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spacex said that up until the fire the flight was running very smoothly, and that all of the rocket's systems were working perfectly. the rocket's cargo was a satellite named falconsat-2, built by students at the air force academy and designed to measure communication-interfering plasma. spacex has received supportive responses from its other launch customers, and vowed to continue its launch plans after participating in a federal investigation into the failed launch.
find out more at the bbc and in spacex's news section. you can see a video of the launch at youtube.
joshua's opinion
rocket science is not easy, as spacex can attest to. i am sure the company is unhappy about the loss of its first rocket, but it looks as if the setback will not affect the company's future plans too much. that is the best attitude to take on these things: if at first you don't succeed…
as elon musk says in the company's news release, most other new rocket systems have run into problems during the first 10 or 20 launches. getting all of the kinks worked out is part of the process. thankfully, if no one is injured in a failure such as this, the only casualty is some equipment. in the case of spacex, the cost of the launch is significantly lower than most other launch options, so the bounce-back should be easier to achieve.
i wonder if the air force academy had insurance on its satellite. i also wonder if it will build another one to replace falconsat-2. if it does, then i would still suggest using spacex over the russians. better to deal with the loss of a satellite with the knowledge that the loss was for the greater good of an up-and-coming company than to see your work go down in flames on top of an old icbm.
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|goes to show (8:53am est wed mar 29 2006)
this is no easy feat. fault tolerences are near zero, with the smallest defects ending up as catastrophic failures.
makes me appreciate what nasa has accomplished over the years even more.
– by the final frontier
|huh (9:25am est wed mar 29 2006)
for crying out loud, just take all the human waste in the u.s and use the waste as fuel for these missions. – by bla
|hmm (9:28am est wed mar 29 2006)
v2 rockets during the big ww2 used kerosene and o2..albeit guided by clocks and altimiters all linked to numatics the engines are about the same.
i would guess kerosene is cheap compared to hydrozene fuel or some other exotic fuel mix.
also easier to store than liquid h2.
too bad it went down.
dr gerald bull designed and was building a cannon capable of launching stuff into space in the 1970,s for nasa. later he was being funded by iraq.(sadams super gun pre 1990's) he was murdered by the mosad in 1990. someone should carry on his research. it would be a cheep way to get building meterials into space..not so good for people unless you like your ass around your ears.
– by phreakx
|you must be joking (10:37am est wed mar 29 2006)
"but it looks as if the setback will not affect the company's future plans too much."
who in their right mind would invest in this bunch of losers now??? like so many other start ups these guys started believing their own press, counting their money, did a 1/2 assed job as a result, and have now pissed away their best change. start ups who fail at their goal almost always die shortly there after, i hope these guys do to. – by hardass
|boring . . . old news (10:47am est wed mar 29 2006)
a hitech site like geek.com should not publish old news that have been in major news media two days ago (bbc etc.). i guess a site is only as hitech as its contributors. looks like it took joshua two days to write up 392 word summary . . . a better job by the editors would be much appreciated. – by rocket scientist
|losers? (11:32am est wed mar 29 2006)
wasn't this their very first launch? every system ever built–i don't care if you are talking rockets, cars, radios, or pcs–failed the first few times. the american space program had an incredible number of failures. look how many failed rockets the japanese launched before finally getting it right.
the first few launches are really just tests to clear out the bugs and glitches.
don't be so quick on the gun to call someone a loser or people are going to start calling you the loser.
|re: phreakx (11:50am est wed mar 29 2006)
v2 rockets used alcohol. kerosine was too valuable for running tanks.
the problem with a gun approach is that the accelleration is too high for anything to really survive. ok. for launching solids or evel liquids in a very strong container, but not so good for electronics. they may survive 20gs, but not the 100-300 or so needed for an orbit.
|it's over (11:56am est wed mar 29 2006)
"spacex said that up until the fire the flight was running very smoothly"
nothing like a few flames getting in the way! – by sjp
|re: rocket scientist (12:01pm est wed mar 29 2006)
your posts are old news, so piss off!! – by tired of post-idiots
|just do it brokeback mountain style. (12:03pm est wed mar 29 2006)
piggyback the rocket on a 747, and launch the rocket to orbit once it gets to the edge of earth's atmosphere. rocket science ain't easy, but having common sense ain't easy either! – by death o'common sense
|re old sampler (12:20pm est wed mar 29 2006)
yup! as to my statement "it would be a cheap way to get building materials into space. not so good for people unless you like your ass around your ears." and yes electronics and breakables as well…
one design involved a very long barrel and several baffles that would snap into place as the projectile passed. more like a hybrid rocket in a tube than a true cannon???
there are no real technical limitations that would prevent this type of technology from being developed and used to assist in the construction and re-supply of orbital platforms. the one type of launch vehicle idea is antiquated.
time to develop better launch systems.
also depending on your sources some say alcohol some say kerosene�i guess it would depend on when during the war. the v1 was kerosene powered but it was more of a flying bomb powered by a pulsejet, than rocket.
