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The popular holiday destination of Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County, considered the wildflower capital of Colorado. Regardless, when the resort is covered in white each winter, the flowers are forgotten and skiers from all over the world descend on this resort town, often touted as one of the best extreme skiing locations in the world. Both the US Extreme Skiing Championships and X-Games have been hosted here and the extensive terrain has something to offer everyone. The resort town is famous and well-loved within the skiing community as a laidback, unpretentious, fun-loving place to visit - 'Worth Getting To', as the Crested Butte saying goes.
Although the reputation and renown of this resort is in the extreme skiing arena, there truly is something for all types. Most of the mountain is suited for intermediate skiers and riders but there is plenty of terrain suitable for beginners and experts as well. Crested Butte also has a terrain park, Canaan, with a number of jumps, tables and rails for beginners and intermediates. There is also a Superpipe at the top of Forest Queen, and a mini half pipe for beginners in the terrain park.
Crested Butte has almost anything holidaying visitors could possibly want for mountain sports, including rental and repair shops. For other shopping needs the resort is quite limited, but there are some gift shops and clothing stores available for souvenirs. Avid shoppers may be a little disappointed, but the resort does provide everything visitors may need on holiday.
There are fantastic restaurants offering everything for all nationalities of holidaymakers across the town. Offerings include sushi, seafood, vegetarian options, great steak and, of course, pizza. For fine dining head up the mountain for Dinner @ 10,000 Feet, where a sleigh ride precedes a romantic meal.
A small mountain, Crested Butte has a charm that relies on the friendliness of the regulars and holidaymakers who frequent the bars, pubs and breweries. Princess Wine Bar opens daily at 5pm and has a wide selection of award-winning wines, cognacs and single malt scotches and often has live entertainment in the evenings. Talk of the Town offers a variety of bar games, such as foosball, pinball, pool and video games, and of course a happy hour every afternoon, while The Eldo Brewery is a popular microbrewery with live music and dancing on weekends.
There are many popular activities for the whole family, including tubing, sleigh rides and dog sled tours. The Nordic centre offers 25 miles (35km) of groomed trails for skating, snow-shoeing and sledding. Worth visiting is the historic town or the heritage museum to find out about Crested Butte's colourful past. During summer months, mountain biking is extremely popular and it is even rumoured to have started here where the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame has been created. Also available in summer are hiking, camping, fishing and whitewater rafting.
Crested Butte is farther out than other popular Colorado resorts, some 250 miles (400km) from Denver International Airport.


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Undeterred by his recent setback in the Giant Soda Wars, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has turned his attention back to one of his original health enemies—smoking. One of Bloomberg's first major initiatives after taking office in 2002 was to ban smoking in all indoor workplaces, including restaurants and bars. He's since expanded that law to included parks, city beaches, and pedestrian malls. He's taxed cigarettes into oblivion, cranked up punishments for selling them to minors, and has flooded the city with disgustinganti-smoking advertisements (though not as disgusting as he would like.)
Despite all the improvements to city health and the air quality in drink establishments, that's still not enough for Mayor Mike to call a truce. Bloomberg announced today that he wants to pass a new city law that would force retailers to keep all their cigarettes stocked out of public view. If passed by the City Council, it would be the most restrictive sales law in the United States, according to the Mayor's Office, requiring vendors who sell cigarettes to store them in cabinets, under counters, or anywhere they want—as long as customers can't actually see where they are.
It seems that Bloomberg was undeterred by a judge's ruling last week that blocked his controversial ban on large soda cups in city restaurants, which is facing months of appeals from the administration's lawyers and the Department of Health. The attempt to keep sugary drinks out of the hands of the people was criticized as yet another "nanny state" initiative, but the Mayor obviously isn't content to rest on his previous victories. And it's hard not to argue that his "dictatorial" health initiatives haven't produced results. According to the city health commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley, smoking among adults has dropped by almost one-third since Bloomberg took office 2002.
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I love couples who aren't afraid to make a wedding day their own. And this Texas duo? Well, they did just that with an environmentally friendly affair personalized down to the very last detail. We're talking an amazing vegan menu, invites on recycled paper and a handcrafted wedding gown made of organic, eco-conscious fabrics. Of course, the day wouldn't be possible without amazing vendors like Brock + Co. and Polkadots by their side, and you can watch it all unfold in the gallery from SMS Photography and Diana M. Lott Photography right here.
From the Bride… As soon as Lucas and I started planning our wedding we knew exactly what we wanted it to be. Bringing it to life was a completely different story and we couldn't have done it without my parents and Henry at Brock & Company Events. We all worked together to bring our vision to life!
We immediately decided that we wanted it to be in Austin. We're both from Dallas and we love going down to Austin for a quick getaway. We really felt like having it down there would make it feel more special and it would give our guests a chance to get out of town for the weekend and have some fun. Lucas and I really wanted it to be a small intimate gathering of our closest family and friends. We knew that we wanted it to be a little rustic, a little romantic, and feel like a magical experience. We decided quickly that we wanted the ceremony to be outdoors and the reception indoors, with areas set up outside for guests to feel like they could go in and out to play one of the games outside or have their silhouette made by the silhouette artist. Finding the right venue on a good date was really difficult, but as soon as we found Mercury Hall we knew it was perfect. The ceremony took place outside under the tall and gorgeous oak trees on the property. The whole wedding had that warm and magical end-of-summer feeling.
Being a strict vegan, it was imperative to me that everything be done as environmentally friendly as possible. The majority of the food was vegan (gourmet vegan and amazingly delicious), including the wedding cake. One of the hors d'oeuvres and a few of the desserts were vegetarian. Save the Dates, invitations, and most of the other paper items were printed on recycled paper.
I couldn't picture myself in a super-traditional wedding gown, especially not one made from regular silk, due to the mistreatment of the silkworms. I was so fortunate to find the unbelievably talented Lindee Daniel in Los Angeles. She uses environmentally conscious and organic fabrics. My one-of-a-kind, handmade dress was a collaborative effort between Lindee, my Mom, and me. Lindee was even able to incorporate pieces of lace from my Mom's wedding dress, which was so special. We worked together on the design, which was quite a (fun!) process, and then Lindee brought it to life! She also made the bridesmaids' dresses, which turned out so gorgeous! My sister's dress had silver thread made from metal stitched throughout the bodice, since she was my maid of honor. I feel like their dresses really lent a lot to the look and feel of the wedding that Lucas and I were going for. The guys wore gray suits, with Lucas's being a light gray and the groomsmen's being a medium gray. My sister had the silver stitching in her dress and a gray sash around her waist, while my other bridesmaids had golden yellow sashes.
One of the most important aspects of our wedding was our dog, Nesta. Lucas and I are both completely obsessed with him and we knew he had to be in the wedding. We wanted him to be the ring bearer, but we weren't quite sure if that would work. Thanks to my brother, we were able to make it happen! Nick walked down the aisle with one of my bridesmaids and then doubled back to bring Nesta down. Some of my favorite photos are the ones of Nesta. He stole the show – barking at the end of the ceremony when we were announced husband and wife!
