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Many years ago these buildings were used for defense against enemies, they were residence of the monarch or a haven for those who retired from worldly life. Now these majestic and beautiful buildings delight the eye of tourists around the world.
December 17, 2012
Hohenwerfen Castle
Hohenwerfen Castle (Deutsch: Festung Hohenwerfen), also known as Erlebnisburg (literally: "Castle of Experience") is an amazing castle in Austria. The castle is located high above the Austrian town of Werfen in the Salzach valley, approximately 40 km in the south of Salzburg city. It stands at one of two majestic mountains of Berchtesgaden and Tennengebirgs, which are part of the Alps.
December 7, 2012
Eltz Castle
Eltz Castle (Deutsch: Burg Eltz) is one of the most famous and beautiful medieval castles in Germany. It is nestled in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier, Germany. Eltz castle, the Palace of Bürresheim and the Castle of Lissingen are the only castles on the left bank of the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate which have never been destroyed. These castles were preserved even during wars 17th and 18th centuries and the French Revolution.
November 26, 2012
Gravensteen Castle (Dutch: Gravensteen, literally: "castle of the count") is a medieval castle in Ghent, Belgium. It is the only medieval castle in Flanders, defensive system of which has remained virtually untouched to this day.
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November 16, 2012
Bran Castle
Bran Castle (Romanian: Castelul Bran; German: Törzburg; Hungarian: Törcsvár), also known as Dracula's Castle (although it is one among several locations linked to the Dracula legend, including Poenari Castle and Hunyad Castle), is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The castle is situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia.
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November 12, 2012
Château de Sarzay
The Château de Sarzay is a 14th century castle in the village of Sarzay in the Indre département of France. Château de Sarzay is one of the chateaus of the southern Loire Valley, which although close to a tributary of the Indre, but already adjacent to the foothills of the Massif Central. Like many buildings of this type in the Auvergne and Limousin, Sarzay had a rectangular form, flanked by 25-meter cylindrical high towers. The château was protected by two outer walls, and 38 towers. In the first period there was also a moat with three drawbridges and a 4-acre pond.
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November 8, 2012
Burg Steen
Burg Steen, also known as Het Steen, (Dutch: Steen, literally: "Stone") is a part of the medieval fortress on the right bank of the Scheldt River in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium.
The castle was built between 1200 and 1225
after the Viking incursions in the early Middle Ages. It was originally called the Antwerp Burcht
(citadel). At that time, it was the first large stone building in Antwerp. Unfortunately,
the building, preserved to this day, is only a small part of the old fortress.
The old fortress covered an area in several times larger. Inside that castle
were important institutions such as the Vierschaar (the former courthouse), St.
Walburgis Church, the Fish Market, warehousing and storage facilities and a
number of other buildings. The entire complex was surrounded by a massive
defensive wall. The fortress made it possible to control the access to the
Scheldt River and to guard the entrance to the city from the direction of the
Western Scheldt.
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November 5, 2012
Löwenburg (German: Löwenburg, literally: "Lion Castle") is one of the most beautiful castles in the world. The castle is located in the German town of Kassel, in the Wilhelmshöhe Mountain Park, on the Bavaria mountain, altitude 92 meters above sea level.
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From a distance it appears to the visitor as a romantic Gothic castle from the Middle Ages. However, it was built between 1793 and 1801 at the time when the era of construction of the formidable and fortified castles in Germany was ended a few centuries ago. William IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, inspired by the medieval romance, commissioned the architect Heinrich Christoph Jussow build the castle, which can be compared with the English medieval palaces.
November 1, 2012
Kalmar Castle
Kalmar Castle (Swedish: Kalmar slott) is one of the most significant creations of Northern European fortification art of the Renaissance. The castle is located in the small town of Kalmar in the province Småland on the southern coast of Sweden.
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October 31, 2012
Château d'If
The Château d'If is a fortress (later a prison) located on the island of If in the Frioul Archipelago (L`Archipel du Frioul) situated in the Mediterranean Sea. The Frioul Archipelago consists of four islands, all reaching 200 hectares. The island of If, adjacent to the islands Pomeg and Raton, is the smallest island of the archipelago of Friuli (at the widest point the island reaches 180 m, and the maximum length is 300 m) and is located about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France.
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October 30, 2012
Khotyn Fortress
The Khotyn Fortress (Ukrainian: Хотинська фортеця, Polish: twierdza w Chocimiu, Turkish: Hotin Kalesi, Romanian: Cetatea Hotinului) is a fortification complex located on the right bank of the Dniester River in Khotyn town, Chernivtsi Oblast', Ukraine.
