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The bumper's aggressive lines flow laterally into widened carbon quarter panels that replace the metal factory panels entirely. These panels are notable for not just their extreme fender flares, but also for the large vertical vents designed to allow better airflow over the front brakes.
The package's aggressive lines continue rearward by way of GTRS3 side skirts and eventually interface with the silly-width rear flares. These are carbon as well, but rather than representing complete panel replacements as up front, the rear flares are bonded to the factory sheetmetal.
The kit is capped at the far end with a GTRS3 rear bumper section featuring vents behind the rear wheel wells and an integrated carbon diffuser. Items additionally available from Vorsteiner but not necessarily included in the GTRS3 aero package include the CSL-style trunklid and GTS vented hood. Additionally, the widebody kit can be complemented with single- or three-piece Vorsteiner alloy wheels; the latter are present on this vehicle, sized 20 inches in diameter and strung with Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 summer tires measuring 285mm wide in front and a whopping 325mm in back.
Brembo GT brake assemblies have been installed behind the wheels. Red monoblock calipers, 365mm front and 345mm rear cross-drilled rotors; you know the story. The widened chassis has been dumped over the running gear using KW Automotive V3 coilovers, which include electronic signal interceptor boxes at each end of the car to trick the factory Electronic Damper Control system into thinking it still works (it doesn't, and the car now rides on the manually adjustable KWs at a predetermined height).
All Vorsteiner body mods and aero component installations were performed at C&C Collision in Pasadena, Calif. C&C is also selected as the exclusive North American installer for the GTRS3 kit and provided the matte "Military Green" paintwork and the USAF design accents. Those accents are in fact paint, albeit of a different, less permanent grade than the base coat so they can be removed if desired.
At day's end, Nik tosses me the key and invites me to a downhill carving session. Ignition on, M mode engaged, flip the righthand DCT paddle to get it in gear, and away we go.
It quickly occurs to me that driving this thing is not unlike driving something like a Lamborghini, what with its newfound thrust, 620-odd horses worth. But more than that, it's those flares that give the car what seems like half a foot of extra girth. I envision the rear flanks hanging off the road's edge, catching brush and debris, and find myself cheating toward the center line. A half dozen bends in and I settle down a bit, and I'm able to relish the humongous grip from those meaty Michelins.
More incredible is the smooth pull from the supercharged V8. It is so smooth, in fact, that the car builds speed deceptively, so I continue taking the turns gingerly. There's no question there's a lot more power and torque available, but it feels completely controllable. No drama whatsoever; it's almost dreamlike. And the DCT manu-matic helps make driving this 620-hp machine a largely point-and-shoot affair.
As far as forced induction goes, you couldn't really ask for more.
4.0-liter V8, dohc, 32-valve. VF Engineering VF620 supercharger kit, GIAC engine calibration, Vorsteiner VTS titanium exhaust
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Food and Cultural Walking Tour of Pike Place Market
Read what other Viator.com travelers think about the Food and Cultural Walking Tour of Pike Place Market. What they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved, it's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
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Colt and CJ filled our minds with historical stories and our bellies with the food born of them. Wonderful.
Tyler was amazing. Learning about where we were changed our whole experience and everything was delicious! Would highly recommend
The tour guide was great! He was very informative and very funny.
Brad was a fantastic tour guide! He was informative and funny too! We tried some fabulous food and learned quite a bit of history on Pike Place. Great fun and we are so glad we booked ths tour!
OMG - A MUST DO!!! We had so much fun - our tour guide was FABULOUS!!! It was a wonderful way to start our time in Seattle - I highly recommend doing this tour and make sure you do it BEFORE you do any others as you get some great insight into the area!
FABULOUS! Everything, from my interaction with Ashley and Amy (the behind-the-scenes staff who helped me book my tickets and then change them when I needed to add folks to my reservation) to Rich, our wonderful tour guide, to the tasty and diverse food choices, was perfect! We have been on many food tours all over the country and this was our favorite. Rich was a hoot! Thank you, everyone, for making Christmas Eve day such a fun memory!
We had a great time, and our guide did a great job of making my 6 year old grandson feel a part of the group. The only negative was that I booked online for the morning tour, but it was oversold so we were able to switch to the afternoon, which no longer coordinated with the plans of the rest of our group.
This foodie tour was far better than expected. We had a delicious tasting time! Our tour guide,Tyler, couldn't have been better. He was very informative and entertaining. We highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Seattle.
The history and stories were great, and we really got a unique perspective of the market!
Excellent! The tour guide was so professional, entertaining and friendly. You better join this tour when you are in Seattle. It's a must!
Really good tour, Santinie(spell), kept it interesting and fun.
We had such a great time! We recommend this to anyone on a visit there......we learned so much about the area as well as the vendors and history.....Well worth the money........!!!! Hats off to our guide Brett!
The tour was very fun and our host was great! Really enjoyed all of the "samplings", particularly the clam chowder and the cherries. History was very informative.
The tour was exactly as advertised. Perfect way to see the market - especially for the first time. I never would have learned as much on my own. I would highly recommend.
Brad was a tour guide and he could not have been better. Great personality, good sense of humor and really took care of us. We were not sure where to park, and he even called my cell phone before the tour to see if we were still coming. He directed us where to park and made sure we knew exactly where to meet him. He seemed to have a great relationship with everyone at the market and the samples were all great! I love the pink umbrella they use so you can find them easily. Highly recommend this tour even if you have been to the market before. Lots of samples given but make sure to eat a light meal before you go.


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Search Around the World, Part II
by David Berkowitz on Jan 31, 2:49 PM
This week's panel is fluent with both 'so suo en gin xuan quan' and search engine marketing. Last week, we heard what excites and frustrates search engine marketers in Europe. This week, David Berkowitz takes a second look at opinions spanning the globe concerning search engine marketing.
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Search Around the World, Part I
by David Berkowitz on Jan 25, 1:24 PM
As the spotlight on search engine marketing shifts to the international stage (even while opportunity still abounds in the United States), it's helpful to hear from professionals in the trenches around the world. This week and next, you'll meet several such experts.
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The 70/30 Rule of Search
by Gord Hotchkiss on Jan 20, 2:18 PM
In nature, there are the Fibonacci numbers.
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Gaining Web Site Traction With a Spanish Flare
by Richard Hagerty on Jan 18, 2:07 PM
You've done it - tackled search engine marketing head-on -- and frequently attained high rankings within major search engines and directories.