As far as "colors" go, we didn't want to feel like we were bound to specific colors, but we did have a palette from which we worked. There were many shades of green with hints of golden yellow and orange, especially in the flowers and plants. We wanted a lot of succulents throughout the ceremony and reception, accented with bright colors. And we loved the moss on the tables. Wendee, from Unexpected Elements, perfectly captured the exact look that we wanted with the flowers and plants. We wanted to be able to bring home as much as possible after the wedding and thanks to Wendee we were able to bring home the amazing arbor she created and the beautiful wreaths she made for the doors. She also created the very special hanging lanterns with the candles in the jars and we were able to keep those as well.
Since we wanted the wedding to have a very natural and original look to it, we turned to artisans on Etsy for a lot of the details. It all started with the engagement ring that Lucas got. We were so fortunate to find the amazing Kristin Coffin on Etsy. She creates environmentally conscious rings, by using recycled gold and conflict-free diamonds. My engagement ring and wedding band are also crafted from a real twig, as many of her designs are. When it was time to pick out our wedding bands I already knew that I wanted to get mine from Kristin Coffin. Lucas knew he wanted a simple yellow gold band, so I found Celia Boaz at The Sly Fox, another very talented artisan, on Etsy. I also really wanted to have another wedding band to match Lucas's, so I got a small, thin band from Celia as well (both made from recycled gold, as well). Some of the other items we got on Etsy were: Nesta's adorable bow tie, the special hanger my dress was on, our guestbook and pen, my garter belts, our date banner (which we used for our Save the Date photos and it was hung from the dessert table at our reception), and the very special heart-shaped patches that I got for my Dad and husband.
Lucas and I had the best time at our wedding and we repeatedly say that we wish we could do it all again because it was so much fun! We couldn't have done it without all of the amazing vendors and artists that helped bring it all together. Fortunately, we have beautiful wedding photos from our amazing photographers, Stacy Sodolak and Diana Lott, to keep that day alive for us.
From the coordinator/designer: From the first moment we spoke with Jessica and Lucas over the phone, we could tell that they were envisioning something completely different for their wedding … natural elements, loads of fun details, the use of eco-friendly products + sustainable materials, plus a super fun party. Sign us up!
Our eco-friendly theme started with Jessica's wedding gown, which was made by LA dress designer, Lindee Daniel. The gown was layered in all-natural, wild organic vegetarian silks and cottons free of chemical and synthetic dyes.
For the ceremony, Unexpected Elements created an amazing wood altar, covered in greenery and moss, which Jessica and Lucas now have set up in their backyard. Nesta, the sweet family pup, wore an orange bow tie and served as the ring bearer. So adorable!
Everywhere you looked, there were elements that represented Jessica and Lucas – light gray and yellow linens in the couple's favorite patterns, ceremony songs from the couple's favorite artist, Jorge Ben (played by Hill Country Strings) + an all vegan menu with Jessica and Lucas' favorite foods.
Primizie Catering did an amazing job in creating a menu full of healthy eats – roasted root vegetables inspired by the couples' favorite Austin vegan café, butternut squash shooters, artichoke and asparagus risotto, truffle baked mac and cheese and vegetable pot pies. How can we forget the prickly pear margaritas and pomegranate mojitos served during cocktail hour? Delish!
Throughout the reception, the organic and natural theme continued with moss runners made of succulents, driftwood and river rock accents. The various containers on the dining tables – mason jars, vintage brown bottles and mercury glass — created the most intimate glow during dinner. Anibella Ink + Paper created a wooden tri-fold dessert sign with a passage from Jessica and Lucas' favorite television show, Numbers. Every single stationery piece, including our dinner menus and invitations were printed on recycled paper.
Throughout the reception guests were treated with special dessert items — ice cream from Sweet Ritual, cannoli, brownies, macaroons and other assorted vegan treats from Polkadots Cupcake Bakery.
The night ended with the most enchanting sparkler send off as Jessica and Lucas rode away in a vintage '63 Bentley. As a parting gift, guests took home bottles of local, organic olive oil. Not only was Jessica and Lucas' wedding was an exact reflection of their style and personality, but it also highlighted their most important values.
Photography: SMS Photography | Photography: Diana M. Lott Photography | Coordination: Brock + Co. Events | Event Design: Brock + Co. Events | Florist: unexpected elements | Wedding Dress: Lindee Daniel | Cake: Polkadots | Stationery: Anibella Rachel | Ceremony Venue: Mercury Hall | Wedding Bands: The Sly Fox | Catering: Primizie Special Event Catering | Makeup: Houston Puryear | Hair: Urban Betty | Lighting: Filo Production Services | DJ: DJ Kit K | Officiant: Austin Weddings Unlimited | Transportation: Uptown Valet | Bridal Hanger: Highfills Hangers | Date Banner: Butterfly Above | Engagement Ring + Band: Kristin Coffin | Garters: The Ragged Diamond | Heart Shaped Patches: Sew Happy Girls | Linens: La Tavola Fine Linen Rental | Music: Hill Country Strings | Pup Bow Tie: LA Dog Store | Rentals: James Allen Salon | Wedding Guestbook + Custom Pen: Lorgie


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Last week I hit up an 'Air Your Dirty Laundry' party organised by Allison Scotsman, she of Skinny Bitches in the Making fame.
The bash was held at SA's first 'destinational laundry', I Heart My Laundry in Buitengracht street.
It was a nice opportunity to schmingle with other bloggers while sipping on fancy French champagne as Taittinger SA were there to give us a little tasting. (The rose, just so you know, is BEYOND delish and totally worth the price tag. I'm considering treating myself to a bottle and cracking it open the day I hear about a particularly evil ex-colleague – who made my life a living hell – finally getting the chop from a position he totally bullshitted his way into… *rubs hands with wicked glee…*)
I also got to get a closer look at some pretty After Eden lingerie:
They were also one of the party's 'sponsors' in that they, along with Taittinger, supplied a prize for a lucky draw. Shockingly, I didn't win anything so I immediately plunged into misery, leaving me with no other option but to drink the pain away with copious amounts of Taittinger champagne.
It mixed fabulously with my flu meds and thus, due to the fuzziness that ensued, I can't quite explain how I ended up wearing one of After Eden's gorgeous li'l nighties…
…or partaking in a semi-sletterig drier top photo shoot…
Anyway, getting back to the kiffness that is I Heart My Laundry… They're open from 7 to 7 , seven days a week and do washing, ironing, dry cleaning, steaming, dyeing and altering and make a point of using all organic products. You can drop your stuff off and ask that it be delivered or hang around for a bit. The place is so cosy/trendy-looking you could be forgiven for mistaking it for a coffee shop. And they do do coffee (a fancy Brazilian brand) as well as yummy dim sum!
Clayton the co-owner says this is a totally regular thing that goes on from 7 to t7. Seriously. You can have your socks washed while snacking on dim bloody sum! To read more about it, check out this fab article I found on Cape Town Magazine over here.
Thanks laundry boys, I had fun and despite having a top loader of my own, I may well pop back in, if only to abuse your delicious desserts. Your handmade millionaire's shortbread and champagne-infused fudge rocked my (clean) socks off!
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As the topic title implies i am on the lookout for a pair of cans for the asus xonar essence one.
I want to go all out on this one... so considering what the xonar essence is capable of sound-quality-wise, what's "the max" that you can recommend pairing up with it?
As for musical and sound preferences... I like electronic music mainly. The likes of Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream... but also newer techno stuff.