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October 27, 2012
Bohus Fortress
Bohus Fortress (also known as Baahus or Bagahus; Norwegian: Båhus festning; Swedish: Bohus fästning) is a Swedish fortress, which is located on 40 meter cliff in Bagaholmen Island, Kungälv city, Sweden, north east from Hisingen where the Göta river splits into two branches (20 kilometres north of Gothenburg).
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Unfortunately, it is unknown, when Kungälv, or Konghelle was founded. However, Konghelle appears in the Icelandic sagas and the famous storyteller Snorri Sturluson actually visited the town himself. It is believed that Konghelle settlement existed already in the 9th century near the river with rich agriculture. In the beginning of 12th century, the Norwegian King Sigurd I Magnusson (Sigurd Jorsalfare/Sigurd the Crusader), who reigned AD 1103 – 1130, favored Konghelle and used it as the capital of Norway and an important power base.
October 26, 2012
Palace of Pena
Palace of Pena (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional da Pena) is the most complete and striking example of Portuguese architecture of Romanticism. It is located on one of the rocky peaks in São Pedro de Penaferrim, municipality of Sintra, Portugal and fits perfectly into the rocky landscape covered with emerald streams of greenery.
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October 20, 2012
Soroca castle
Soroca castle (Romanian: Cetatea Soroca) is a historic fortress in the Republic of Moldova, in the modern-day city of Soroca.
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Soroca city has its origin from the medieval Genoese trade post Olchionia, or Alchona. In the 15th century, on this site, the Moldavian Prince Stephen the Great (Romanian: Ştefan cel Mare) built a wooden and earthen fortress, called Saraci (Moldavian: sarac, i.e., poor, hapless, orphan, as the locals for a long time were been forced to hide from the persecution of the Crimean Tatars in the nearby caves). In the 18th century the name was changed to the Soroca.
October 16, 2012
Kreuzenstein Castle
Kreuzenstein Castle (also known as Burg Kreuzenstein) is the beautiful castle of 19th century, located north of the village of Leobendorf, east of the city of Stockerau in the province of Lower Austria in Austria.
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Schloss Kreuzenstein is first mentioned in the 12th century. The oldest part of the Kreuzenstein Castle dates back to the 1115. It is believed that the first name of the castle "Grizanstein» comes from Dietrich von Grizanstaine which was the owner of the castle in the 12th century.
October 13, 2012
Trakai Island Castle
Trakai Island Castle (Lithuanian: Trakų salos pilis) is an island castle located in Trakai, Lithuania on an island in Lake Galvė. The castle is sometimes referred to as "Little Marienburg".
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According to the chronicle legend, after a successful hunt, Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas found a great place near the town of Kernave and decided to erect a castle on it and move the capital here. In the second half of the 14th century, here in the Old Traki (Syaneyi Trakai), was standing stone castle. Rules to them in 1337-1382 son of Gediminas Kęstutis. Around 1350 in the castle was born Vytautas. In 1375, Kęstutis moved his capital from Old Traki to New Traki, which was protected by Lake Galvė. The construction of Trakai Island Castle was related to the expansion and strengthening of the Trakai Peninsula Castle. Castle in the Old Traki in 1391 was destroyed and never rebuilt. In 1405, a plot of land with the remains of the old castle was given to the Benedictine monks. The monastery stands on the old citadel.
October 8, 2012
Chillon Castle
Chillon Castle (France: Château de Chillon) is located on the shore of Lake Geneva in the commune of Veytaux, at the eastern end of the lake, 3 km from Montreux, Switzerland. The castle consists of 100 independent buildings that were gradually connected to become the building as it stands now.
The first written
record of the castle is in 1160 or 1005, although, according to some sources,
the first fortification on the site of the present Chillon Castle was built
around the 9th century. Its goal was to protect the road running from Avenches
to Italy through the pass Grand-Saint-Bernard along Lake Geneva.
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October 6, 2012
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, [nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn], literally: "The new swan rock") is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
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Neuschwanstein Castle stands on the site of two castles, Vorderhohenschwangau Castle and Hinterhohenschwangau Castle. For technical reasons the ruined castles could not be integrated into the plan. In 1868, the ruins of the medieval twin castles were demolished completely; the remains of the old keep were blown up. Furthermore, King Ludwig II ordered to lower the plateau of about 8 m by an explosion rocks at this place and thus create space for the construction of "fairy palace." After the construction of the road and pipeline 5 September 1869 the foundation was laid for the construction of a huge castle. Construction of the castle was requested court architect Eduard Riedel. The building design was drafted by the master of Munich Christian Jank.