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Wal-Mart's Paid Search PR Spin
by David Berkowitz on Jan 17, 2:50 PM
After last weekend, it's tough to imagine anyone needing a public relations boost more than the New York Jets field goal kicker. In the grander scheme of things, however, Wal-Mart is a far more enduring lightning rod for criticism.
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Google AdWords, Affiliates, and Relevancy - A Change on the Horizon
by Matt Naeger on Jan 13, 12:26 PM
This past week, Google made a change to its AdWords policy limiting the number of ads published by affiliates and parent companies that drive traffic to the same Web site.
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Search and Holiday Shopping
by David Berkowitz on Jan 11, 12:14 PM
Breathe easier. Holiday season 2004 is officially over, most of the merchandise returns are in, and you don't have to start planning for holiday season 2005 until Thursday.
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Black vs. White: SEM Soul Searching
by Gord Hotchkiss on Jan 6, 12:15 PM
At the recent Search Engine Strategies conference in Chicago, there was a new addition to the session list: Black Versus White, And Lots of Gray!
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Ten Predictions for 2005
by David Berkowitz on Jan 4, 2:08 PM
December was a blazingly fast-paced month in the search engine marketing space, with deals, partnerships, and acquisitions announced so frequently that a reporter could barely finish editing one story before writing the next one.
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Drugs containing Methenamine: Uribel, Hiprex, Urelle, Cystex, Uta, Uretron, Hyophen, Urogesic Blue, Urin D/S, Phosphasal, Show all 46 »Urised, Ustell, Mandelamine, Urimax, Prosed DS, Uretron DS, Uroqid-Acid No2, Uro Blue, Urex, Urimar-T, Prosed EC, Darpaz, Utira-C, Darcalma, Utrona, UriSym, UTICAP, Utira, Visqid AA, Utac, Uro-Phosphate, Phosenamine, Trac Tabs 2x, UR N-C, Uritin, Utrona-C, Uritact-EC, Urisedamine, Atrosept, Dolsed, MHP-A, Usept, MSP-Blu, Urapine, Cystemms-V, Uritact DS
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Summary of Use during Lactation
Both the hippurate and mandelate salts of methenamine pass into milk in small quantities and appear acceptable to use, even while nursing a newborn.
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Maternal Levels. Six mothers nursing newborn infants were given methenamine hippurate 1 g orally. Five hours after the dose, a mean methenamine concentration of 7 mg/L was found in milk. In two other women, milk concentrations averaged 9.1 mg/L 2 to 3 hours after a 1 g dose of methenamine hippurate orally and 4.3 mg/L 6 to 7 hours after the dose. Based on the amount of milk ingested, the authors calculated the dose the infants received to be 0.05 to 0.1 mg/kg which is about 1% of the adult dose.[1]
Infant Levels. Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
Effects in Breastfed Infants
Four newborn infants were allowed to breastfeed in one study after a maternal dose of 1 gram of methenamine hippurate. No adverse effects were reported.[1]
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Review Of Shiraz Mediterranean Grill
Let me just say, it takes a lot to feed the Bunny.
I should probably explain first: Bunny is my boyfriend, a big 210 pound ball of muscle and crinkly happy eyes. The man eats more than a small country and our restaurant bills usually match that amount. So when I say we left Shiraz absolutely satisfied, it's really saying something great about the service and the food we received. Not only does Bunny require a lot of food, he also requires lots of different tastes to keep his little taste buds happy. Shiraz Mediterranean Grill really delivered with top notch service and zingy food that left us satisfied, if not overstuffed.
Shiraz Mediterranean Grill has several locations all over the Louisville area, but we opted to visit the one on Frankfort Avenue, a brightly colored café style place where we could watch our food being prepared. The menu was chalked on brightly colored chalk boards and we picked out two Shrimp Ceviches, a Beef Kabob, and an appetizer sampler. As far as cost goes, we got out pretty well, a little over thirty dollars, but I'm sure if you wanted you could probably eat very well there for about ten bucks. Like I said, it takes a lot to feed the bunny.
Our server was this delightful man named Ashcon, whose torso is conveniently located in the picture below of the dessert, since I felt weird and creepy taking a picture of his face. I do not hesitate to say that Ashcon was actually the friendliest and most helpful restaurant worker I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. He told us about every item we asked about, and took a great amount of time explaining the business, telling us about the recipes used to make our food, which came out very quickly. Ashcon was also absolutely gorgeous, just so you know and walked us out to our car with an umbrella after our meal—a totally nice man.
And boy, was the food delightful. The shrimp ceviche had a delicious tangy dressing on it, lemon and grapefruit flavors redolent through the super crisp greens. The shrimp was cold and obviously fresh, and the beef kebob smelled wonderfully spicy and came on a bed of warm bread that was to die for. The appetizer sampler we got included some very good hummus, some quinoa, tabbouleh and best of all an eggplant concoction that was simply melt-in-your-mouth good. Finally Bunny ordered dessert, a Baclava, which is basically layers of puff pastry with chopped up walnuts, nutmeg and honey in the middle. It was the perfect end to a really great meal. I whole heartedly recommend Shiraz. Four point five out of five stars.
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Lauren's "Crisp, Calm, and Bright" Room
Room for Color Contest
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- Inspiration for my palette:
- I'm a recent college graduate, and I knew from friends that moving back home (even temporarily) can be a struggle. I was inspired to create a space that felt like a sanctuary away from the rest of the house, where I could come to work or relax. The light gray and white combined with bright pops of color and sunlight from my three windows make that space a reality. I never want to leave!
- Colors used in my room
- Barren Plain (gray shade by Benjamin Moore), white, black, and multiple bright accent colors: purple, red, orange, green
- Tips for using color successfully
- Don't be afraid to mix and match! I've lived in a new space every year for 4 years and collected many mismatch items along the way. By adding unique pillows, books, or candles that tie the different elements together you can create a space that works in its own way.
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I'm from Bergen County too! :)
Those are fantastic wood and black dressers. Where do they come from?
Very nice use of space!
Very sweet little pad! Well done!
So lovely! I like it!
what what bergen county! nice room - peaceful and calm but with fun colorful touches. love the bulldog calendar.
Omg I love this room! So eclectic and fun
Thank you! The dressers are from Ikea- I bought them off a friend a few years ago.


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The Carbon River Valley receives about 70 - 90 inches of rain a year. Abundant rainfall and mild temperatures have created an inland temperate rainforest. Explore the Carbon River Rainforest on the 1/4 mile loop trail and learn about the rainforest ecosystem from exhibits located along the trail.