So "dry" and crisp bass and trebble is appreciated as well as an airy, spacious midrange with a "wide" sound for those floating synths.
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Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee from Scout to Go Set a Watchman (2016)
Shields's first biography for adults in 2006— Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee (Holt) went on to become a New York Times bestseller, and a perennial favorite of readers and teachers. The revised and updated edition, reframed from the perspective of the recent publication of Lee's Go Set a Watchman is available online and at major bookstores.
"This biography will not disappoint those who loved the novel and the feisty, independent, fiercely loyal Scout, in whom Harper Lee put so much of herself," wrote Garrison Keillor in the New York Times Sunday Book Review.
In connection with the NEA's "Big Read" initiative, Shields spoke to hundreds of audiences about his biography of Harper Lee for community-wide reads of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Two years later, Shields followed-up his biography of Lee with a young adult version: I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee (Holt), which received awards from ALA Best Books for Young Adults; Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year; and the Arizona Grand Canyon Young Readers Master List.
And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life (2011)
In November 2011, Shields published the first biography of Kurt Vonnegut— And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life (Holt), described as an "incisive, gossipy page-turner of a biography," by Janet Maslin and an "engrossing, definitive biography" by Publishers Weekly in a starred review. It was selected as a New York Times Notable Book, and Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011.
"An engaging, surprising and empathetic page-turner"— Deirdre Donahue, USA Today
"The first truly exacting look into the life of a man who has fascinated so many."— Esquire
John Williams: The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel (slated for 2016)
Oscar van Gelderen of Lebowski Publisher (Dutch Media) will publish Shields' biography of John Williams, author of Butcher's Crossing, Stoner, and the National Book Award winning, Augustus (1973). This will be the first biography of Williams, whose popularity has been soaring in Europe. Sales of Williams' books have landed all three of his novels on bestseller lists abroad. In addition, his works have gone into over 30 translations since 2011.
In 2009, with fellow biographers Nigel Hamilton, James McGrath Morris, and Pulitzer-prize winner Debby Applegate, Shields co-founded Biographers International Organization (BIO), a non-profit organization founded to promote the art and craft of biography. As of 2014, BIO has 350 members in 45 American states and 10 nations, including Australia, India, Kenya, and the Netherlands.


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Berries are nestled in clouds of whipped topping--perfect for pancakes and more!
You can use 1 cup whipping (heavy) cream and 1/4 cup powdered sugar instead of the whipped topping. Beat with electric mixer on high speed until stiff. Omit the milk.
Besides topping pancakes, spoon this berry good topping over shortcakes or pound cake slices.


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One of the biggest fears of beginning any journey is the unknown. We do not know where the journey will take us and that can be quite scary. What will we uncover? What will we find along the way? The journey is as amazing as the final destination. We learn with each step. We learn we have the ability to go in any direction we choose. That direction is very much of our own accord.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Hitting Bottom...Sober
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Today is a good day... to live.
- shinyruby2 said...
so it all begins today. what a wonderful day. x
- namaste said...
i know what you mean about the different ways one can hit rock bottom. i've hit rock bottom sooo many different times in my life. but did not stop drinking. then one morning i looked at my puffy-face reflection and decided, no more, not one more drop.
i am so glad to have found your blog. and i'm glad to read that today is a good day for you.
~ maria - 11:20 AM
- jerry said...
Yes, sobriety asks of us courage to face the faulty and specious premises on which we previously based our lives and personal identities. This "dark night of the soul" you're experiencing is necessary for you and everyone who seeks to live by truth and accept life as it is. Your sober path has been leading to this and it's a spectacular blessing that will give you many gifts. Persevere sister. Jerry J.
Sobriety it's the way of life. Yes I understand about the bouts. I have been sober for 1 yr 3 months and two years off of drugs. WHEW!! I just shared with my mom I'd rather be in these shoes any ol' day rather then looking at cement. Its been a struggle. I cry a great deal but the lord is my father and I try and give it to him. I started school again and I'm fianlly finishing my A.A in a 8 weeks. I constantly read the Bible but find it difficult to quote verses. All in time I suppose. Tke care of yourself and Godbless you
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I was just having a debate with a good friend of mine who recently jumped back in this wagon. I was telling her that I really didn't believe in the whole "rock bottom" theory because I have tried to get sober more times than I can remember. I have hit so many bottoms, each time a new low is established. A trap door is waiting at the bottom, for me at least. BUT, after further investigation I realized that recognizing your "bottoms" is very important because it reminds you where you were and that you have suffered enough. I have suffered enough.
- Barbara said...
Emotional bottoms are the most difficult, at least for me. Sometimes it's so easy to forget the tools. I've been sober now for three-plus years, fired from my job in May (I'm actually grateful, as I'm going back to school to become a teacher) by my boss, who was/is in the program. I moved to a small town in Sullivan County, NY after NYC became too much. Now I'm surrounded by what seems like happy families and gay German men. I wish I could go to a bar--any bar--and pick someone up. But I know where that leads. So, I'm doubling up on my meetings, spending more time on my studies, trying to find--and keep--acceptance of this situation just as it is. Good luck to you and thank you for your wonderful blog!
- Jason said...
Yes, the bottom is a lonely frightening place. I have been there several times in the past 10 years. Sometimes I wonder to myself when the quagmire of self pity gets overwhelming whether I really get a misshapen pleasure out of the bottom; if I am so used to being in this place that I can't or won't look anywhere else for answers.
A quick call to the sponsor reveals a bit of truth to my musings and I am once again into the prayer work of steps 6 and 7.
This cycle though tedious at times is beginning to show itself to be a spiral. Not downward but upward (if you must assign a spatial delimitation to it). This spiral is the shape of my growth as a man, as a human and as a spiritual being.
Thank you for posting your thoughts I needed them right now. Have a wonderful day!
~j - 9:24 PM
- blu said...
i have definitely bottomed out on sobriety. more than once. needed to read this today. thank you.
- alidee said...
I have never met you in person; however, through my reading of your blog entries I feel I have come to love you. Take care & thank you for your healing words. X


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After graduating with an Agricultural and Biosysytems Engineering degree from NDSU in 2000, David served the compact construction equipment industry as a manufacturing engineer in fabrication, weld, paint and assembly. He has international experience coming from a two-year expatriate assignment in Pont Chateau, France as a Manufacturing Engineering Manager where he received an award for operational excellence from the fortune 500 company for implementing a moving assembly line which moved the operation to profitability. He also has experience benchmarking manufacturing facilities in Mexico, with additional management experience resulting from management of an E-coat/ powder coat operation. His background includes work with general manufacturing systems, robotics, lean sigma, coatings, ESH, regulatory compliance, operations management, project management, Sarbanes-Oxley, strategic planning, capital justification and implementation.
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The Arizona Corporation Commission staff issued its highly anticipated recommendations in response to APS's proposed rule changes directed at residential solar customers. ACC recommended that the Commission not approve either of APS's proposed Net Metering cost-shift solutions. Net Metering is the mechanism that allows residential customers the right to offset energy purchases from the utility… Read More →


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I've have been going around in circles trying to get a grasp on objects, and when I finally go to give it a try, I can not get an object to work as I was hoping. Now, when I go to get data out of that object, I have to type my $foo = Twitter::Objects->new; print $foo->{Lady_Aleena}{updates};. I thought a way to shorten that would be the following. However, when using the above like so ... my $foo = Twitter::Objects->new('Lady_Aleena'; print $foo->{updates};, I get back an empty string. So, why does the subhash not work but the main hash does? get_hash Just in case you want to know. Have a cookie and a very nice day!