October 3, 2012
Predjama Castle
Predjama Castle (Slovene: Predjamski Grad or Grad Predjama, German: Höhlenburg Lueg, Italian: Castel Lueghi) is a Renaissance castle built within a cave mouth in southwestern Slovenia. It is located approximately 11 kilometres on north west of the town Postojna.
Predjama Castle was probably built in the 12th century but was first mentioned in the year 1274 with the German name Luegg. It was built in an area that was controlled by the town of Aquilea but was contested by the Counts of Gorizia. The castle was built under a natural rocky arch high in the stone wall to make access to it difficult. In those times the castle was called Jama Castle (Jama translates to cave).It was later acquired and expanded by the Luegg noble family, also known as the Knights of Adelsberg (the German name of Postojna).
September 29, 2012
Olavinlinna (Swedish: "Olofsborg") or St. Olaf's Castle is a 15th century castle located on a rocky island between the lakes Haapavesi and Pihlajavesi connected to the Bay of Lake Saimaa in northern Finland in Savonlinna Provincial Cham.
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Construction of the castle was begun in 1475 by the Danish Knight Erik Axelsson Tott, who had engaged in strengthening the Vyborg Castle. Erik Axelsson Tott decided that the powerful fortification should be build to protect the strategically important Savo region. The castle was supposed to repel Russian attacks from the east and to guarantee the control of the Savo region for the Swedish Crown. Initially, the castle was named Nyslott (Swedish: New Castle), then it was named Olavinlinna, Castle of St. Olaf, in honor of the Catholic saint of the 11th century, especially in Scandinavia revered as the patron saint of the Knights.
September 27, 2012
Castel Nuovo
Castel Nuovo (Italian: "New Castle") is a medieval castle in the city of Naples, southern Italy. The castle is also known as Maschio Angioino, named to honor King Charles I of Anjou (Charles I of Naples), by order of which it was built.
Before the accession of Charles I of Anjou to the throne in 1266, the capital of the Kingdom of Naples was Palermo. But there was a royal residence in Naples called Castel Capuano. However, when the capital was moved to Naples, Charles of Anjou ordered the construction of a new castle, not far from the sea, built to house the court. The work, carried out by French architects Pierre de Chaulnes and Stone Angincour began in 1279 and was completed three years later in 1282. From the very beginning it was called "Castrum Novum" to distinguish it from the older castles dell'Ovo and Capuano.
September 23, 2012
Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfon Castle is one of the most impressive castles of King Edward I of England. The castle is located in the town of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is surrounded by the waters of Menai Strait, which separates the island Anglesey from North Wales.
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The first fortifications at Caernarfon were built by the Romans. Their military settlement (Castrum), which they called Segontsy, located on the outskirts of modern Carnarvon. Settlement was by the River Seiont, which flows into the Strait of Menai. The city's name is derived from the Carnarvon Roman settlement. Welsh town was known as «y gaer yn Arfon», which means "the stronghold in the land over against Môn"; Môn is the Welsh name of the island of Anglesey. Little is known about the fate of Segontium and its associated civilian settlement after the Romans departed from Britain in the early 5th century.
September 13, 2012
Hunyad Castle
The Hunyad Castle or Castelul Corvinilor is the family nest of the feudal house Hunyadi on a rock above the small river Zlaşti in southern Transylvania, in the modern Romanian city of Hunedoara.
Hunyad Castle
Castelul Corvinilor
Country: Romania
City: Hunedoara
Style: Gothic-Renaissance castle
Renaissance Material: Brick
Construction: 1307-1315
Condition: restored and opened to the public
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In 1409, the castle and the surrounding land were given to John Hunyadi's father, Voyk, by Sigismund, king of Hungary, as severance. As one of the most important properties of John Hunyadi, the castle was transformed during his reign. It became a sumptuous home, not only a strategically enforced point. John Hunyadi implemented two phases of restructuring and expansion of the castle and its surroundings. The first phase took place in 1441-1446. And during that time it was built seven towers: four round and three triangular. The second stage took place in 1446-1453. During that time, the chapel was laid, as well as it was built the main hall and the south wing with outbuildings.