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Set up Google Search for English only results
Google has a habit of defaulting to the local country search engine of the country you are in, going to google.jp when you're in Japan, and google.fr in France, for instance.
If you're not a native speaker of that country's language this is a pain. You can change your language and search result preferences, say back to English for example but a lot of times the preferences you apply just don't stick.
For myself and a lot of others, every time you close and re-open a new browser window, which could be several times a day and search google, you'd be taken to results from Google.fr, french page results in French, no matter if you had just changed the preferences (again) back to English. This is a major irritation for a lot of people and a flaw from Google. After looking into altering Cookies and other suggestions and perhaps switching Search Engines to Bing or Yahoo, I found a solution for Firefox.
You can set Google up in your Top Right browser search box that will actually fix Google's language back to English by just using an add-on.
If you are using Firefox, easily fix it this way by following the steps, no coding whatsever!
1. Install Add To Search Bar.
Add To Search Bar - an add-on for firefox, by installing this, you can delete the original google search engine (which'll default to your country locations google search) and replace it with a new one.
You can download Add To Search Bar from here:
Restart Firefox so the add-on can be used.
2. Go to this english Google page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/
This is Google in English. You can bookmark this search engine if you like.
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Sungrazer Lovejoy: Significant Comet Plunges Towards The Sun
A comet nearly as wide as two football fields (200m) is plunging toward the sun where it will most likely be destroyed in a spectacular light show on Dec. 15/16.
Although Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) could become as bright as Jupiter or Venus when it "flames out," the glare of the sun will hide the event from human eyes. Solar observatories in space, however, will have a grand view. Yesterday the brightening comet entered the field of view of NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft.
"You can clearly see the comet heading diagonally through the images," says Karl Battams of the Naval Research Lab who prepared the animation. "During the 16-hour sequence, the comet brightens from magnitude +8 to +6.5, approximately."
It will soon grow much brighter. "This comet is a true sungrazer, and will skim approximately 140,000 km (1.2 solar radii) above the solar surface on Dec. 15/16," notes Battams. At such close range, solar heating will almost certainly destroy the icy interloper,creating a cloud of vapor and comet dust that will reflect lots of sunlight. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) will have a particularly good view.


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The Walker Art Center is preparing for Free First Saturday on Aug. 3, one of the venue's most popular events that draws fans of sculpture, dance and other crafts.
In the Sculpture Garden, visitors can catch a choreographed dance called "Talk" based on Senegalese wrestling. The dance itself mimics the style of wrestling and plays out as a back-and-forth match of sorts.
Free First Saturday also features different artists, notably Jim Proctor, a plant sculptor offering a spot where kids can make their own plant sculptures. The Walker tries to create challenging activities to create bonds between parents and kids, allowing both to actively participate.
Fritz Haeg is a local artist working with a traveling rug that expands as it moves: The rug has traveled to museums all over the country, and grows with donors' old textiles and clothing are woven together at each venue the rug descends upon. Visitors can also help crochet the rug, putting his or her own personal trademark on the piece.
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JLC's characters name not revealed still..is it such a big spoiler ?
As Brian put it so succinctly – we know they are telling us bull…
Love the Moffat impersonation Christian…made me smile on an otherwise dreary day.
I think they have a much clearer idea of what they are doing then we think.
The Moff knows his game and he is only too aware of ours – that is our insatiable appetite for news and how we love to speculate on the drip,drip news fed to us by THEM!!!
I believe the season needed to shift for several reasons.
One to bring it to an Autumn / Winter schedule – best time for ratings.
With the 50TH Birthday next year we could then look forward to more Who in 2013.
Quality TV takes a lot of effort and to keep Dr Who at the top of its game it really needs not just money but the time in which to get it together.
PS: Where is Brian Terranova speaking from ? Is he real ? Is it a Christian impersonation ?
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A scientist has discovered a new species of plant that is a relative of the famously-stinky corpse flower. Although this one is only a quarter of the size, it's just as smelly.
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cool but i would not like to live near one lol :)
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Yuk!!!! I'd hat to have that named after me!!! I wouldn't want people to think of poo and wee when they remember my name!!!!
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it may stink, but looks good for tricks!the middle looks like shriveled cauliflower!


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Exhibit Review, November 2005
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Prussia
Narratives of Hohenzollern history in the exhibits: "Luise's Paretz – ein königlicher Landsitz um 1800," permanent exhibit in Schloss Paretz; and "Lange Kerls: Muster, Mythos oder Maskerade," in Schloss Königs Wusterhausen, July 3rd to October 3 rd, 2005.
Reviewed for H-German by Eva Giloi, Department of History, Rutgers University, Newark
The Stasi may be gone; the Fernsehturm and its surveillance equipment may lie dormant. But today another kind of gaze troubles the heart of Berlin. It comes from Frederick the Great, scowling at tourists on Unter den Linden. I do not refer, here, to the equestrian statue of Frederick that dates back to the mid-19 th century, and that, erected on a middle island of this spacious thoroughfare, is never close enough to give one much of a fright. No, I speak of the enormous bust of Prussia's illustrious monarch, ten times larger than life, that glares out from the shop window of the award-winning Buchhandlung Berlin Story at Unter den Linden 40. Nor does Frederick's reign end at the shop window: inside the store, Frederick busts and portraits hold court among the usual selection of Berlin souvenirs – t-shirts and teddy bears, Ampelmännchen and miniature Trabis. Most tellingly, however, he joins his fellow Hohenzollerns on a poster showing the "Family Tree of the Hohenzollerns," hanging on a column above a football-sized piece of the Berlin Wall (the latter priced at an optimistic 500 Euros). This juxtaposition in particular gives us a sense of how much the fortunes of the House of Hohenzollern are changing these days, for it is a pairing that would have been unthinkable before 1989. The Berlin Wall was itself so potent a piece of material culture, so over-determined in its symbolism, that it crushed efforts (in the West) to celebrate a pre-Nazi German past. The Wall was the ever-present reminder of the German Question, that is, of the need to divide Germany into two impotent halves lest yet another war find its origins on Prussian soil.