– by phreakx
|i pick… (3:26pm est wed mar 29 2006)
…my nose is space! – by nose picker
|hmmm (3:59pm est wed mar 29 2006)
i understand the g forces experienced on a projectile when shot are around 20,000. one of the first electronic devices to survive that and work was the vt fuse used in ww2.
also, the russians used kerosene and o2 (i believe) in their version of the shuttle.
it's a bit like using diesel in a jet, it still works good…
in other news…
– by headley
|piggy back the rocket (6:11pm est wed mar 29 2006)
that's how the orbital science pegasus rocket works, though they use an l-1011 instead of a 747. () they launch satellites all the time with it. – by space geek
|20,000 g is ridiculous (6:51pm est wed mar 29 2006)
i worked on an anti-missile missile which had a launch velocity of 200g and reached a top speed of mach 12. it's body was made out of solid berilium because aircraft aluminum and titantium would cruh themselves.
at much less then 100g bond wires start to come of electronic parts. at as little as 10g some parts like radial capacitors and inductors will break their wires and come flying off like little missiles.
the aerodynamic forces alone at 20,000 g's will cause just about any material we know how to make into little pieces. – by physics 101
|burt rutan… (7:12pm est wed mar 29 2006)
is already doing a better job just flying into space from a rolling start.
rockets (except as weapons) will soon be defunct.
– by the woz
|hmmm (7:27pm est wed mar 29 2006)
so what is the g forces of a projectile when fired from a field gun?
– by headley
|so rockets are not as easy (12:10am est thu mar 30 2006)
so rockets are not as easy as internet bubbles and the lame it biz.
they finally started to learn ) – by 3ocket
|nold nukes. (9:59am est thu mar 30 2006)
can we just replace the warheads with satalie or milionares. every one is happy hippies get peace, rich people get to goto space, govt gets cash for wars its infalliable. – by hh
|old nukes (11:32am est thu mar 30 2006)
several of the russian launchers are actually old nukes.
the us uses some of its old nukes as targets for the anti-missile defense system. i haven't heard of any being used to launch satellites, however. – by space geek

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Last season it seemed that the Eagles received some unexpected breaks. Amongst them, the collapse of both the New York Giants and Washington Redskins, two bitter division rivals.
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Detroit was also whipping the Eagles when a blizzard hit and the Lions forgot to put on snow tires and the Eagles rallied to win.
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Though Lou Reed and Metallica's 90-minute Lulu has proven challenging for many a listener (New York's Nitsuh Abebe called it "ludicrous" and "strange because of the remarkable extent to which it doesn't really work"), the collaboration has found at least one fan: Darren Aronofsky, who has agreed to direct the video for "Iced Honey." That song, for the unfamiliar, is about trapping a butterfly in a jar and then dying violently (plus something about a charbroiled lamb?), so it should be right up Aronfsky's perverse, Requiem alley. Lou Reed, for his part, hopes the video "can be his next Black Swan." (Presumably Lou is as big a Mila Kunis fan as the rest of us.) Anyway, this should be sufficiently weird! [Billboard]


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- Energy kcal288 kcal
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Historic City News previously reported the Sunday night arrest of 23-year-old Deshawn Renord Perkins; who complained of chest pains and an ankle injury when he was being pulled out of the woods soon after the robbery of the Kangaroo convenience store at US-1 South.
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- Enabling auto recovery and background saving
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- Hi I'm Deke McClelland. Welcome to Photoshop CS6 new features. Now, Photoshop is perhaps the most iconic application in the world. If you're familiar with it, you know it to be almost limitless in its capabilities. But even people who have never used it, know of it. Photoshop is a verb. Even in this light, Photoshop CS6 is a remarkable upgrade. For starters, there's the dark interface. It's a small change, but try going back to CS5 after working in this.
There are the layer enhancements, including the ability to search for layer names and types and apply all sorts of attributes to multiple layers at a time. There's content aware move, which let's you move a selected image element and then automatically fills in the background. There's the adaptive wide angle filter, the new stroke aware shape layers, Camera Raw 7, and a bunch of text enhancements. Oh, and I almost forgot, video editing. Did I go through that too quickly? My apologies because I felt the same way when the folks at Adobe showed these things to me the first time.
And I haven't even mentioned half of it. There's the blur gallery, airbrushing, oil paint, and a world of fast capable 3D features. The list goes on, and on, and on. It's all very well and good for me to tell you how huge this upgrade is, but I should probably just show you. It is my immense privilege to introduce you to Photoshop CS6.