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Bank of America is bad for America! Since the 2008 Great Recession was orchestrated by the 'too big to fail' Wall Street banks, citizens have stepped forward as the true leaders who reject the too big to fail premise. Too big to fail is too big to exist. http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/
Last year thousands came to Charlotte, NC, to voice their anger at the 1% Bank of America shareholders meeting. The shareholders and CEO Moynihan don't respect the people. It is now clear that there is no chance for reforming Bank of America, it must be broken up. During this year's shareholders meeting we are taking the protest nationwide. Events in your area: https://www.facebook.com/OccupyUpdates/events
A new Rasmussen survey shows that 50% of U.S. Adults favor a plan to break up the 12 megabanks, which currently control about 69% of the banking industry. Twenty-three percent (23%) oppose breaking up the largest banks, while another 27% are undecided.
Bank of America, with trillions in assets, won't break by a few isolated protests. It won't break by individuals moving their money to credit unions. It will break up by sustained collective will that infects the government, enlivens credit unions, revitalizes labor unions, enlists students and restores homeowners. Millions of pinpricks and a sustained demand: Breakup Bank of America.
The Achilles Heel that breaks up Bank of America is a sustained persistent stubborn picket at many of their 16,000+ ATMs and 5,600+ branches around the country. A picket can be as simple as 1 person with a sign in front of a BoA during business hours for an hour a week. People who picket can also put on educational events, flashmobs, marches, rallies, sit-ins, teach-ins, institutional divestment campaigns, government divestment campaigns, citizen lobbying, LTE's, gorilla marketing, but a picket isn't a one time event but a sustained effort that realizes that change may take a while and a stubborn persistent presence is absolutely needed.
On May 8th, the day of Bank of America's 1% shareholders meeting, nationwide picketing will occur during open business hours at the Bank of America locations nearest by. Be there, dressed in a way that welcomes strangers' conversations, carrying a sign that wins their support. Inform your neighbors, your coworkers, your friends, and ask them to join and support the picket.
In some cities, people will organize marches, some may do creative direct action and some might consider civil disobedience. Organized actions are enthusiastically encouraged but the common picketer, with the sign holding a simple truth, are the everyday heroes that will provide the persistence necessary for the long task of breaking up Bank of America.
May 8th, long live the picket!
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text: FROM THE COOKBOOK SHELFIntensely flavorful and loaded with antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, juices are a satisfying way to add more fruits and vegetables to your diet. A juicer is as easy to use as the resulting juices are nourishing to drink. And the best part? No fruit or vegetables are off limits! That said you'll want to add Juice It by Robin Asbell to your cookbook library. Published by Chronicle Books this year, Juice It not only includes recipes for a juicer but some that can also be done in a blender. Robin Asbell is a chef, food writer and cooking teacher specializing in natural foods. She is also the author of Sweet and Easy Began, Big Vegan, The New Whole Grains Cookbook and New Vegetarian, all published by Chronicle Books. Sleepy Salad is made with romaine, fresh dill and a large cucumber. I was not aware that lettuce has been known for its sleep-inducing properties since ancient Roman days. SLEEPY SALAD• 1 head romaine lettuce • 2 tablespoons fresh chopped dill • 1 large cucumber Juice the romaine, dill and cucumber in that order. Run the pulp through again to extract as much liquid as possible (you should have about 2 cups). Serve immediately. Source: Juice It by Robin Asbell (Chronicle Books, 2014, $18.95/softback). BEWAREGarcinia cambogia has been widely marketed as a dietary supplement for weight loss, in part because of evidence from petri-dish studies showing a substance in the herb called hydroxycitric acid (HCA) may speed the burning of fats. But most studies of HCA in humans failed to show that it helps people lose significantly more weight than a placebo does. Worse, there have been numerous reports of liver damage, in one case, fatal, in people taking diet supplements containing HCA. So save your money and focus instead on a healthy diet, portion control and regular workouts. Source: Consumer Reports on Health, July 2014. | POWER-PACKED NUGGETS OF NUTRITIONWe all know fruit is good for us, and according to research, berries pack an especially powerful nutritional punch. "One study found a link between eating more blueberries and strawberries and having a lower risk of a heart attack, says Georgia Gianopoulos, a registered dietitian at Weill Cornell Medical Center. The skins and seeds of berries help contribute to their fiber content. While all berries provide a variety of benefits at less than 100 calories per cup, some berries have more of certain nutrients than others. Raspberries and blackberries are highest in fiber. Strawberries are highest in vitamin C and blueberries are highest in antioxidants. Is fresh best? According to Giannopoulos, "Frozen berries are generally picked at their peak ripeness, so they can be as nutritious, if not more so than fresh berries, depending on how the berries are grown." When buying frozen berries, always check the ingredients and choose those with no added sugars or other ingredients. Frozen berries are a great option, since they are convenient and often less expensive than fresh berries. Canned berries are generally a less healthy choice, as they often contain added sugars, but if you can find them packed in water or juice, rather than syrup, go ahead and give them a try. Source: Weill Cornell Medical College Women's Nutrition Connection, July 2014. PLAN MENUS AROUND SALE ITEMSI haven't met a mushroom I didn't like and choose to keep an 8-ounce container in the refrigerator even though I usually end up throwing the last of them away unless they're for a specific recipe. Even when stored in a Williams Sonoma crock with holes in the lid, I still lose some. Fresh fruits and vegetables are more perishable so it's wise to use them quickly. Although Chief produce departments have Portabella and Baby Bella mushrooms already stuffed, I do my own. When Baby Bellas were three 8-ounce containers for $5.00 one week in June, I took a recipe from Allrecipes.com, replacing button-type with Baby Bellas. Chief tasters loved them! SAUTEED BABY BELLA MUSHROOMS• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil • 3 tablespoons butter • 1 lb. Baby Bella mushrooms, sliced (I used an egg slicer) • 1 clove garlic, minced • 1 tablespoon red wine • 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce • Freshly ground pepper Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir mushrooms, garlic, wine, teriyaki sauce and pepper in hot oil and butter until mushrooms are lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer until mushrooms are tender. Serve on top of grilled steak and burgers or on a baked potato. Makes 4 servings. Source: Adapted from Allrecipes.com recipe. Download PDF |


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To satisfy a sweet tooth, try these deliciously different bars suggested by Dumont, Minnesota field editor Renee Schwebach. "A fun variety of flavors and textures assures that the treats never last long," she relates.
25 Recipes for Easter Cookies
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter, cubed
- 4 cups miniature marshmallows
- 3 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 48 squares)
- 3/4 cup flaked coconut
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- In a double boiler, combine eggs, sugar and butter. Cook and stir over boiling water until mixture thickness and reaches 160°. Remove from the heat; cool. Add remaining ingredients.
- Spoon into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. dish. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Cut into squares. Yield: 3 dozen.