That the Hohenzollerns, so roundly blamed for having turned Prussia into "an army with a state" rather than the other way around, can now be positioned without irony above a symbol of the outcome of their military mindset is evidence that Berlin's identity is in flux. The older identity, which understood West Berlin's isolated position as much as an act of atonement for Nazi crimes as an outpost of Western freedom, is being supplanted by an identity that seeks to incorporate the Prussian past. But this past is still a problematic past. Not all historical figures – and certainly not all Hohenzollerns – lend themselves equally well to this project. With the ascendancy of the revisionists of the 1960s and the subsequent Sonderweg interpretation of German history, the origins of the Nazi regime were traced back to what was considered the unique, feudalistic and militaristic ethos of the Prussian state. Moreover, so the argument went, this militarism was directly promoted by the Hohenzollerns – by Friedrich Wilhelm I and Frederick the Great in their privileging of the army over civil society; by Friedrich Wilhelm III in his refusal to grant a constitution; by Friedrich Wilhelm IV in his suppression of the 1848 revolution and its democratic potential; by Wilhelm I in his approval of Bismarck's manipulation and undermining of the German liberal movement; and by Wilhelm II who, with his delusions of grandeur (as captured in his Weltpolitik), plunged Europe into the First World War. Based on this view of history, one would expect a relatively poor prognosis for the potential of Hohenzollern history to act as a medium of identification, let alone enjoyment, of the Prussian past.
How to reconcile this, then, with the fact that, as the Buchhandlung Berlin Story's souvenir tables attest, the Prussian monarchs are coming back into fashion? The bookstore itself provides a clue in a triptych of murals that grace its façade on Unter den Linden, and that are intended to sum up the new Berlin identity. The first portrait depicts the actress Franka Potente, from the 1998 film Lola rennt (Run Lola Run), who, as a caption to the mural explains, "runs through the new Berlin, making it known throughout the world and contributing to a young, creative image of the city." Lola is alternative (as a member of the techno scene), resourceful and clever, and has a rich daddy whom she roundly rejects as self-centered and authoritarian (read: the German government now settled in Berlin); she is the ideal icon of the Love Parade generation. The second mural seems, at first sight, to stand in jarring contrast to this young, hip self-image, for it depicts Queen Luise. Yet, despite the initial sense of dissonance, the two women are in fact presented in very similar terms in the two murals. Like Lola, Luise is portrayed as a young and "charming woman" (as the caption tells us); she, too, was running, in her case from the Corsican conqueror, as she was forced into exile from 1806-1809. And Luise, too, is presented as a proto-feminist figure, in that, as we are told by the caption, she "became a strong woman who stood up to Napoleon when he occupied Prussia." The third mural, finally, centers on the ubiquitous Frederick the Great, who, according to the caption, "turned Prussia into a European power. The enlightened monarch was a friend of Voltaire, played the flute and composed music." Through a clever, albeit no doubt unintentional, sleight of hand, one is led to believe that it was through his wise and gentle, artistic ways – and not his armies and the ruthless devastation of his wars – that Frederick made Prussia a power to be reckoned with. Together, the murals give a guide on how to stop worrying and enjoy Prussian history: the Hohenzollerns can be integrated into the image of the 'new Berlin,' as long as they are limited to Frederick and Luise as symbols of art and culture, feminist determination and feminine charm.
This, at least, is the implication of the Buchhandlung Berlin Story's iconography. But to what extent is this same strategy used in official circles, and in particular by the Stiftung Preussischer Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (hereafter SPSG), the administrative authority responsible for the restoration and exhibition of the Hohenzollern palaces? The question is not an insignificant one. In its position as guardian of the Hohenzollern palaces, the SPSG has a direct hand in determining how Prussian history is perceived by the general public (as represented by the two million visitors who troop through its palaces every year). One might say that the SPSG occupies a bridging position between academia, which is still on the whole suspicious of Prussia, and the public, some members of which seem eager to find a more positive, unproblematic connection to the German past (hence their willingness to purchase Hohenzollern souvenirs). Moreover, the SPSG has found itself in a uniquely influential position in that so many dilapidated palaces, in need of extensive rehabilitation, have fallen into its hands as a result of reunification. Some of these structures had already undergone preliminary renovations during the last years of the GDR, when the East German government was searching for ways to shore up its legitimacy in the face of disastrous economic policies. Erich Honecker apparently hoped to give his government a veneer of respectability by styling it, in the 1980s, as the legitimate heir to the highlights of German history (from Luther to Frederick the Great). But as curators working for the SPSG explain [1], due to the prevalent use of gray plaster, the GDR's renovation efforts gave the old Hohenzollern residences a "gloomy and unfriendly appearance." The "political turning-point" of 1989 allowed the SPSG to give the palaces a brighter façade. Did it also allow them to give Hohenzollern history a more cheerful gloss?
When it comes to Frederick the Great, the answer is close at hand. Even a brief glance at Schloss Sanssouci – the SPSG's crown jewel, as it were – reveals that the palace lends itself quite naturally to the same kind of aesthetic and philosophical emphasis evident in the murals of the Buchhandlung Berlin Story. Nor is this an entirely anachronistic view, if one considers Frederick's own relationship to the palace. Frederick intended Sanssouci to be a place "without cares," replete with precious materials and luxury arts, but far from the brutality of the battlefield. [2] As such, the palace was dedicated to the splendor of royal representation as well as to aesthetic, intellectual and (not least) culinary pleasures. From the outset, Sanssouci's statuary depicted Pan and Bacchus, Athena and Apollo (as representations of the sciences and the arts), not scenes from Frederick's battles. Nor does the present-day visitor readily discern that some of the flooring in the Marble Hall is made of Silesian marble, which represents only a "subtle hint of the power of the King" (as the SPSG's guide to Sanssouci notes).[3] In Sanssouci, Frederick is readily represented in the same guise as he appears in Adolf Menzel's famous paintings König Friedrichs II Tafelrund in Sanssouci and Flötenkonzert Friedrichs des Grossen in Sanssouci – an image to which Menzel's own, recent rehabilitation as 19 th century Germany's master painter has no doubt contributed.
With Queen Luise, however, the case is rather different. Luise is not linked to aesthetic or intellectual movements as is Frederick. Her historical noteworthiness has instead long been tied to her comeliness, her role as wife and mother, and her contretemps with Napoleon – none of which carry the high-mindedness of Frederick's philosophical musings or love of the flute. Moreover, as Philipp Demandt has demonstrated, [4] 19th and early 20th century interpretations of Luise's historical significance often stressed her ability to inspire hatred and aggression, to the point that Luise was used to great effect as a war icon in 1813, 1870, 1914 and 1939. At the same time, 19 th century iconography linked Luise inextricably with her second son, Wilhelm I, who was regarded as avenging her sacrifice to Napoleon in the Franco-Prussian War; this is the same Wilhelm I charged with having allowed Bismarck to manipulate German liberals into giving up their political birthright and adopting a feudalized mentality. These are associations that make Luise, for all of her charm, potentially problematic for full-scale rehabilitation by the SPSG.