Q: This course was updated on 1/15/2013. What changed?
A: The course was revised to address the new Photoshop features and enhancements bundled with the Creative Cloud update released in December 2012. We added a second chapter to the course, detailing the new enhancements. We cover the Liquify and Blur Galleries, which now support Smart Objects; creating conditional actions; auto-naming merged layers; moving a point with the Pen tool on the fly; creating global default type styles; and copying CSS code from specialty layers. We also cover two improvements to the 3D package included with Photoshop Extended: enhanced 3D lighting with 32-bit color and the new default 3D image-based light. We also updated the exercise files with new files for Chapter 2 and added an introductory video to the beginning of Chapter 2 that outlines the improvements.


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If you need a starting point have a look at our plain English guide to making a will and leaving a gift in your will.
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If you already have a will and have now decided that you would like to include a gift to Winston's Wish, your solicitor will simply attach a written instruction called a codicil. It's as simple as that.
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I'm glad that I read this book after the sequel had been written, because the ending really would have left me hanging. Now, I don't have to wait for 2 years to read the continuation of the story. It was an engaging book, but didn't live up to the glowing reviews for me.
One of the best YA books I've ever read. The female protagonist is a huge bad-ass, i would read any book with her as the main character. The author does a great job at letting the words flow, there was never a slow part. This book deserves more appreciation.
This is one of the coolest books I have ever read. Alternative history with a sci-fi flare and a badass female heroine. What's not to love? It was a unique fantastic read. I found it a little predictable but I went through the whole emotional roller coaster with Yael and her journey. The descriptions of the past and her survival were heartbreaking. Also the relationships and the sense of identity in the story was great. I am really excited for the second one.
In this revised history it is 1956 and Germany won World War II. Hitler is still in power and reigns over Europe. Yael, a jew, was a death camp prisoner experimented on by scientists and now able to shape shift. She uses her abilities to help the resistance. Impersonating another German girl, Yael enters a cross continent motorcycle race where if she wins, she will have an opportunity to assassinate Hitler.
This was a wonderful book. In the beginning it was tough to understand and get into Yael's world and her story. Graudin is an impressive storyteller, but you must stick with it. The character development is well done, and the pacing is quite fast once you get on the road. I really enjoyed this book.
Fast-paced high stakes action. Yael's painful history and commitment to the mission make Wolf by Wolf not just another adventure story though. Great characters and strong emotion mean it'll stay with you long after the last page.
Beautifully written, this is book is dark and angry and hopeful and fast paced without sacrificing on excellent characterization. Yael was fascinating, there's hints of mystery and plenty of suspense, and even a very few wonderful moments of girl friendship. I'd definitely recommend this if you enjoy alternate histories, dynamic and fierce girl characters, or epic racing stories.
I thought this story had a very interesting concept about skin shifting and Hitler.
This book is very intense and well written. Thanks to a Nazi concentration camp experiment, 17 year old Yael is able to shapeshift. Because of this, she gets a mission to kill Hitler. She enters a race she must win in order to dance with Hitler, so she can then kill him.
There are so many plots twists during the race as this book goes present to past, and it is a perfect page turner, as I read very quickly!
This was on the staff picks (by Samantha). By just reading the description on the back I would probably not have picked it up, though. It is so much better than you can imagine! The book reveals the darkness of a fictional society post WWII with an incredible story. Very well written!
I absolutely loved this book. It was packed full of interesting plot twists, amazing imagination, and complicated characters. The way it went back and forth from present to past was extremely well done, and not hard to follow. The use of the wolf tattoos had excellent meaning and symbolism. Yael was a badass heroine, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about her life. The story itself was incredible, the retelling of an almost parallel universe done wonderfully, keeping facts and fiction balanced. The sci-fi element of shape shifting was unexpected and welcomed, and made her seem like even more of a heroine. I can't wait for the next book in the series and I hope that they are as good as this one!
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The two week grace period that Boricuas For Positive Image (BFPI) had extended as a courtesy to ABC-TV for their efforts to schedule a meeting runs out on March 8th, 2012.
So on Thursday March 8th we look forward to seeing all our friends and new acquaintances again on 66th Street and Columbus Avenue. This protest was originally scheduled for Disney in front of their Times Square store and their Broadway production of the Lion King. However, BFPI wanted to keep to their word of trying to resolve this before it escalates and changed the protest back to 66th St & Columbus Avenue.
It will be like a reunion of folks who have been seeing each other every Thursday for a record seven demonstrations in a row. I believe that might be a record for Boricua protest in this country. Boricuas and friends demonstrating for seven weeks in a row, who said we were not disciplined and consistent?