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Water-based finishing
They say you can�t live without water. I�m betting I could live just fine with a little bit less.
When you saw the title of this blog, you probably thought I was going to discuss formulation of coatings, didn�t you? Nope. I have three things right now that water has affected, and I need to finish them. In this context, when I say �finish them,� I mean �get them done.�
The first is my new storage shed. It�s more or less finished, construction-wise. I did an outstanding job, too, if I say so myself. The only thing left to do now is apply the tarpaper and shingle it. However, right after finishing the roof, the weatherman sent rain our way. It�s still damp outside and so is the roof. I want to wait till that sheathing dries before covering it, so that�s on hold. Can�t finish it.
My wife had a Bad Day this past weekend when it came to watering our many plants. She managed to over-water five of them. Not any of the hanging plants or plants that are on stands are on our�easy-to-mop-up flooring, but�on wooden furniture. I discovered this on Monday after they�d each been sitting in a puddle for about two days. The finish has raised or cracked on each, and I�ll need to take care of it, or those pieces are finished as attractive furniture. The damaged furniture wasn�t stuff bought from one of the big box furniture stores such as Ikea (which is Swedish, not Finnish), but things I�d made myself. Since I originally finished them, I know just what to use to refinish them, so the job shouldn't take that long to finish.
Finally, you may recall many months ago my experience of getting stuck on the roof to repair a leak that had stained our bedroom ceiling. The leak is gone, but the stain is still there. One of these days I�ll have to finish that task, too.
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Meghan McCain Disagrees with Sarah Palin's Double Standards
John McCain's daughter reveals on 'The View' that she disagrees with many things Sarah Palin has said.
-Faye Brennan
If you watched Barbara Walters and crew on The View yesterday, you probably got the impression that guest host Meghan McCain isn't a huge fan of Sarah Palin right now.
During the show, Walters brought up the topic of Palin wanting Rahm Emanuel fired for using the word 'Retarded' in a private meeting, but not wishing the same upon Rush Limbaugh when he said the word. In response, McCain said, "This is exactly what's wrong with politics today. We can't placate and say democrats can say one thing and Republicans can say another thing."
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And when Walters brought up another instance where Palin suggested President Obama should declare war against Iran to get re-elected, McCain disagreed: "We should never go to war unless it's the absolute last circumstance."
McCain's daughter will reveal what she thinks about Palin possibly running for President in her new book that will be released in August. We're guessing she's probably against it. To watch McCain on The View, click here. (Huffington Post)


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While rumors of all manner are ricocheting around MLB as free agency heats up the hot stove -- 'Josh Johnson would prefer to pitch for Giants or Padres'; 'Rangers interested in Shin-Soo Choo'; 'Roy Oswalt plans to pitch in 2014' -- there's barely been a word about one of the best pitchers available -- A.J. Burnett.
With his New York background and with his 2013 accomplishments, which included leading all National League starters -- including the likes of Jose Fernandez, Clayton Kershaw and Stephen Strasburg -- in K/9, it would seem there'd be almost daily reports on what Burnett will do.
• Is he really going to retire and walk away from tens of millions?
• Will he sign with the Pirates, which would likely require some kind of hometown discount?
• Will he eventually acknowledge his availability to the highest bidder?
All that's known is the Pirates did not make a $14.1 million qualifying offer to Burnett, which would have guaranteed them a high draft choice if he signed elsewhere. From reading between the lines, the Pirates don't seem to be all that hot to sign Burnett at what the market is likely to bear. Burnett earned $16.5 million last season with $8.5 million of that being covered by the New York Yankees. Based on how well he pitched, he'd not likely be inclined to take significantly less.
The market for him became partially established yesterday with word that Tim Hudson, also a right-hander, signed a two-year, $23 million contract with the San Francisco Giants.
Hudson is 18 months older than Burnett. He has not been as effective as Burnett in recent seasons. He has not been as durable as Burnett in recent seasons.
In each of the past two years, Burnett has had a lower ERA, a lower BAA and higher K/9 and K/B ratios than Hudson. Hudson has had slightly lower WHIPS. Of particular significance considering the money being thrown around, Burnett made 94 starts in the past three seasons. Hudson made 82.
Finally, Burnett's pitching the past two seasons has been just about the best of his career. Hudson's has not been close to the best of his career.
Considering those factors, Burnett would be in line for at least a one-year $15 million deal or a two-year deal between $26 and $30 million.
Tom Singer of MLB.com suggested Burnett might attempt to do what Roger Clemens did so well late in his career -- sit out about half the season and then auction himself off to the highest bidder, some of whom could be quite desperate at that point. That would almost certainly take the Pirates out of the Burnett scenario.
Since free agency is underway and Burnett has not announced his intentions, it can only be assumed the Pirates plan to move forward without him. Even though general manager Neal Huntington said the Pirates would be patient in their approach to free agency, they still need to be able to formulate a plan and it can only be assumed they are moving ahead without Burnett.
With Francisco Liriano, Gerrit Cole, Charlie Morton, Wandy Rodriguez, Jeff Locke and Jeanmar Gomez available to start the season and top prospect Jameson Taillon on a fast track to MLB, Burnett might not qualify as a luxury but nor is he an absolute necessity.
Most of the major deals done thus far have been teams keeping their own. The biggest names to change teams have been Hudson and Marlon Byrd going to the Mets for two years and $16 million.
The Pirates are not playing from behind -- yet. But needing help in several areas means that with money to spend playing the patient game might not be the wisest of strategies.


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The mission of the Corbett Children's Theater is to provide entertaining, professional quality theater, performed by children for audiences of all ages. We educate, challenge and inspire youth, support the learning environment, and build strong community values.
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Olga Constantinovna of Russia
Olga Constantinovna of Russia | |
Queen consort of the Hellenes | |
Tenure | 27 October 1867 – 18 March 1913 |
Regent of Greece | |
Tenure | 17 November – 19 December 1920 |
Born | Pavlovsk, Russian Empire |
3 September 1851
Died | 18 June 1926 | (aged 74)
Burial | 17 November 1936 Royal Cemetery, Tatoi Palace, Greece |
Spouse | George I of Greece |
Issue | Constantine I of Greece Prince George Princess Alexandra Prince Nicholas Princess Marie Princess Olga Prince Andrew Prince Christopher |
House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Grand Duke Constantine of Russia |
Mother | Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg |
Religion | Eastern Orthodox |
Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia (Russian: О́льга Константи́новна Рома́нова; IPA: [ˈolʲɡə kənstɐnˈtʲinəvnə rɐˈmanəvə]), later Queen Olga of the Hellenes (Greek: Βασίλισσα Όλγα των Ελλήνων) (3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1851 – 18 June 1926), was the wife of King George I of Greece and, briefly in 1920, regent of Greece. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is her grandson.
A member of the Romanov dynasty, she was the daughter of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. She spent her childhood in Saint Petersburg, Poland and the Crimea, and married King George I of Greece in 1867 at the age of sixteen. At first, she felt ill at ease in the Kingdom of Greece, but she quickly became involved in social and charitable work. She founded hospitals and help centers, but her attempt to promote a new, more accessible, Greek translation of the Gospels sparked riots by religious conservatives.