A superficial look at how the SPSG handles Luise's legacy – a look into its museum gift shops – suggests that the SPSG is trying to tap into the same sunny narrative that we encounter in the Buchhandlung Berlin Story's murals. Not only is there a trivialization (or Verharmlosung) of Luise in the objects on display – Luise napkins and music boxes sit alongside Frederick umbrellas, bonbons and refrigerator magnets – but the books on offer tap squarely into the romantic potential represented by Luise. In titles such as Preussische Liebesbriefe (Prussian Love Letters), Schlösser und Amouren: Preussische Liebesgeschichten (Palaces and Amours: Prussian Love Stories), Geliebte Luise (Beloved Luise), Königin Luise von Preussen: ein Stern in Wetterwolken (Queen Luise of Prussia: a Star in Stormy Skies), etc. etc., Luise is depicted as a lovely and loving queen consort, who, through absolutely no fault of her own, died at a tragically young age at the hands of the nefarious Napoleon. The propagandistic potential of Luise as a "guardian angel" leading German troops into war, which motivated young soldiers from 1814 to 1914, is quietly glossed over. (With no apparent sense of irony, in the midst of all of this anecdotal nostalgia lies Sebastian Haffner's more critical Preussen ohne Legende (Prussia without Legends).)
But although the romanticization of Luise pervades the souvenirs and popular literature that can be purchased in the SPSG's gift shops, it is by no means the narrative that guides its exhibition "Luise's Paretz – ein königlicher Landsitz um 1800" (Luise's Paretz – a royal country estate around 1800). [5] A permanent exhibition set in Schloss Paretz, "Luise's Paretz" is refreshingly free from the myth-making that steeps the Luise cottage industry in its saccharine nostalgia. To the contrary, Luise does not emerge very clearly in the exhibit either as a cult figure or as a real, historical person, and one cannot help but feel that the exhibit's curators are not particularly interested in Luise herself.
Roughly twenty kilometers north of Potsdam, Schloss Paretz served as Queen Luise and King Friedrich Wilhelm III's summer country home, usually for only two to three weeks at the end of August, until the defeat at Jena in 1806 put an end to these pleasure trips. More a seigniorial manor house than a royal palace, given the modesty of its layout and façade, Paretz allowed the royal couple to escape the strictures of court etiquette and indulge in an elaborate game of play-acting, namely that they were simple gentlemen farmers. It was for this reason that Paretz became the "foundation of the myth of the secluded, bourgeois family life of the royal family" (falsely so, as the exhibit explains). After Luise's death, Paretz became a shrine to the deceased queen, in the popular imagination as much as in Friedrich Wilhelm III's treatment of its relics, such that Theodor Fontane could note in 1869 that Paretz was "now only a place for memories and quiet contemplation." [6]
Instead of fostering these twin narratives of longing, the "Luise's Paretz" exhibit debunks the former (the myth of bourgeois domesticity) and eschews the latter (the sentimentalization of Luise's death). The exhibit inhabits only about half of the palace's rooms – rooms which are devoid of decoration, as restoration efforts were not able to salvage the rooms' interior décor. Within these relatively bare walls are exhibited items intended to illuminate life at Paretz; few of them, however, feel directly connected to Luise. The dinner menu and gaming chips, sewing basket and Ossian's poems are more evocative of the everyday social routines of Paretz than of Luise as a person; for the latter to be the case, more textual explanation of the objects would be necessary. And indeed, the exhibit generally offers few descriptions of the events of Luise's life, the historical context in which she moved, or her historical significance. Napoleon, for instance, plays no part in Paretz's narrative. More surprisingly (given the preoccupations of Paretz's gift shop), the exhibit does not dwell on the details of Luise's relationship with Friedrich Wilhelm III – there are no "Prussian love letters" here. Instead, the exhibit offers some very important correctives to the image of familial bliss that formed the bedrock of the Luise myth. For instance, the exhibit very rightly points out that, much as the royal parents expressed a greater amount of affection for their children than had been the norm in the 18 th century, they still spent only very little time with their offspring. Royal children paid their parents short visits during the day, and were relegated for the most part to the care of nurse maids and tutors. But while the royal children were not always present at Paretz, other court retainers were. Thus the exhibit also rectifies the image of a royal family secluded in the intimacy of its domestic circle. As the menus and extensive seating arrangements attest, Paretz was a busy social forum, one which required, in 1802, seventy-five carriages to carry all of the guests and servants for a two-week stay. Paretz was therefore not a quiet, bürgerliches, family retreat, but rather a pleasure palace in which select members of the court could fancy themselves country squires.
As for the beatification of Luise, to which Schloss Paretz contributed in the 19 th and early 20 th centuries as a self-consciously constructed shrine, the "Luise's Paretz" exhibit avoids such mystification entirely. The fact that there is virtually no mention of Napoleon has the effect of circumventing the pathos of Luise's death. The only memento mori that the exhibit offers is the shawl that Luise had worn at Paretz a few weeks before her death; it finds its way into the exhibit by virtue of the fact that Friedrich Wilhelm III had lain it across Luise's bed in Paretz in her memory, before finally donating it to the local church as a relic. Even so, the room's explanatory panel emphasizes the tendency for myth-making that surrounded Luise, thus interpreting the shawl as evidence of how myths are created, rather than of the tragedy of Luise's death. In a further act of demystification, the curators expressly brought over a night-stool from the royal estate on the Pfaueninsel, to place it in Paretz's Retirade (lavatory); standing there in splendid isolation, the night-stool acts as a reminder that Luise was not an 'angel,' as she was styled in the 19 th century, but a flesh and blood mortal, with all of the frailties and follies that that implies.
The true center of gravity in Paretz lies not in the "Luise's Paretz" exhibit, however, but in the other half of the palace, which contains an (untitled) permanent display of the palace's interior décor. Unlike in the rooms housing "Luise's Paretz," in these rooms the painted wallpaper panels and other decorations have been painstakingly restored. On the other hand, these rooms contain no explanatory narratives to situate Luise or her family in the rooms. Instead, the texts focus exclusively on the specifics of the décor. Likewise, while these rooms contain some period furniture – tables and chairs mostly – they contain few other relics relating to Luise or her family. The true subjects of this, more elaborately constructed half of Paretz are thus not Luise, but the precious wallpaper panels that decorate the walls as examples of the wallpaper industry native to Berlin in the early 19 th century. Indeed, the bulk of the SPSG's renovation efforts in Paretz – as well as the curators' palpable enthusiasm – have been devoted to salvaging these wallpaper panels (upwards of 1.5 million D-Marks were donated to this end by the Cornelsen Kulturstiftung Berlin [7] ). To give emphasis to this orientation, four further rooms in Paretz chronicle the restoration efforts, with extensive documentation, including a video presentation, on how the palace was rehabilitated after the damage it had suffered after 1945 (first as school for farm children, then as a school for animal-husbandry), until its opening as a museum in 2001. A modest, tasteful and intelligent exhibit, Paretz is a love letter to the SPSG's restoration of neglected palaces after the fall of the wall, as well as to the charms of early 19 th century interior décor. It is anything but a nostalgic invocation of 'beloved Luise.'