ABC-TV did reach out after our initial meeting with the local New York affiliate, WABC. They confirmed that they would meet with BFPI and they set the date for the week of March 19. Obviously ABC-TV has no urgency in meeting with the Puerto Rican community, therefore, BFPI has no urgency in postponing the protest. On March 8th the two-week grace period is up, BFPI complied with our promise now we will be back in front of WABC-TV in New York City.
It's incredible how a major business entity would take so long in meeting with a consumer base that they are eager to attract over a problem that is easy to resolve. The good thing about all of this is that it shows clearly what we have been saying all along: Ellos no nos entienden. Since they don't understand us it is clear that whomever they have advising them on "Latino issues" is not respected, or that person, or persons don't understand us either.
Under the umbrella of "Latinos," Boricuas make up the second largest Latino community in the country, but you would not guess that from the way ABC-TV has been handling this problem that began on January 3rd with the premier of the sitcom, "Work It" and those insulting words: "I'm Puerto Rican, I would be great at selling drugs." Part of the problem is that we have been dormant for so long with few if any major voices on both local, or national level that in reality we have been erased from the radar of national Latino politics. Boricuas only exist in our own reality, in our own localized communities with our own festivals and parades that many times do not represent our true nature. Thank God for Sonia Sotomayor who upon being nominated to the nations highest court caused some attention to be given to the Puerto Rican community. Thanks also to internationally recognized performers like Calle 13 who win so many awards at the Latin Grammy's that Puerto Rico, our flag and our image get highlighted on a national and international level above the umbrella, "Latino."
As I had stated before, in the long run we will thank ABC-TV for helping us unite and wake up our dormant community. Back in 1968 former Black Panther Party leader, Eldridge Clever describing the state of many in the black community who were not responding to many abuses against them wrote in his book, "Soul On Ice" that the black community was in a "state of Novocain." That description of the black community back then is so applicable to the Puerto Rican community today, our community is in a state of Novocain. But thanks to this ABC-TV issue that started with a show produced in California by people who do not understand our community has boiled over to the streets of New York and from the emails and comments we receive is slowing growing in Chicago, Kissimmee, Orlando and Miami Florida, Boston, San Diego and Puerto Rico.
The longer ABC-TV takes to resolve this unimportant issue to them, the stronger our community gets fighting on this very important issue for us.
I look forward to seeing all of you and more on Thursday March 8th, 2012 on 66th St. & Columbus Avenue, NYC. Pass it on to your friends and let's take a bigger crowd than ever to let ABC-TV know, "we are Puerto Rican and we don't sell drugs!
For additional information on this ABC-TV issue visit: www.nyclatinopolitics.com


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I got up at 7:30 today and went to the carboot with my mum and boyfriend (which has become a little tradition of ours!) and had a look around. Honestly? It was kinda naff and empty! I picked up a few nice things though!
GlamorousUk Pastel yellow skater dress, c/o glamorousuk (£14.99)
Red oversized large envelope clutch (other colours available!) , ebay - £15.00
Faux Leather biker jacket, ebay - £8
ASOS bitten platforms, gift (similar here!)
Turquoise stone ring, Primark - £1.50
Gold Claw cuff bracelet, ebay - £4.99
Gold Collar Necklace, Primark - £1 (sale) (similar here!)
I then popped for lunch with my boyfriends parents for fathers day as my dad was busy until later, and we went to this really nice pasta bar. It's one of my favourite places to eat out and my favourite Italians! I decided to opt for a quite fresh and 'brunch-esque' outfit. I added this faux leather jacket as it was chilly which I picked up for an absolute STEAL at £8 on ebay! I've been hard at work studding and spiking a faux leather jacket for my store which I can't wait to show you guys! Sorry the restock is taking forever - too many last minute adds to the new update!
Everyone had the lunchtime special which was pasta and salad or garlic bread, but I opted for my favourite food of all. Can you guess what it was?
If you follow me on instagram (@shewearsfashion) you will of course know - pizza!
Hope you're all well and had a great fathers day!


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Wild East: Russian Business Conflicts Spill Over into Wikipedia
Jan 28, 2013, 06:36 EST
MOSCOW, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Russian business conflicts more often spill over into Wikipedia, according to Wild East, a business conflicts blog published by Russia! Magazine. Recently, Wiki editors have been seen taking progressively tougher action against users making biased changes to a Wikipedia article on Sibcement, a major Russian cement producer based in the Western Siberian city of Kemerovo.
Wikipedia is available in nearly 300 languages, with Russian version tied for the sixth place as the most extensive (alongside Spanish, Polish, and Portuguese), with approximately 950,000 articles, and more added every day. To ensure quality and reliability of information, numerous volunteer editors read articles relevant to their expertise, modifying and removing them if found severely lacking. These efforts have largely been successful. However, ru.wikipedia.org (the Russian version) may be losing this battle.