On the assassination of her husband in 1913, Olga returned to Russia. When the First World War broke out, she set up a military hospital in Pavlovsk Palace, which belonged to her brother. She was trapped in the palace after the Russian Revolution of 1917, until the Danish embassy intervened, allowing her to escape to Switzerland. Olga could not return to Greece as her son, King Constantine I, had been deposed.
In October 1920, she returned to Athens on the fatal illness of her grandson, King Alexander. After his death, she was appointed regent until the restoration of Constantine I the following month. After the defeat of the Greeks in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22 the Greek royal family were again exiled and Olga spent the last years of her life in the United Kingdom, France and Italy.
Family and early life[edit]
Olga was born at Pavlovsk Palace near Saint Petersburg on 3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1851. She was the second child and elder daughter of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich and his wife, Grand Duchess Alexandra, a former princess of Saxe-Altenburg. Through her father, Olga was a granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I, a niece of Tsar Alexander II and first cousin of Tsar Alexander III.[1]
Her childhood was spent at her father's homes, including Pavlovsk Palace and estates in the Crimea. Her father was a younger brother of Alexander II,[2] and her mother was considered one of the most intelligent and elegant women of the court.[3] Olga was particularly close to her older brother, Nicholas, and was one of the few members of the imperial family to keep in touch with him after he was banished to Tashkent.[4]
As a child, Olga was described as a simple and chubby little girl with a broad face and big blue eyes.[5] Unlike her younger sister, Vera, she had a calm temperament, but she was also extremely shy. For example, when interrogated by her tutors during lessons, she burst into tears and ran from the classroom.[6]
In 1862, Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich was appointed viceroy of Russian Poland by his brother and moved to Warsaw with his wife and children. The stay in Poland proved difficult for the Grand Duke, who was the victim of a nationalist assassination attempt the day after his arrival in the Polish capital.[7] Although Constantine embarked on a program of liberalization and re-instated Polish as an official language,[8] Polish nationalists agitating for reform were not appeased. Finally, an uprising in January 1863 and the radicalization of the separatists pushed the Tsar to recall his brother in August.[9] Olga's difficult experiences in Poland marked her profoundly.[10]
Engagement and marriage[edit]
The young King George I of Greece visited Russia in 1863 to thank Olga's uncle Tsar Alexander II for his support during George's election to the throne of Greece. Whilst there, George met the then twelve-year-old Olga for the first time.[11]
George visited Russia again in 1867 to meet with his sister Dagmar, who had married Tsarevitch Alexander (later Alexander III) the year before. He was determined to find a wife and the idea of an alliance with a Russian grand duchess, born into the Eastern Orthodox Church, appealed to him.[12] Olga fell in love with George, but she was nevertheless anxious and distraught at the thought of leaving Russia.[13] Her father was initially reluctant to agree to their marriage, thinking that at the age of fifteen she was too young and, being close to his daughter, concerned by the distance between Greece and Russia. For her part, Grand Duchess Alexandra was much more enthusiastic than her husband and, when some members of the imperial family noted the extreme youth of her daughter, she replied that Olga would not always be as young.[12] Eventually, it was decided that Olga and George would marry when she had reached her sixteenth birthday. Meanwhile, she would continue her schoolwork until her wedding day.[12]
Olga and George married at the chapel of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg on 27 October [O.S. 15 October] 1867. After five days of festivities, they spent a brief honeymoon at Ropsha, south-west of Saint Petersburg. Over the following twenty years, they had eight children:
- Constantine (2 August 1868 – 11 January 1923), who was born ten months after the marriage of his parents; he married Princess Sophia of Prussia and succeeded his father as king;
- George (24 June 1869 – 25 November 1957), High Commissioner of Crete from 1898 to 1906, married Princess Marie Bonaparte;
- Alexandra (30 August 1870 – 24 September 1891), married Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia; their children included Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, one of the assassins of Grigori Rasputin;
- Nicholas (22 January 1872 – 8 February 1938), married Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia;
- Marie (3 March 1876 – 14 December 1940), married firstly Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and secondly Perikles Ioannidis;
- Olga (7 April 1880 – 2 November 1880);
- Andrew (2 February 1882 – 3 December 1944), father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; and
- Christopher (10 August 1888 – 21 January 1940), father of Prince Michael of Greece.[14]
The Tsar told Olga "to love her new country twice more than her own",[15] but she was ill-prepared for her new life. Aware of her youth, she chose to retain the services of her governess to continue her education.[16] On arrival at Piraeus, Olga wore blue and white, the national colors of Greece, to the delight of the crowd. On the way to the capital, popular unrest was such that Olga, who was not accustomed to such demonstrations, was close to tears. Unable to speak Greek, and with little time for rest, she attended official functions over several days. Overwhelmed, Olga was found sobbing under a staircase cuddling her teddy bear a few days after her arrival in the kingdom while she was expected for a formal event.[17] In less than a year, she learnt Greek and English.[2] On the advice of her mother, she took an interest in the archeology and history of Greece to gain public support.[18]
Private life[edit]
Throughout their marriage, George I and Olga were a close-knit couple,[19] and contrary to the prevailing custom spent much time with their children, who grew up in a warm family atmosphere.[20] With age, however, George I argued with his sons and Olga lamented the quarrels that divided the family periodically.[21] In private, Olga and George I conversed in German because it was the only language they both spoke at the time of their marriage. With their offspring, they spoke mainly English,[22] although the children were required to speak Greek among themselves,[23] and Prince Andrew refused to speak anything but Greek to his parents.[24]
The life of the royal family was relatively quiet and withdrawn. The Athenian court was not as brilliant and sumptuous as that of Saint Petersburg,[25] and days in the Greek capital were sometimes monotonous for members of the royal family.[26] In spring and winter, they divided time between the Royal Palace in Athens, and Tatoi Palace at the foot of Mount Parnitha. Summers were spent on vacation at Aix-les-Bains in France, visiting relatives in the Russian capital or at Fredensborg and Bernstorff in Denmark, and relaxing at Mon Repos, Corfu.[27]
Olga remained nostalgic for Russia. Her room was filled with icons from her homeland and, in the palace chapel, she sang Slavic hymns with her children. She often visited Russian ships that were docked at Piraeus and invited the Russian sailors to the royal palace.[28] She was the only woman in history to bear the title of Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, an honor given to her on marriage.[13] She was honored in the Greek navy by having a ship named after her.[29]
Social work[edit]
Olga was genuinely popular and was extensively involved in charity work.[11][30] On arrival in Athens, her immediate patronages included the Amalieion orphanage founded by the previous queen consort Amalia of Oldenburg, and the Arsakeion school for girls located on University Boulevard. With her personal support and the support of wealthy donors, she built asylums for the terminally ill and for the elderly disabled, and a sanatorium for patients with consumption. She founded a society to help the poor, a kindergarten for the children of the poor, and a soup kitchen in Piraeus that doubled as a cooking school for poor girls that was later expanded into a weaving school for girls and elderly women in financial difficulty.[31] She was patron of two military hospitals and endowed the Evangelismos (Annunciation) Hospital, Greece's largest, in downtown Athens.[11][32] She built the Russian Hospital in Piraeus in memory of her daughter, Alexandra, who died in Moscow in 1891. Although aimed primarily at Russian sailors, the hospital was open to all seamen visiting Greece, with consultation fees set at the low rate of thirty lepta and medicines being free.[33] Olga also supported the establishment and funding of hospitals during the conflicts between Greece and its neighbors, including the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and the First Balkan War (1912–13).[34] For their work for the wounded, Olga and her daughter-in-law Crown Princess Sophia were awarded the Royal Red Cross by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom in December 1897.[35]