Like Schloss Paretz, Schloss Königs Wusterhausen represents a major post-reunification restoration project, opened to the public in September 2000. Unlike Paretz and Sanssouci, however, Königs Wusterhausen is linked to one of the less palatable individuals in Prussian history, Friedrich Wilhelm I, the Soldatenkönig (Soldier King), who used the rather unassuming palace to indulge in one of his few passions: the hunt. "Lange Kerls: Muster, Mythos oder Maskerade," an exhibit in Königs Wusterhausen on display from July 3 rd to October 3 rd, 2005, is dedicated to Friedrich Wilhelm I's other main passion, the unusually tall grenadiers whom he collected at great expense and drilled, as an honor guard, with great love and diligence. But Friedrich Wilhelm I was nick-named the 'Soldier King' not only because he was notorious for spending vast sums of money on his giant soldiers, nor because he was one of the few monarchs who conspicuously, and exclusively, wore a uniform in an age that otherwise preferred the splendor of baroque representation. The designation was also based on more tangible statistics: during his twenty-seven year reign, he increased the size of the Prussian army from 38,000 to 84,000 troops. [8] Perhaps ironically, it was his love of soldiers and drill that made him loath to lose his troops in actual combat, so that Prussia enjoyed an extended time of peace under the Soldier King's reign. In terms of a rehabilitation of Hohenzollern history, then, the "Lange Kerls" exhibit is significant for the fact that it must deal with the issue of Prussian militarism head-on.
The exhibit is the result of a collaboration between the SPSG and the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz (and the latter's director, Jürgen Kloosterhuis, in particular). [9] Not only does it offer a physical companion piece to Kloosterhuis' monumental text Legendäre "Lange Kerls": Quellen zur Regimentskultur der Königsgrenadiere Friedrich Wilhelms I 1713-1740 (2003), it also benefits, as a result of this collaboration, from a rich amount of documentary evidence from the Geheimes Staatsarchiv. The main parts of the exhibit inhabit the second and third floors of Königs Wusterhausen, with each floor taking on its own agenda. The second floor is geared towards debunking the myths that surround the grenadiers, and, by association, those that equally became attached to Friedrich Wilhelm I. Indeed, Friedrich Wilhelm I is portrayed as the victim of "risqué stories and wrongful accusations," and the exhibit provides multiple examples of such "incomplete or distorted biographies" in the form of a century's worth of second-rate books on the king. Breaking from this tradition, the exhibit argues that Friedrich Wilhelm I, unfairly overshadowed by his more famous son (Frederick the Great), deserves recognition as one of the most "effective rulers of his time" because of his hard work. This sense of duty and discipline is given tangible substance in a set of cases containing the hefty volumes of minutes from Friedrich Wilhelm's privy council; as it turns out, Friedrich Wilhelm I issued an average of sixteen regulations per day. (That this voluminous documentation also speaks of a certain pedantry – as the 19 th century saw it [10] – is not emphasized in the exhibit.)
For the most part, however, the displays on the second floor seek to rectify Friedrich Wilhelm's image more obliquely, through an examination of his treatment of the grenadiers. Indeed, as already noted, 19 th century (and particularly English) accounts liked to stress Friedrich Wilhelm I's violent and uncouth ways, noting that his famous tobacco pipes were "such as a billingsgate fishwoman would disdain to use," [11] or that the "irascible" king "was wont to thrash any idle woman he might encounter in the street." [12] "Lange Kerls" makes a strong case that – whatever his attitudes towards idle women – Friedrich Wilhelm I's treatment of his beloved grenadiers was always fair, solicitous, and above board. The documentary evidence comes in particularly strongly here, debunking some legends, while confirming others as based in truth. It turns out that most of the grenadiers were not kidnapped and smuggled into the country by coffin, but were instead legitimately recruited, and, once on Prussian soil, well-treated and well-paid – as their contracts demonstrate. Equally, the hymn books issued to grenadiers attest to the king's religious care for his soldiers. On the other hand, other documents confirm that the Soldier King set his military hobbies above artistic concerns or even financial interests, as he traded such valuable assets as the famed amber cabinet from the Berlin Schloss to Peter the Great for fifty-five tall grenadiers, just as he traded a set of priceless Chinese vases with King August II von Sachsen-Polen for twelve recruits.
Altogether, the material evidence on this second floor is judiciously chosen, giving a rich, deep texture to the individual elements of Friedrich Wilhelm I's style of governance. It also represents a welcome corrective to the caricatures of Friedrich Wilhelm I that grew up around him, especially in the 19th century. Even so, one cannot help but feel that the exhibit errs at times in the opposite direction, as it gives little attention to some of the less attractive sides of Friedrich Wilhelm I's character. Based on what one sees in Königs Wusterhausen, one can see why a tall grenadier might have considered himself content in his relatively favored position. One finds it more difficult, however, to understand the depth of despair that Frederick the Great, for instance, felt at his father's court – to the point of plotting to commit the high treason of escaping to England to set up a rival court – if all that Friedrich Wilhelm I was guilty of was indulging in "the enjoyment of strong beer and tobacco" and "coarse jokes and degrading pranks," but nothing worse than that.