From mid-November 2012, the Russian Wikipedia has been the site of an all-out war between Wiki editors and Nljomu, a user purporting to be a 20- or 30-something Russian woman.
Experienced editors started noticed around that time the activities of new user Nljomu, who, immediately following her registration, started "correcting" articles about Russian cement major Sibir Cement. In November 2012, a Wiki administrator found that her actions constituted vandalism, as she was found to be deleting properly-sourced critical information and rewriting articles as "advertorial" pieces. Nljomu was warned that she would be banned for an extended time if she were to persist in her actions.
She became more careful after this, but was still fundamentally doing the same thing: promoting her customers and trashing their competitors. She also attempted to delete critical articles about Sibir Cement management, including Mr. Valeriy Bodrenkov, a former ranking law-enforcer. At approximately the same time, Nljomu wrote biased, sharply critical, and poorly sourced additions to wiki articles about Andrey Muravyov, one of Sibir Cement's co-founders and former President, who was instrumental in bringing the various Russian cement assets under SibCem's umbrella and was later ousted from his position and squeezed out from his shareholding, circa 2008.
Bodrenkov has been in a well-publicized feud with Andrey Muravyov over their various actions at Sibir Cement and their effect on the company. The parties' efforts to resolve it through Russian nationwide media have apparently reached a stalemate, and now anything goes, including sabotaging the principles of Wikipedia. However, Wikipedia's volunteer editors have pointed out to her that, being a people's encyclopedia, Wikipedia has to feature information that has been reported in other sources deemed reasonably reliable, and since "most of these sources report negative information, this has to go into the article. We only record what is out there."
"This is only one example that highlights the new ways of abusing Internet resources that is emerging in Russia. Similar issues are likely to crop up with increasing frequency. As many readers noticed, the business situation in Russia is becoming more and more turbulent, and we are thrilled to be covering it in such an interesting time," says Irina Pavlova, managing editor of Wild East.
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The Thousand Islands region is in the St. Lawrence River, between New York and Ontario. There are actually way more than one thousand islands there, the number is closer to 1,800. The region is technically an archipelago, stretching for about fifty miles. Some of the islands are protected or parks, many contain homes, and one is even owned by Skull and Bones. Since we're talking about a river here, boats have always been pretty important. A lot of shipping occurs through the St. Lawrence though shoals (basically (mostly?) underwater islands that don't count as islands) make that a little difficult which means there are a lot of shipwrecks around. A more fun boat fact is that a lot of alcohol was smuggled over the border from Canada to the US during Prohibition. Enough?
Although the area is not too far from my home, I had only been to the Thousand Islands once, on a family trip to Toronto, and we just drove through without stopping. This summer, I decided it was time for me to finally go back and actually see the place. I had wanted to visit the area for a long time because I really wanted to see Boldt Castle, number one on the houses list:
1. Boldt Castle, Heart Island
If you're not familiar with Boldt Castle, it's an unfinished mansion located on Heart Island (originally spelled "Hart") which, thanks to George Boldt who owned the island and had the home built, actually is somewhat heart-shaped. In fact, the whole island and the house incorporate a heart theme, perhaps appropriately since George Boldt had the home built as a gift for his beloved wife, Louise. Sadly, four years after construction on the house began, Louise died. George was so grief-stricken, he immediately ordered that all work on the Castle be stopped and he never set foot there again.
Unfinished, the building lay in disrepair for many years (along with other buildings on the island) until it was acquired by the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority in 1977. In the following decades, a lot of work has been done to restore the Castle and it has seen many visitors. There are, however, a few conditions regarding the building. One is that it can never be finished. Another is that no one may ever spend the night inside the Castle because George and Louise never did and (supposedly) no one ever has. The cynic in me thinks that condition's a little unlikely since the structure did just sit there for about seventy years. Plus, I have to wonder if maybe that condition might be revoked in the event of some kind of disaster.
On to the building itself. Since Boldt Castle is on an island, the logical way to reach it is by boat. It's very close to the mainland; you can see the building from Alexandria Bay, the mainland NY "gateway" to the Thousand Islands region. There is a small replica of the Arc de Triomphe (with, I think, deer on top) through which visitors were initially expected to pass in order to reach the island. The arch was never used during the Boldts' lifetimes and so it has not been used since. Visitors now approach from the side.
One of the most impressive features of the building is the beautiful glass, domed ceiling that dominates the main entryway. I think the ceiling is about six stories high and, walking up the grand staircase through the center of the building, it's hard not to look up. Rooms and hallways are built around the open center of the building, many offering glimpses of what life might've been like for the very rich in the early twentieth century. This is done both through furnishings in the style of the time and through background information and artifacts of the Boldt family. The result is an interesting mix of historical home and museum.
