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Ian Pindar reviews William Rosen's <I>Justianian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe</I>, in which a "flea looms as large as an emperor." Sound like an unlikely read? Apparently not.

With just one day to go until HE2007, we present our last hi-fi tease: The story of the Edison Tone Tests.

<a href="http://www.gspr.com/index.html">Gordon Sell PR</a> has added a new client to its already impressive roster. Proclaim Audio of Durham, CT, is absolutely new to me, but I will take the opportunity to get to know the company during the Home Entertainment Show.

<I>On An Overgrown Path</I> posts a fine (and balanced) appreciation of Reginald Goodall.

That's the life for me!

<i>I'll break something, I swear to God! Maybe one of Newton's laws. You've got all the distance of uncertainty simmering in your drawers.</i><br>
&#151Jim Teacher in "Mad Flo"

Thomas E. Witte tells the story of an amazing photograph&mdash;and an even more amazing athlete.

"Every time [the robot] found a mine, blew it up and lost a limb, it picked itself up and readjusted to move forward on its remaining legs, continuing to clear a path through the minefield.

Counting down to HE2007, I'm starting to link each day to a hi-fi topic.

We will begin coverage of HE 2007 in New York starting Thursday, May 10. Stay tuned for reports from all three days of the show.