The third floor moves on to another agenda, namely an exact and thorough reconstruction of the military life of the grenadiers. This floor is a military buff's heaven, with weaponry on display, videos reenacting shooting techniques, and fife and drum music piped in on hidden speakers. More importantly, it also contains extensive documentary evidence chronicling battle plans and maneuvers, army regulations, regiment books, and court martial decisions. The care with which Jürgen Kloosterhuis has researched the topic "grenadiers" comes out most clearly, perhaps, in the display of parish register entries from 1713-1740, which are used in the exhibit to illuminate the social structure of the royal regiments. On a pictorial level, the portraits that grace the third floor's entry hall give a human face to the grenadiers, turning them into individuals, and demonstrating visually what the documents seek to confirm in textual terms: that the grenadiers were "people made of flesh and blood," even "self-assured soldiers in a self-regulating military organization," rather than – as legend has it – "ground down through coercion and drill to will-less cogs in a violent war machinery." The overall effect is a revision of the traditional understanding of Friedrich Wilhelm I's military "reform program," which, in Gordon Craig's classic account, required "subordinating the total energies" of the Prussian state and its subjects to the maintenance of the army, such that "the institutional framework, the economic activity, and even the social organization of Prussia were determined in large part by the needs of the army." [13] In "Lange Kerls," Friedrich Wilhelm I's reforms are construed as an "efficient expansion of the army to be a guarantor of stability in foreign politics and a significant economic factor" – thus helping to support a peace-time society. One can not help but read a subtle subtext to this exhibit: the image of Prussia as an 'army with a state,' as a realm of spineless subordinates (Untertane) and a feudalistic hierarchy, is as much a distortion as the 19 th century caricatures of Friedrich Wilhelm I.
But while the second and third floors' agendas seem quite clear, it is the exhibition room on the first floor that has the most intriguing and ambiguous intentions. One imagines, from this first floor room, that when the curators were first setting up the exhibit, they were confronted with the prospect that lanky soldiers would, in and of themselves, be unable to pique the interest of those about to enter the upper exhibition floors – that, unless properly prepped, visitors might respond to the idea of tall soldiers with an indifferent "so what?" The first floor room is thus intended to whet the visitor's appetite for everything to do with "Lange Kerls." And what a bizarre set of objects are on display here! The poster announcing the exhibition of one of Wilhelm II's favorite grenadiers at a fun fair in 1914 taps into our own age's taste for spectacular and freakish entertainment. The skeleton of an anonymous grenadier, which Friedrich Wilhelm I had donated to the royal anatomical theater, makes us suspect that the king himself was drawn to the grenadiers as much for their freakish nature as their military potential. Particularly interesting is the series of commercial objects that utilized the grenadiers' image. Not only do they give a succinct overview of how legends develop over time, but they also provide a view into the development of a consumer-based economy, in which commodities become ever more trivial, novel, even outlandish, in the attempt to lure buyers. Thus, the tin soldiers and commemorative plates of the 19 th century finally turned, by the end of the 20 th century, into egg warmers shaped like miniature grenadier caps and a brand of extra-long sausages called "Lange Kerls."
The memorabilia on display in this first floor room serves a number of functions. On a most obvious level, it shows how bizarre the myths surrounding the grenadiers were, as a precursor to rectifying them in the upper rooms. On a slightly deeper level, it provides us with a reason why we should care about grenadiers: if so many generations of Germans were interested in the soldiers and the legends surrounding them, then surely they must be important. But in its choice of display objects, this introductory room also sets out a narrative that serves as a guide on how to enjoy Hohenzollern history, and Prussian history more generally. It does so by drawing on two historical entities and their relationships to the grenadiers – but here, the two entities in question are not Frederick the Great and Queen Luise. This time, it is Wilhelm II and the Nazis, both of whom are evoked as having abused the grenadier legend – and the Prussian legacy in general – for their own, nefarious political ends. As one panel explains, Wilhelm II staged lavish costume balls and tableaux vivantes featuring the grenadiers as propaganda tools to broadcast his reactionary, anti-liberal and militaristic political worldview (the assumption being that this differed fundamentally from Friedrich Wilhelm I's worldview?). The same panel goes on to note that "national-socialist propaganda in turn instrumentalized the king and his grenadiers as the embodiment of their understanding of the Prussian "spirit of Potsdam.""
Herein lies the kernel, then, of how to enjoy the history of even such a potentially problematic figure as Friedrich Wilhelm I – one whose coarse gruffness excludes him from the aesthetic celebration that surrounds Frederick the Great, and the romantic sentimentality that suffuses the popular literature on Queen Luise. For Friedrich Wilhelm I, rehabilitation can occur most effectively by deflecting blame onto the two most obvious symbols of German military aggression, Wilhelm II and the Nazis. It is an approach that is, of course, ambiguous in its implications. On the one hand, it fails to address questions of how Friedrich Wilhelm I may himself have contributed to building up a military machine – and more importantly, a military ethos in the state bureaucracy – that Wilhelm II or the Nazis could later draw upon. On the other hand, it frees the visitor from anachronistic interpretations and an unfairly teleological approach to history, one which works backwards from the Nazis to earlier Prussian history to explain how it was that the land of "Dichter und Denker" (poets and philosophers) could become a land of "Richter und Henker" (judges and executioners). Ambiguous as this approach is, it is perhaps necessary if those with an interest in 18 th century military maneuvers – as well as those with an interest in Hohenzollern history more generally – are to be able to pursue those interests without being locked into an eternal examination of 20 th century German guilt. Unless every museum that touches upon the topic of Prussia and/or the Hohenzollerns is to become an overt Mahnmal (hortatory memorial), this kind of distancing might be necessary.
It is a strategy that will become more difficult, however, in future, slated renovation projects – both those of the SPSG, such as Schloss Babelsberg (the summer residence of Wilhelm I, currently under renovation), and that of the Berlin Schloss (postponed until German state finances are placed on a more solid footing). It is more difficult to divorce these two palaces from the devastating events of the early 20 th century, as their inhabitants – Wilhelm I in the former, Wilhelm II as the last occupant of the latter – were much more directly responsible for setting into motion events that laid the groundwork for the turn to the radical right (with all due respect to the historical contingencies that made that turn a reality). What might seem like an inappropriate, teleological charge of responsibility in Friedrich Wilhelm I's case, becomes a much more legitimate, direct indictment in the case of his late 19 th century descendants.
The SPSG's gift shops give the visitor a tangible feel for this. There is not – nor can there be, at present – a cottage industry of Wilhelm I or Wilhelm II souvenirs to rival that of Luise or Frederick. And no wonder: the few souvenirs in the gift shops that pertain to the Wilhelms immediately call to mind the difficulty of rehabilitating the later Prussian monarchy. One cannot view the matchboxes that sport the portraits of Hohenzollern kings – and end with Wilhelm II and his famed 'eagle-eyed' gaze – without thinking about the obvious allusion about the incendiary, destructive nature of a monarchy willing to set the world on fire with its military adventurism. Nor is it possible to look at the Wilhelm II playing cards without being flooded with a slew of insinuations: Wilhelm as the joker in the deck; Wilhelm as a knave; Wilhelm as gambling with Europe's future; etc. etc.