Even more of an interesting mix results from the various stages of completion of the house's rooms. It seemed to me that the higher up one goes, the worse the rooms look. Much of the building is not restored and, presumably, some of it never will be. It's very strange to see a perfectly painted and furnished room followed by a room with boards everywhere and graffiti all over the walls.
Heart Island also has very impressive grounds. There are other buildings on the island including a funny-looking tower where the Boldt family actually did live while on the island. Unfortunately, it wasn't open so I couldn't go inside. I did walk around, though, visiting the gardens and other island buildings:
Pictured above is the Power House, meant to supply the island with power, which is now a museum. It also isn't exactly original; the building had a bit of a run-in with some fireworks with rather disastrous results. A nearby island contains the Boldt Yacht House, that's apparently very impressive though I wouldn't know. I had hoped to go there but it had started to rain and it was getting kind of late. Next visit.
2. Singer Castle, Dark Island
When I first decided to visit the Thousand Islands, as I said, I really wanted to visit Boldt Castle. I had never even heard of the less well-known Singer Castle. Reading about the boat trips around the region, I found one that went to "Singer Castle on Dark Island" and knew that I absolutely had to take it. How could I not? And I'm so glad I did as it turned out to be the highlight of my trip.
Singer Castle was built during the late 19th/early 20th century for Frederick Bourne, then president of the Singer Company, you know, the one that makes sewing machines. Hence the name Singer Castle. As in other homes both in the Thousand Islands and elsewhere (Newport, Rhode Island comes to mind), Singer Castle was originally and often referred to as a cottage. I wonder what that makes my studio apartment.
The castle's architect, Ernest Flagg, based plans for the castle on Sir Walter Scott's book, Woodstock. The result is a bizarre but amazing building with secret passages, tunnels, and even a dungeon which was not, as the tour guides joke, for punishing Bourne's children.
Another interesting fact about Singer Castle is that, although it's in the United States, it is literally just over the border. In fact, Bourne's daughter Marjorie (who owned the castle after the death of her father) kept her wine on a nearby Canadian island. Pretty ingenious considering that was during Prohibition.
Unlike Boldt Castle, Singer Castle has been cared for continuously since it was built. As a result, the whole building is furnished and in good condition, as though people still live there. In fact, the building can actually, in a way, be lived in. It's possible to book the Castle as though it were a hotel and, so they say, basically get the run of the place. I'm rather desperate to do that! As interesting as the tour/main visit was, it was only possible to see some of the passages and "secrets" built into the home.
Well, that's it for now. I do have quite a few more pictures of both "castles" but, as always, posting pictures can be a bit of a pain. If there's another (better) way to post pictures with Blogger, I'd love to hear about it
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Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Farewell to a jellicle cat
Jellicle Cats (as I said) are small;
If it happens to be a stormy night
They will practise a caper or two in the hall.
If it happens the sun is shining bright
You would say they had nothing to do at all:
They are resting and saving themselves to be right
For the Jellicle Moon and the Jellicle Ball.
(T.S Eliot, The Song of the Jellicles).
My Jellicle cat was called Lizzie: a black and white cat who came north to Crouch End from Rotherhithe, 16 years ago, when she was a tiny kitten. She had been advertised, along with her siblings, in the small ads of 'Loot': £5 apiece, although she turned out to be priceless. My oldest son was four years old, and his younger brother was still a baby. Jamie had longed for a cat, and I thought, why not? I liked the idea of another female in the house, so Lizzie arrived at six weeks old, and lived with us thereafter.
She was an independent creature: aloof at times, although she mellowed in old age, when she was happy to sit beside me on the sofa, occasionally bestowing a quick lick on my hand, purring and companionable, a witness to the changes in my life, apparently unruffled by seismic shifts or quakes, a reassuring presence and constant reminder that whatever else, breakfasts and dinners must be served.
In her prime, Lizzie ruled the feline neighbourhood: hence her unofficial title as Queen of the Black and White Club, stalking atop the highest brick walls and wooden fences. As such, she seemed to have more than nine lives: indeed, she survived several days inside the local electricity substation. (No one knew how she had managed to break in, nor her motives in doing so; but fortunately she was rescued by an employee of the Electricity Board, despite his self-confessed fear of cats.) Then there was the morning she disappeared beneath the floor boards, and the afternoon she climbed to the highest branch of a damson tree, and the night she appeared on the roof. But Lizzie always seemed able to find her way back to a saucer of milk in the kitchen...