After John's death, the castle passed to his son Matthias (Matthias Corvinus). Under his order was built loggia in the north wing (also known as the "Loggia Matthias"), completed a chapel and continued work on decoration the castle. By that time castle has become a rare facility in Eastern Europe, combining the elements in its appearance late Gothic and early Renaissance.
Severe destruction of the castle Corwin were caused by a fire in 1854, which effectively destroyed the monument of architecture. Restoration work was carried out about a hundred years. The current castle is the result of a fanciful restoration campaign undertaken after a disastrous fire and many decades of total neglect. It is a large and imposing building with tall, peaked and diversely colored roofs, towers and myriad windows and balconies adorned with stone carvings. The castle fully corresponds to fabulous views of castles. The current look of the castle bears little resemblance to the one that was in the reign of John Hunyadi, however, despite all the changes and reconstruction remained intact the hall of honor "Neboisa", which means "Do not be afraid" in Serbian language. This room is kept the same shape as six centuries ago.
In the castle yard, near the 15th-century chapel, there is a well 30 meters deep. According to the legend, this fountain was dug by twelve Turkish prisoners to whom liberty was promised if they reached water. After 15 years they succeeded and produced water, but their captors did not keep their promise. They say that after that inscription appeared on the well: "you have water, but not soul".
Hunedoara is a mandatory destination of those who travel Romania on the trail of Count Dracula. It is said that the legendary Vlad III of Wallachia (commonly known as Vlad the Impaler) lived here for a while, and as a prisoner. Because of these links, the Hunyad Castle is sometimes mentioned as a source of inspiration for Bram Stoker's Castle Dracula.
Interiors in its original form to this day have not been preserved, but the castle is a museum, which exhibits a great deal to tell us about medieval life. This are archaeological finds, ancient books, decorative arts and arms. In the halls regularly holds temporary exhibitions and concerts, including early music. In February 2007, Hunyad Castle played host to the British paranormal television program Most Haunted Live! for a three-night live investigation into the spirits reported to be haunting the castle. Results were inconclusive.
In the preparation of this article, were partially used materials of website: www.wikipedia.org, www.liveinternet.ru and travellingboard.net
September 10, 2012
Castle of Coca
Castle of Coca or Castillo de Coca is considered to be one of the best castles in Spain. The castle is located in the city of Coca (Roman "Cauca"; birthplace of Roman Emperor Theodosius) in the province of Segovia, which lies in flat and wooded lands of the center of Spain, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon.
It is an excellent
example of the Gothic and Mudéjar styles. It's made up of two square baileys
separated by a passageway. Both show polygonal towers at the corners. The
castle is surrounded by a fortress double wall of width of 2.5 meters with lots
of corridors and doors, as well as a deep dry moat. It is considered to be the
highest example of brick military architecture with Mudejar filigree work.
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September 6, 2012
Muiden Castle
Muiden Castle, also known as Muiderslot, is one of the better known castles in the Netherlands. It is located at the mouth of the river Vecht, some 15 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam, in Muiden, where it flows into what used to be the Zuiderzee. It is a relatively small castle, measuring 32 by 35 metres with brick walls well over 1.5 metres thick. A large moat surrounded the castle.
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Country: Netherlands
Province: North Holland
Province: North Holland
City: Muiden
Type: Water castleMaterial: Brick
Start of construction:1370
Condition: opened to the public
Website: www.muiderslot.nl
The history of the Muiderslot begins in 1280, when Count Floris V of Holland built a stone castle on this site to control the estuary of the river Vecht into the former Zuidersea. The River Vecht was the trade route to Utrecht, one of the most important trade towns of that age. The castle was used to collect a tribute on the traders. In 1296 Floris was abducted by rebelling noblemen and was held prisoner in Muiden Castle. They fled under the threat of a siege in the direction of Utrecht, taking Floris with them. During their escape they murdered Floris with their swords. Taking into account the death of Count Floris, and the fact that in the castle was not his immediate successor (son of Count Floris was in England), the castle was besieged by Willem van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht. After seizing the castle he destroyed it.
September 1, 2012
Carcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the former province of Languedoc. It is divided into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse. Carcassone was founded by the Visigoths in the fifth century, though the Romans had fortified the settlement earlier.
