and, as with many reptiles (and other animals) with lots of time on their hands, they spend some time every day trying to escape.
www.anapsid.org /savannah.html   (3927 words)

  
 Savannah River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Savannah is a large river with a watershed extending into the foothills of the Appalachians.
Flow in the Savannah River averages 360 cubic meters per second, and the drainage area is 28,750 square kilometers.
Because of its long history of modification, the Savannah does not have the vast vegetated flood plains in the fresh water tidal zone that are characteristic of the other Georgia estuaries.
lmer.marsci.uga.edu /savannah.html   (126 words)

  
 Savannah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Savannah, Georgia, the city known for its historic district
Savannah (cat) is a breed of cat (a cross between the serval and the domestic cat).
Savannah is a character in the children's animated series Jay Jay the Jet Plane.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Savannah   (197 words)

  
 Insiders' Guide® to Savannah, 4th Edition
Savannah calls herself the Hostess City, and a traditionally welcoming attitude toward visitors is part of that legacy.
The Port of Savannah is one of the nation's busiest.
If you've fallen in love with Savannah long distance thanks to a certain bestselling book or any one of several popular movies, we've included some tips in the full print book on how to arrange your own personal brush with Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (the chapter is called The Book).
www.insiders.com /savannah   (358 words)

  
 Futurelab - Showcase - Futurelab projects - Savannah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Savannah is a strategy-based adventure game where a virtual space is mapped directly onto a real space.
Children ‘play’ at being lions in a savannah, navigating the augmented environments with a mobile handheld device.
In respect of the role of games in education, Savannah has identified that the main motivating feature of games is likely not to be complex graphics, but the establishment of appropriate and authentic challenges.
www.futurelab.org.uk /showcase/savannah/savannah.htm   (1022 words)

  
 Savannah Missouri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Savannah, Missouri was selected as the county seat of Andrew County in 1841 and quickly grew and prospered.
The town of Savannah was approved for incorporation in 1853.
From the majestic Andrew County Courthouse in Town Square to the swimming pool in Messick Park to the baseball diamonds and tennis courts and Duncan Hills Golf Course, the community offers recreational opportunities that many larger towns would be hard-pressed to match.
www.savannahmo.net   (126 words)

  
 Savannah, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Savannah was the first planned city in America.
Savannah has many firsts, some of which are the first planned city in America.
Savannah is a beautiful city with streets lined with huge live oak trees washed with Spanish moss.
www.promotega.org /asu00018/places/savannah.htm   (705 words)

  
 Savannah Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Savannah is full of historic beauty and a truely great city to tour.
A brief overview of Savannah's founding father, it's 19th century growth and subsequent decline, and 20th century rebirth as one of the nation's most celebrated historic cities.
Savannah has a number of popular music, ethnic, and holiday celebrations that provide an excellent source of entertainment when visiting the city.
www.savannah-online.com /section.cfm?sect=TourismMain   (519 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Savannah
There are academies in Savannah, Macon, Augusta, Columbus and Washington under the care of the Sisters of St. Joseph and Sisters of Mercy; day colleges for boys: in Augusta, under the Jesuit Fathers; in Savannah, under the Benedictine Fathers; and in Atlanta under the Marist Fathers.
There is an orphanage for girls in Savannah, in charge of the Sisters of Mercy, and for boys, in Washington, in charge of the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Hospitals, at Savannah and Atlanta, are under the Sisters of Mercy.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13488a.htm   (657 words)

  
 CNN.com - Walk your scaredy-pants off in Savannah - Oct. 31, 2003
Savannah's port-city origins (it lies on the Savannah River, just inland from the Atlantic Ocean) incorporate an early population of colonists, slaves, voodooists, sailors, traders and pirates with unique social and religious beliefs.
Luciana Spracher, author of "Lost Savannah" and "A History of Thunderbolt, Georgia," said that although she couldn't name more than a few cemeteries that were built over as the city of Savannah developed, some streets and buildings do exist on land where graves once were, or still are.
"Savannah is probably one of 10 cities in the country that has a long track record of parapsychologists, demonologists and witches studying it," he said.
www.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/10/30/sprj.ft03.hauntedsavannah   (1637 words)