That those in favor of reconstructing the Hohenzollern Schloss (delicately called the Berlin Schloss by its proponents) are aware of this difficulty is evident in a recent Berliner Schloss – Extrablatt published by the Förderverein Berliner Schloss e.V., [14] intended to raise interest in, and financial support for, the project. Despite the fact that it depicts the reconstruction of the Hohenzollern Schloss as an act of reclaiming Berlin's history, the Extrablatt accomplishes the staggering feat of not mentioning the Hohenzollerns at all in its entire first half. Instead, the monarchs are wholly relegated to – and so contained within – an article on the kings as patrons of architecture. That this maneuver is not unself-conscious, but rather intentional, is evident in the fact that the article gives one (and only one) Hohenzoller a political gloss, namely Friedrich III: "He was an proponent of constitutional monarchy based on the English model. … Who knows how the history of the 20 th century would have developed, if he had been allowed to act for another twenty years." [15] But Friedrich III did die before having an appreciable impact, and Prussia was left with the disastrous Wilhelm II instead (whose deeds and character the Extrablatt declines to describe). And thus, in fact, the Berlin Schloss is so deeply implicated in the political events of the early 20 th century – through Wilhelm II in particular – that it is not possible in this case to displace guilt and responsibility elsewhere (as in Königs Wusterhausen). Instead, silence and wishful thinking become all too great a temptation. It therefore remains to be seen what kinds of positive narrative strategies – beyond mere denial – can be utilized to rehabilitate the Wilhelmine palaces and their occupants.
1. Quoted on a panel in the exhibition in Schloss Königs Wusterhausen.
2. 19 th century authors claimed that, when contemplating the relative merits of Sanssouci's artistic pleasures and the glories of the battlefield, Frederick supposedly chose the former with the interjection: "the devil take military glory." Paul Lindenberg, Das Hohenzollern-Museum in Berlin (Berlin: 1888).
3. See the SPSG guide to Schloss Sanssouci: Sanssouci Palace (Potsdam: 2005), p. 25.
4. Philipp Demandt, Luisenkult: die Unsterblichkeit der Königin von Preußen (Köln: 2003).
5. For more information on the exhibit, see also the SPSG journal: Porticus, Sonderheft Paretz 2002 (Potsdam: 2002), vol. 8; as well as the SPSG guide to Schloss Paretz: Schloss Paretz (Potsdam: 2005).
6. Quoted on a panel in the exhibition in Schloss Paretz.
7. Porticus, Sonderheft Paretz 2002, p. 20.
8. Karl-Heinz Otto, Die Langen Kerls: Legendäre Garde Friedrich Wilhelms I (Potsdam: 2003), p. 29. Gordon Craig put the increase from 40,000 to 83,000 troops. Gordon A. Craig, The Politics of the Prussian Army 1640-1945 (Oxford: 1955), p. 8.
9. For more information on the exhibit, see also the SPSG journal: Porticus, vol. 11, nr. 2 (Potsdam: 2005).
10. "Königsgeburtstag," in Der Bär: Berlinische Blätter für vaterländische Geschichte und Alterthumskunde, vol. 10, nr. 26 (22 March 1884), p. 354.
11. A. Asher, A, Asher's Picture of Berlin and its Environs (Berlin: 1837), pp. 30-31.
12. Henry Vizetelly, Berlin under the New Empire: its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry, Monuments, Museums, Social Life, Manners, vol. 2 (New York: 1968, 1879), p. 155.
13. Craig, Politics, p.14.
14. For more information, see the website: www.berliner-schloss.de.
15. Förderverein Berliner Schloss e.V., Berliner Schloss – Extrablatt, nr. 2 (2005), p. 16.


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Fabulous and so easy to make! I increased the ginger and garlic and used no-chicken broth for a vegetarian soup. Used a hand-held blender to puree and stirred in 2 T. of light coconut milk at the end. Served homemade croutons and crumbled veggie bacon on top. Delicious!
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I really enjoyed this! I used coconut milk instead of cream. Check out my post here: http://www.icancookthat.org/2011/09/jalapeno-ginger-butternut-squash-soup.html
williamoses Posted: 11/08/11
Added a sweet potato since I didn't have enough squash. Excellent.
joneseygirl98 Posted: 11/20/11
I also used a large sweet potato to add to it since my squash was a little too small. Great suggestion from another reviewer:) I liked the nice little bite from the peppers! Great soup! Husband loved it too!!
JMKrecipes Posted: 12/17/11
This has been my go-to winter soup for years (I ripped the page from the original issue and it has stood the test of time despite all the stains). I'll mix it up occasionally and add some sweat potatoes with the butternut squash. Depending on my guests I vary the amount of jalapeno. It's perfect for a holiday lunch or as an appetizer. I always make a double batch and I freeze the extra into single serving size portions and keep in my freezer for a tasty, easy lunch.
Keiko123 Posted: 11/18/12
Love it! Made exactly as is, except I didn't puree the soup, just mashed the squash as we like "chunky" soup. Simple to make. The longest part is prepping the squash but could easily be done the night before then thrown together the next night. Nice with crusty wheat bread. In fairness to the recipe, don't rate it unless you use the right ingredients!
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Delicious! I made some changes, though. I only used half a jalepeno b/c my 4 yo would be eating it. Also, instead of using water, I only used chicken broth. Will definitely make this again.
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Best ever. Could use a little more pepper if you like the spice. Also we added the cream to only some servings and the soup was good with and without it (in case you have a lactose intolerance).
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Like others, I also used 2 lbs of yams with 2 lbs of squash. It was delicious! Although it is a "jalapeño" soup, I might try it without the jalapeño because I can't handle too much spice; and I think my kids will enjoy it more as well without it.
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Very good, cooked longer to thicken a little more. Easy to make.
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Help, please! Made this soup tonight for dinner. Although it is fabulous tasting. It has too much heat for our palate. Does anyone know what I can do to cut the heat in the remaining soup?
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Clink Kinney, city manager of Fruita, said the city decided not to incorporate the initials — which stand for "Welcome to Fruita" as well as a popular text messaging and online chatting abbreviation for a profane phrase — after asking for opinions from the public, USA Today reported Wednesday.
Officials considered the campaign after a local couple printed out 2,000 "WTF" decals and distributed them to local businesses and residents. Kinney said the decals may have proven popular, but many residents said they did not want the initials representing their town.
"The hard part is, the people you represent and the people you market to don't always agree," Kinney said.
Kinney said local businesses are still free to use the initials for marketing, but the campaign will not be getting a stamp of approval from the city.