Before Olga's arrival in Greece, there were no separate prisons for women or the young, and she was instrumental in the establishment of a women's prison in the capital and, with the support of wealthy philanthropist George Averoff, one for juvenile delinquents.[36]
Shortly after Greece's defeat in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, shots were fired at Olga's husband and daughter by disgruntled Greeks in 1898. Despite the failed assassination, Olga insisted on continuing her engagements without a military guard.[11] Her son Nicolas wrote in his memoirs that one day he spoke of the importance of public opinion to his mother, and she retorted, "I prefer to be governed by a well born lion rather than four hundred rats like me."[37] Olga's interest in political and public opinion was limited. Although she favored Greece's Russian party,[38] she had no political influence over her husband and did not seek political influence in the Greek parliament.[39]
Evangelika controversy[edit]
An Orthodox Christian from birth, Queen Olga became aware, during visits to wounded servicemen in the Greco-Turkish War (1897), that many were unable to read the Bible.[15] The version used by the Church of Greece included the Septuagint version of the Old Testament and the original Greek-language version of the New Testament. Both were written in Koine Greek while her contemporaries used either Katharevousa or the so-called Demotic version of Modern Greek. Katharevousa was a formal language that contained archaized forms of modern words, was purged of "non-Greek" vocabulary from other European languages and Turkish, and had a (simplified) archaic grammar. Modern or Demotic Greek was the version commonly spoken. Olga decided to have the Bible translated into a version that could be understood by most contemporary Greeks rather than only those educated in Koine Greek. Opponents of the translation, however, considered it "tantamount to a renunciation of Greece's 'sacred heritage'".[40]
In February 1901, the translation of the New Testament from Koine into Modern Greek that she had sponsored was published without the authorization of the Greek Holy Synod. The price was set at one drachma, far below its actual cost, and the edition sold well. To mitigate opposition to the translation, both the old and new texts were included and the frontispiece specifically stated it was for "exclusive family use" rather than in church.[41]
At the same time, another translation was completed by Alexandros Pallis, a major supporter of a literary movement supporting the use of Demotic in written language. Publication of the translation started in serial form in the newspaper Akropolis on 9 September 1901.[42] Purist theologians denounced this version as "a ridiculing of the nation's most valuable relics" and Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople denounced the translation.[43] A faction of the Greek press started accusing Pallis and his Demoticist supporters of blasphemy and treason.[42] Riots, peaking on 8 November, were started by students of the University of Athens, partly motivated by conservative professors.[44] They demanded the excommunication of Pallis and anyone involved with the translations, including Olga and Procopios, the Metropolitan bishop of Athens, who had supervised the translation at her personal request.[45]
Troops were called in to maintain order, and conflict between them and the rioters resulted in eight deaths and over sixty people wounded.[46] By December, the remaining copies of Olga's translation had been confiscated and their circulation prohibited. Anyone selling or reading the translations was threatened with excommunication.[47] The controversy was called Evangelika,[48] i.e. "the Gospels question", after the word Evangelion, Greek for "Gospel", and led to the resignation of the metropolitan bishop, Procopius, and the fall of the government of Georgios Theotokis.[49][50]
In 1913, the First Balkan War ended with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire by a coalition of Greek, Bulgarian, Serbian and Montenegrin forces. Greece was considerably enlarged at the expense of Turkey, but divisions between the victorious powers in the Balkan League soon became apparent: Athens and Sofia vied for possession of Thessaloniki and its region.[51] To affirm Greek control of the main city of Macedonia, George I moved to the city soon after its conquest. Just as he did in Athens, he went about Thessaloniki without any meaningful protection force, and while out for an afternoon walk near the White Tower on 18 March 1913, he was shot and killed by Alexandros Schinas.[52] Olga, who said her husband's death was "the will of God", arrived at Thessaloniki the next day. She and her family visited the scene of the assassination and accompanied the body of the king to Athens. He was buried in the royal cemetery at Tatoi Palace.[53]
George and Olga's eldest son, Constantine, became king and his wife, Sophia of Prussia, became the new queen consort. Olga, as queen dowager, was given the use of a wing in the royal palace but soon returned to her native Russia, to spend time with her younger brother, Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich and his family at his home, and Olga's birthplace, Pavlovsk Palace.[54]
World War I[edit]
In August 1914, Olga was in Russia at the outbreak of World War I,[55] in which the Allied or Entente Powers including Russia, Britain and France fought against the Central Powers including Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. She decided to stay in Saint Petersburg and establish a military hospital to support the Russian war effort.[56] Olga created a clinic at Pavlovsk Palace where she cared for wounded soldiers with her sister-in-law, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna. Other members of the imperial family, such as Princess Helen and Olga's granddaughter Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna founded field hospitals at the front.[57] As the war continued, Olga became aware of the growing crisis in Russia, and attempted to warn Tsarina Alexandra in 1916 of the danger of revolution but the Russian empress refused to listen. A few weeks later, Olga attracted the fury of the Tsarina after signing a petition asking for a pardon for her grandson, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, who had been exiled to the Persian front for his involvement in the assassination of Alexandra's favorite mystic, Grigori Rasputin.[58]
In contrast to Olga, her eldest son, King Constantine I of Greece, was determined to follow a policy of neutrality.[59] His maternal relations were Russian, and his wife was the sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. His policy brought him into conflict with Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, who favored the Allies. Constantine was soon accused of being a Germanophile and the Athenian government was regarded with suspicion in London and Paris. In what became known as the National Schism, Venizelos established a parallel government in Thessaloniki in opposition to Constantine.[60]
On the collapse of the Tsarist regime in February 1917, Olga's sister-in-law left Pavlovsk with her family, but Olga stayed, soon to be almost alone except for a single young domestic named Anna Egorova. (After the Revolution, Egorova entered the service of Prince Christopher of Greece and became the governess of his son, Michael.[61]) Short of food, the two women were limited to eating a little dry bread soaked in poor quality oil. Their safety was far from assured, and a few days after the October Revolution, Bolsheviks invaded and ransacked the palace. Olga was physically unharmed.[62] She accepted the need to leave Russia, but the Bolsheviks refused to let her go and diplomatic help from Greece was not forthcoming in the aftermath of the National Schism. In June, Constantine had been deposed and exiled to Switzerland. As the Allies did not wish to establish a Greek republic or see Crown Prince George succeed his father, Constantine was replaced on the throne by his second son, Alexander, who was thought to be more favorable to the Allies and more malleable than his older brother.[63] Venizelos held power and the supporters of the deposed king were arrested or executed.[64]
First exile[edit]
After several months of appeals for help, the Danish legation in Russia issued Olga a passport, which she used to enter Germany on the eve of its defeat, eventually joining her eldest son and his family in Switzerland in early 1919.[65] Other members of the Russian imperial family did not escape. Among those killed were the Tsar, Tsarina and their five children; Olga's brothers Grand Dukes Nicholas and Dmitri Constantinovich; three of her nephews Princes John, Constantine and Igor Constantinovich; and the Tsarina's sister Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna.[66]