She had a summer in the countryside, and many seasons in London; picking her way through hard winter frosts, sniffing the soft air of spring dawns, whiskers quivering, then dozing in the warm dusks of June. For a decade or so, she roamed a maze of back gardens, although was never a predator, more interested in sunbathing than killing, but occasionally swatted a fly.
In her latter years, she did not venture beyond her own garden, the walls suddenly grown too high for her; but looked happy enough to be there, especially in the sunlight with someone to stroke her (except when she flicked her tail as a warning, a reminder that there were times when she preferred solitude). Lizzie hated rain, abhorred puppies, and held her own against foxes, even when she was lame and deaf, her back arched with age rather than fury. Not long ago, she appeared to be sleeping as a cub sauntered past; but perhaps she had one eye open, and her claws were still sharp.
Her favourite spot was beneath the magnolia tree, where she retreated more often of late, sometimes breathing so quietly that it was barely perceptible, her black and white fur motionless. There she lay, curled up against the warm earth, enjoying her hiding place on the far side of the tree trunk, enclosed by a circle of lavenders, long after the magnolia petals had fallen to the ground.
As everyone knows who has shared family life with an animal, they gradually overtake us in age; and the days become years, quickening, before you have even noticed that they are gone.
I hope Lizzie is dancing at the Jellicle ball tonight, fleet-footed once more, whisking her way into the darkness, swift as a shadow towards the dawn.
25 comments:
- Lou said...
Rest in Peace,Dear Lizzie.xx
- 7 September 2010 at 17:15
- kairu said...
What a beautiful farewell, Justine. I'll be dreaming of your jellicle cat tonight, in the moonlit garden where all our faithful, lost friends have gathered.
- 7 September 2010 at 19:54
- Carol said...
What a lovely tribute Justine. My old tabby Tinkerbell is much the same age (she came from the RSPCA and they thought she was two) and I recognise the slowing down and the companionable purring.
They really get inside your heart, don't they.
- 7 September 2010 at 22:11
- Justine Picardie said...
They do. I woke up this morning, and it seemed quite wrong not to be giving Lizzie her breakfast...
- 8 September 2010 at 01:57
- Stephen Pope said...
Was really hoping that ominous first mention of frail Lizzie, in your previous blog entry, wasn't leading to this conclusion (my own adored loyal jellicle went last month without me seeing it coming.) Packing away the empty breakfast bowls is a miserable feeling, isn't it. That's such a lovely tribute you've honoured her with - and we salute her too.
- 8 September 2010 at 03:18
- Stephen Pope said...
The passing of veteran cats can be an epic and cathartic event. They've witnessed so much of our personal story that indirectly they can seem like the repository of our very selves and a marker for all the inevitable rites of passage that have occurred during that lifespan (including seeing you through 'her' last book, of course). They're tricky to mourn, special cats...
Hope today somehow brings you an unexpected lift or distraction to compensate.
- 8 September 2010 at 05:19
- Mary said...
Lizzie sounds like a very special cat... thanks for sharing her with us. I am sorry for your loss.
- 8 September 2010 at 05:49
- Lazywell said...
Yes, what a charming and evocative tribute, Justine. I have never really been one for cats, but Lizzie was clearly an enterprising and feisty character.
I have looked back at your characteristically heartfelt and perceptive pieces about the late Elspeth Thompson and Alexander McQueen. But how welcome it is that just as Catullus could write touchingly about the death of a pet sparrow, so you have brought a warmth and lyricism to the passing of a much loved cat.
Let's hope Lizzie and Stephen Pope's lost friend have a moonlit encounter at the Ball.
- 8 September 2010 at 07:00
- Justine Picardie said...
Stephen's jellicle cat looked very like mine. Very sad to put the breakfast bowl away this morning. Thanks for the messages from everyone.
- 8 September 2010 at 07:01
- Justine Picardie said...
PS. Very kind (far too kind) to mention me in the same breath as Catullus. Must look up his death of a sparrow. Can you recommend the best translation?
- 8 September 2010 at 07:06
- the veg artist said...
Our Rupert, who almost reached 18 years, breathed his last ten days ago. The house is not the same. We know just how you feel.
- 8 September 2010 at 07:48
- Justine Picardie said...
So the old cats had a last summer, on their way to the jellicle ball...
- 8 September 2010 at 09:40
- Karen, Surrey said...
I'm so sorry, your lovely tribute has brought tears to my eyes. They are a bit like a child, our feline companions. We have a little spot underneath an oak at the bottom of the garden where I can see a stone cat sleeping peacefully every day. I think is marvellous that she was canny enough to live to such a vast age in an urban environment. She must have been special.
- 8 September 2010 at 10:36
- Karen, Surrey said...