  
 NS Savannah - Radiationworks.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The NS Savannah was one of only three nuclear-powered cargo ships ever built (the others are the NS Otto Hahn and the Russian container ship Sevmorput).
The NS Savannah was equipped with 30 air conditioned staterooms, each with an individual bath, a dining facility that could seat 100 passengers, a lounge that could double as a movie theater, a veranda, a swimming pool and a library.
Savannah was capable of circling the earth 14 times at 20 knots without refueling.
www.radiationworks.com /NSSavannah.htm   (1034 words)

  
 georgia.gov - City of Savannah
Savannah was established on February 12, 1733 when General James Oglethorpe founded Georgia.
Savannah has the distinction of being the first city in the state of Georgia.
Savannah is home to a National Historic Landmark District of 2.5 square miles, and more than 1,100 architecturally significant buildings.
savannah.georgia.gov /05/home/0,2230,8865782,00.html;jsessionid=AA9661A73BB05052D18B0720ACBCA286   (115 words)

  
 Savannah Georgia Official Guide - learn about visiting Historic Savannah Georgia
The Historic District of Savannah is buzzing with creativity, art, culture, and live theatre and is the perfect place for you to spend a weekend or a lifetime.
Savannah in the spring is a paradise for music lovers when Emmylou Harris, The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Andrew Watts, Bela Fleck, the National Ensemble of Guinea, Del McCoury, Emerson String Quartet and others highlight the 2006 Savannah Music Festival.
This year is the 17th annual Savannah Music Festival and once again an extraordinary array of performances are scheduled as part of the region's largest and most diverse music festival.
www.officialsavannahguide.com   (392 words)

  
 Savannah
Savannah had never jumped a course of jumps prior to this show, but that didn't stop her from putting in a clean round (over cross rails!) and winning her combined test out of 8 competitors.
Savannah is a Dawn of Promise Farm foundation mare.
This is Savannah's sire, the late Oak Hills Country Song, who was bred by Al Mavis of Oak Hills Farm in Illinois and stood at Serendipity Connemaras in Nevada, Iowa.
www.dawnofpromisefarm.com /savannah.htm   (877 words)

  
 Savannah Travel Guide | Fodor's Online
Savannah's beginning was February 12, 1733, when English general James Edward Oglethorpe and 120 colonists arrived at Yamacraw Bluff on the Savannah River to found the 13th and last colony in the New World.
In 1793 Eli Whitney of Connecticut, who was tutoring on a plantation near Savannah, invented a mechanized means of "ginning" seeds from cotton bolls.
Thus was born the Historic Savannah Foundation, the organization responsible for the restoration of downtown Savannah, where more than 1,000 restored buildings form the 2½-square-mile Historic District, the nation's largest.
www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=savannah@249   (389 words)

  
 German Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles
Savannah's is a story of severe animal abuse, and it is one of the most extreme cases we have seen in a long time.
She said that Savannah hadn't eaten in over a month, and had been forced to drink her own urine in order to get fluids.
She has not known the kindness of a loving family, just the heartbreak of having her puppies taken from her, then being tormented and left to die a slow, painful death.
www.gsrescue.org /news/Savannah.htm   (627 words)

  
 Sandia National Laboratories - NS Savannah
It was meant to light the way toward a brave new world of oceangoing commerce: Proud freighters ploughing the seas as their nuclear reactors silently, cleanly, and efficiently converted water to steam to turn banks of mighty turbines.
She was a wonder of the sea lanes, not surprising given that this was the era when Detroit was toying with the idea of nuclear-powered concept cars and aircraft makers were designing atomic planes.
The Savannah was deactivated in 1971 and is now moored (without her reactor) at the Patriots' Point National Maritime Museum in South Carolina.
www.sandia.gov /LabNews/LN03-26-99/savannah_story.htm   (1186 words)

  
 Savannah
Sadly, Savannah hadn’t died from the wound, and was barely breathing.
Savannah was well known for her preference of rock stars.
Savannah and her father were estranged, and the hospital was the first time that he had seen her in four years.
www.findadeath.com /Deceased/s/savannah/savannah.htm   (995 words)

  
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Savannahs are a new breed of domestic cat.
Savannahs are pretty big cats, with long legs and big "satellite" dish ears -- like their Serval cousins.
Savannahs eat regular cat-food, use litter boxes, and sometimes sleep in your bed.
www.savannahcats.com   (150 words)

  
 Savannah 4.
Grasses and small plants dominate the Savannahs, and tree growth is sparse only in areas of deep soil, or where cracks in the surface hardpan and permit tree roots to reach down to the meager water table.
The animals of the savannah we would most commonly recognize are from the large herbivore group which are: giraffe, zebra, antelope, water buffalo, kangaroo, cheetah, rino, hippo, monkey, lion, warthog, dwarf antelope, bearded lizard, baboon, kookabura, ostriech, and hyena.
The diseases are common because of the animals killing each other and the bodies left to rot which is one of the ways that diseases are spread.
ths.sps.lane.edu /biomes/savannah4/savannah4.html   (468 words)