In Switzerland, Constantine I and his family found themselves isolated and without an income. The Greek government under Venizelos did not pay pensions to former rulers and prohibited any contact between the exiles and King Alexander. Already in fragile health, the former king became gradually more depressed.[67] The Russian Revolution and the National Schism deprived Olga of her immovable property and she was forced to live a much less lavish lifestyle than in the past.[68] She did, however, enjoy spending more time with her sons and grandchildren, from whom she had been long separated by the war.[69]
On 2 October 1920, King Alexander was bitten by a monkey during a walk through the gardens at Tatoi. The wound became infected and Alexander developed septicemia. On 19 October, he began to rave and called his mother at his bedside but the Greek government refused to allow Queen Sophia to return to Greece.[70] Worried about her son, and knowing that his grandmother was the only other royal still in favor with the Venizelists, Sophia asked Olga to go to Athens to care for Alexander. After several days of negotiations, the dowager queen obtained permission to return to Greece but, delayed by rough seas, she arrived twelve hours after her grandson's death on 25 October.[71] On 29 October, Alexander was buried at Tatoi; Olga was the only member of the royal family at the funeral.[72]
Still opposed to the return of Constantine I and Crown Prince George, the government of Eleftherios Venizelos offered the throne to Constantine's third son, Prince Paul, who refused to ascend the throne before his father and older brother unless a referendum named him head of state.[73] Only days after Alexander's death, however, Venizelos was defeated in a general election. On 17 November, Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, regent since the death of Alexander, retired and the new prime minister, Dimitrios Rallis, asked Olga to assume the regency. She served as regent for about a month until her son Constantine returned to the throne on 19 December after a referendum in his favor.[74]
Second exile and death[edit]
Constantine I returned to the throne 18 months into the Greco-Turkish War, launched in May 1919. In September 1921, the Greek defeat at the battle of Sakarya marked the beginning of the Greek retreat from Turkey. Resentment among the allies for Constantine's policy during World War I prevented Athens from receiving outside support.[75] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the new leader of Turkey, regained Smyrna and Eastern Thrace, annexed by Athens at the end of World War I.[76]
Following a coup by disgruntled military officers, Constantine I abdicated for a second time on 27 September 1922. With several other members of his family, including Queen Olga, he went into exile in Italy and his eldest son succeeded him for a few months on the throne as George II.[77] Within months, Constantine died in Italy. One of Olga's sons, Prince Andrew, was among those arrested by the new regime. Many defendants in the treason trials that followed the coup were shot, including senior politicians and generals.[78] Foreign diplomats assumed that Andrew was also in mortal danger, and George V of the United Kingdom, Alfonso XIII of Spain, the French president Raymond Poincaré and Pope Pius XI sent representatives to Athens to intercede on his behalf.[79] Andrew, though spared, was banished for life and his family (including the infant Prince Philip, later Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Queen Elizabeth II) fled into exile in December 1922 aboard a British cruiser, HMS Calypso.[80][81]
Unlike her children and grandchildren, Olga was given a pension by the government of the Second Hellenic Republic, but she maintained so many of the faithful old servants who had fled Greece with her that she was usually left with no more than 20 pounds sterling per month (worth about £900 in 2010 prices[82]) to meet her own expenses.[68] She could, however, count on the support of her family, scattered throughout Western Europe. In the United Kingdom, she shared her time between Spencer House, London, the residence of her youngest son, Prince Christopher; Regent's Park, where her daughter, Grand Duchess Marie, rented a mansion; Sandringham House, the home of her sister-in-law, Queen Alexandra; and Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, where her nephew, King George V, lent apartments.[83]
Olga's final years were marked by ill health. Lameness restricted her to a wheelchair, and she stayed in Paris several times to undergo treatment for her eyes. Her poor eyesight caused George V much laughter when she mistook a statue of a naked Lady Godiva for one of Queen Victoria.[79] Increasingly dependent, Olga finally settled with her youngest son, Prince Christopher, shortly after the death of his first wife, Princess Anastasia, in 1923. Olga died on 18 June 1926 either at Christopher's Villa Anastasia in Rome,[84] or at Pau, France.[85]
Despite republicanism in Greece, Olga was still held in high esteem and the republican government in Athens offered to pay for her funeral and repatriate her remains to Greece. Nonetheless, her children declined the offer, preferring to bury her in Italy beside her son, Constantine I, whose body Greece had refused to accept.[86] Her funeral was held on 22 June 1926 at the Orthodox Church in Rome and the next day she was laid to rest in the crypt of the Russian church in Florence.[87][88] After the restoration of the Greek monarchy in 1935 she was re-interred at Tatoi on 17 November 1936.[89]
As much of her property had been confiscated by the Soviet Union and the Greek republican government, most of her estate comprised jewelry reported in The Times to be worth £100,000 (equivalent to more than £4,500,000 today[82]). This was shared between her children and the children of Constantine I.[90] Traumatized by the events of the Russian Revolution, Olga wished to sever all ties with the country in which her family had been massacred. Before dying, she made her grandson, King George II, swear to repatriate the ashes of her daughter Princess Alexandra, buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. Her wish was fulfilled in 1940 after his restoration to the Greek throne.[91]
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- Media related to Olga Constantinovna of Russia at Wikimedia Commons
Olga Constantinovna of Russia
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Introduction. The purpose of astral outsourcing is to acquire new growth resources through astral plane interactions, often with the aid of discarnates and astral intelligences and guides. Here is the procedure:
Step 1. Outsourcing ... Relevance: 40% Introduction. The well-demonstrated capacity of mind to influence the physical body is enhanced during astral projection with the deliberate intervention into physiological functions is the actual goal of the OBE. This procedure recognizes that ... Relevance: 5% Introduction. This procedure is based on intentionally recognizing the astral body as a non-physical duplicate, or matrix, of the physical body, followed by energizing specific astral body parts to be ideally healthy, and then transferring healthy ... Relevance: 5% We can create powerful mind/body interaction to promote better health and fitness. Aura self massage procedures can be adapted to many specific goals. The following is for self-healing.
Physical Relaxation. Assume a comfortable seated or ... Relevance: 5% Loulou Prince is the medsen fey (leaf doctor/herbalist and shaman) for a Haitian community of around 1,500 people who live in the vicinity of Jacmel, a small town close to the border with the Dominican Republic. In his daily practice, he deals with ... Relevance: 2% Part One: Astral Plane Therapy
Introduction. Even unstructured OBEs at the higher astral planes have been demonstrated to be inherently therapeutic, while those with specified goals are very effective. A comfortable, reclining position with hands ... Relevance: 2% Introduction. While walking is usually considered simply a physical activity, it can be seen metaphorically as a social, psychological, and psychical phenomenon. In our interpersonal relationships, for instance, we adjust social distance by mentally ... Relevance: 2% Introduction. Astral Flow is a laboratory-tested program designed to arrest sleep and induce out-of-body travel to distant physical as well as astral realities. The program begins with a mind-clearing exercise to extinguish active thought and ... Relevance: 2% Introduction. This program promotes self-empowerment through astral projection and is sufficiently flexible so that you can adapt it to meet your own personal preferences and goals. The simple formula: ... Relevance: 2% |