I'm so sorry for Lizzie, and your lovely tribute has brought tears to my eyes. They are a bit like a child, our feline companions. We have a little spot underneath an oak at the bottom of the garden where I can see a stone cat sleeping peacefully every day. I think is marvellous that she was canny enough to live to such a vast age in an urban environment. She must have been special.
- 8 September 2010 at 10:37
- oxford-reader said...
She sounds remarkable. I hope you and your boys can manage to get through the sadness and remember the happier times you shared.
- 8 September 2010 at 13:02
- jaywalker said...
So sorry, Justine. I'm more of a dog person but I can fully understand your feelings about any much loved pet. The fact that their life spans don't correspond with ours means that we may have to farewell quite a few such dear friends. Our last dog died quietly and 'dignifiedly' at home at the age or 16, three years ago, and we now have a young K C Cavalier who is the delight of our retirement. We love him so much that the mere thought of losing him eventually is a devastating one but for now he's a pure joy.
- 8 September 2010 at 19:00
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- 9 September 2010 at 03:30
- Stephen Pope said...
Lazywell: "I have looked back at your characteristically heartfelt and perceptive pieces about the late Elspeth Thompson..."
Animals can outlive their beloved human companions too. In a strange obverse of that 'owners-without-pets' emptiness several of us have referred to, I was watching Elspeth's two mother & son lurcher/wolfhounds the other day, tearing along the saltmarsh together like the free spirits they are. The sweep of the bay, the huge sky, and the cheering familiarity of seeing placid Wilma and delinquent Tinker in their environment made for a poignantly beautiful panorama, like a film director had waited for that precise moment to create it...
- 9 September 2010 at 06:37
- Stephen Pope said...
The Veg Artist: "Our Rupert, who almost reached 18 years, breathed his last ten days ago..."
Charles Causley, the Cornish children's poet, had a series of faithful cats as his muse - his final companion being the giant marmalade cat in the photo, also called Rupert. I notice Justine links to the blog of writer Susan Hill...who I seem to remember adopted the famous Rupert shortly before Causley died in 2003. I've a vague memory that Rupert continued to publish for at least another three or four years. That was some literary career that cat enjoyed...
- 9 September 2010 at 08:23
- Lazywell said...
Catullus Poem 3: I like the 1969 translation by the late James Michie (who used to do those entertaining literary competitions in The Spectator).
"O Venus and you Cupids, shed
A tear, and all in man that's moved
By beauty, mourn. Her sparrow's dead,
My darling's darling, whom she loved
More than she loves her own sweet eyes,
Her honey of a bird. It knew
Its mistress as babes recognise
Their mothers, and it never flew
Out of her lap, but all day long,
Hopping and flitting to and fro,
Piped to her private ear its song.
Nevertheless, now it must go
Down the dark road from which they say
No one returns. Curse you, you spiteful
Swooping hawks of death who prey
On all things that make life delightful! –
That was a pretty bird you took.
Bad deed! Poor little bird – by dying
See what you've done! Her sweet eyes look
All puffed and rosy-red with crying."
- 12 September 2010 at 04:38
- Justine Picardie said...
Thank you so much -- it's a lovely translation.
- 12 September 2010 at 04:40
- Jan said...
I have 2 tabby sisters aged 15.
One sister ( Polly Mook) is on her last silvery stripy legs.
And I shall miss her hugely.... but I'll remember the life she's had, the fun we've had.
Cats walk the Earth knowing it's theirs...and if there's a Heaven it'll be just the same there..!
Look forward to seeing you at Chester Lit Fest next month.
- 12 September 2010 at 08:06
- Justine Picardie said...
Will be very glad to meet you at the Chester Literary festival. It's always a pleasure to meet in the real world, along with the blogosphere.
- 12 September 2010 at 10:49
Justine thank you so much for sending me the link to this today I confess I had missed it and would certainly have added my good wishes. We've just been through it today with Rocky , 15 and witness to so much in our family life with his huge personality and here I am at 1am wide awake and thinking of those last moments as we all sat on the kitchen floor and stroked him on his way this afternoon, in front of the Aga , his 'spot' in the house . And now I guess we'll have to learn to cook without standing a foot away from the pans:-) RIP all these good and faithful felines .
- 5 October 2010 at 16:51
- carra said...
Oh my goodness me, I nearly cried my eyes out while reading this loving memorial. So beautiful and touching! I lost my darling cat, Aramis or Da King as he liked to call himself, five weeks ago after 21 years together... almost half of my life! It just breaks your heart when you lose them... I have cried so much. But also laughed, because I have so many silly, funny and wonderful memories. He will always be missed.
So, maybe he and Lizzie are enjoying the good life together now in Happy Mouse Everland :)
- 13 October 2010 at 11:52