  
 LCG Savannah: Welcome [LCG Savannah]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Savannah unavailable on Fri 2 December 2005 from 10.00 to 12.00 CET
A new version of Savannah merging the CERN and Open Source developments and bug fixes will be installed.
For maintenance reasons on the LCG Savannah server, the corresponding service will not be available on Monday 29 August, 2005 from 11:00 to 14:00 CET.
savannah.cern.ch   (630 words)

  
 Savannah Convention & Visitors Bureau - www.savannahvisit.com
Eccentric and romantic, Savannah is the sultry Southern Bell of the Georgia Coast.
One of the South's most intriguing and mysterious cities, Savannah will captivate you with her natural beauty, eccentric charm and traditional Southern hospitality.
The show honors the late Director of Painting and Sculpture and MOMA in NY, and Savannah native, Kirk Varnedoe.
www.savannah-visit.com   (347 words)

  
 Old Time Country Dances   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The purpose of this competition is to encourage young people from Savannah-Chatham County to develop their skills in musical and lyrical expression, promote the time-honored method of storytelling by song, and recognize outstanding achievement in these efforts.
Any resident of Savannah or Chatham County who has not reached his or her twentieth birthday by the conclusion of the competition, October 14, 2006, is eligible to participate.
Savannahs own, regionally known, callers who understand that the purpose of the evening is to have fun!
www.savannahfolk.org /events.html   (1379 words)

  
 `Savannah'
The whole Savannah software is available from CVS and is managed by the Savannah project.
Before Savannah existed a pserver access was available and Savannah continues to maintain it for these projects, updating the CVSROOT/passwd files with user/password pairs that are in the Savannah database.
From the list administration page on each Savannah project, it is possible to to make the link between these packages and their mailing lists (the file is savannah.gnu.org/www/mail/admin/index.php).
www.gnu.org /server/standards/README.savannah.html   (6751 words)

  
 Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce - www.savannahchamber.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Savannah is not only a top tourist destination but also an ideal city for business or family.
Savannah is home to Hunter Army Airfield and Fort Stewart military bases.
We at the Chamber are dedicated with providing Savannah with a workforce that is educated and trained.
www.savannahchamber.com   (601 words)

  
 Savannah Vacations and Lodging :: Savannah Hotel and Car Rental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The appealing Historic District, ranged around Spanish-moss-swathed squares, formed the core of the original city, and today boasts examples of just about every architectural style of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, while the atmospheric cobbled waterfront on the Savannah River, key to the postwar economy, is edged by towering old cotton warehouses.
Savannah was founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe as the first settlement of the new British colony of Georgia.
This was the first recognition of the need for ''reconstruction,'' though such concrete economic provision was rarely to occur again.
www.savannahlodging.net   (248 words)

  
 Savannah - a city guide to history, historic events, tours, and attractions with Historic Tours of America®
One of the most enchanting destinations in the United States, Savannah is adorned with extraordinary architecture, lush botanicals and charming city squares.
Join us, as our expert tour conductors relate the history, legend and lore which has shaped Savannah into a unique place that is known both as one of the most romantic and most haunted cities in America.
During the Civil War, General William Sherman spared Savannah from his fiery march to the sea because of its beauty.
www.historictours.com /savannah   (417 words)

  
 Savannah, Georgia, Bed and Breakfast, Vacation Rentals, Historic District
And apparently our many satisfied guests believe we do an adequate job of translating their accommodation needs into a value vacation getaway as the comments of just a few of these travelers would indicate in our kudos section.
We do our level best to meet your Savannah extended stay or vacation needs with an INFORMED recommendation of the appropriate townhouse, suite, apartment, or condominium -- the one we believe will most completely satisfy your specific taste and budget requirements -- from our inventory of rental options.
Whether you are looking for romantic Savannah weekend getaways or a longer vacation rental, whether planning your wedding or honeymoon, or looking for a short term/long term corporate rental, we invite you to join the growing list of friends who've stayed at Savannah Getaways self-catered fully equipped and fully furnished properties in Savannah's historic district.
www.savannahgetaways.net   (434 words)

  
 OurCoast.com :: Savannah City Guide
In October, 1781, however, the English sword of surrender was presented to Lincoln at Yorktown, Virginia, and Savannah's liberation was near.
After the revolution, Savannah was the capital city of Georgia until 1786, when Augusta, and later Atlanta, assumed Savannah's role.
With the institution of slavery and the invention of the cotton gin, Savannah's cotton industry was poised to lead the world.
www.ourcoast.com /savannahcityguide/visiting/history3.shtml   (473 words)

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