First signs of settlement in this region have
been dated to about 3500 BC, but the hill site of Carsac – a Celtic place-name
that has been retained at other sites in the south – became an important
trading place in the 6th century BC. The Volcae Tectosages fortified the
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August 29, 2012
Bunratty Castle
Bunratty Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhun Raithe, meaning "Castle at the Mouth of the Ratty") is a large tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It lies in the centre of Bunratty village, by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis, near Shannon Town and its airport. The name Bunratty, Bun Raite (or possibly, Bun na Raite) in Irish, means the 'bottom' or end of the 'Ratty' river. This river, alongside the castle, flows into the nearby Shannon estuary. From the top of the castle, one can look over to the estuary and the airport.
|Name: Bunratty Castle
Location: Bunratty village
County: Clare
Country: Ireland
Material: Brick
Built: 1475
Restored 1954
Condition: restored and opened to the public
The first dwellings to occupy the site, in 970 were part of a Viking trading camp. In 1250, Norman lord Robert de Muscegros built here the first defensive fortifications, i.e., the earthen embankment with the installed powerful wooden tower. The first stone castle was built later, when the lot was acquired by Thomas De Clare. At this time Bunratty town had grown to a population of 1,000.
August 26, 2012
Hohenzollern Castle
Majestic castle Hohenzollern, proudly stands on top of a mountain at an altitude of Hohenzollern 855 meters and is located near the settlements and Bisingen Hechingen, in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Castle is considered the preserve of the Hohenzollern dynasty, the dynasty, which towered over the Middle Ages and rule Prussia and Brandenburg until the end of World War II.
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The current castle has undergone three stages of construction. First medieval castle fortress is mentioned in 1267, but it is assumed that it was built earlier, in XI century. In 1423 the castle was besieged by the troops of the imperial cities of Swabia. May 15, 1423, the castle was taken and destroyed. From the first castle remained only written record.
August 25, 2012
Dover Castle
Dover Castle is one of the most powerful of castles of Western Europe. Many centuries, it is the guardian of the shortest sea route from England to the Continent. Its location on the shore of the Strait of Pas-de-Calais, between Britain and France gave Dover castle of great strategic importance. For a long time he was considered the "key to England" due to its strategic position on the island.
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Castle began to exist immediately before the beginning of our era. Moat protecting the castle, was dug up in the prehistoric Iron Age. After the arrival of the British Isles by the Romans in the 1st century AD on the site
of the present town of Dover was founded a fortified settlement. Dover began to develop as a Roman port. To do this, in 50 AD, two lighthouses were built: one here and one in the Western Heights. Lighthouse, located on the territory of the castle, has been preserved to this day. In the Anglo-Saxon period, the lighthouse was attached to the church, and he began to serve the bell tower.
August 23, 2012
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (also known as the Order Castle Marienburg) Order Castle Marienburg served as the residence of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1309 to 1456 years. It is the largest Middle Ages brick castle in the world, one of the standards of the brick Gothic, UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Castle Marienburg
Country: Poland
Location: Pomeranian Voivodeship, Malbork
Architectural style: Gothic
Material: Brick
Start of construction: 1274
Condition: restored and opened to the public
In 1274, castle in honor of the Virgin Mary was built on the bank of Nogat River (mouth of the Vistula River) by the Teutonic Knights. In 1309, the Grand Master of the Order moved to the castle from Venice. In the 14th century, the castle was rebuilt and extended many times. Inside the castle walls was an area of 210 thousand square meters, and the number of inhabitants of the castle in the best years was close to three thousand.
Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle.
Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle is a former Ruthenian-Lithuanian castle and a later three-part Polish fortress erected in the castle site, located in the historic city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, in the historic region of Podolia in the western part of the country.It was first mentioned in 1374 in a document from the Prince George Koriatovicha who owned at the time of Podolia. Archaeological research indicates that there was a castle in the tenth and thirteenth centuries The fortress consisted of Kamianets-Podilskyi's Old Town fortified by King Casimir IV Jagiellon, the Old Castle rebuilt by Kings Sigismund I the Old and Stephen Bathory, and the New Castle founded by Kings Sigismund III Vasa and Wladyslaw IV Vasa, and until the 1793 Second Partition of Poland it was one of the strongest fortresses in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.
The castle was built on top of a peninsula carved out by the winding Smotrych River, forming a natural defense system for the castle and Kamianets-Podilskyi's Old Town neighborhood; a bridge over the river forms the only entrance to the castle. The castle's name is attributed to the root word kamin', from the Slavic word for stone.
|Name: Kamianets-Podilskyi castle
Country: Ukraine
Location: Khmelnytskyi Region,
Architectural style: Gothic,
Material: Brick
Start of construction: pre-13th century
Condition: restored and opened to the public
Initially, the fortress was built to protect the bridge connecting the medieval town with the mainland. Its location on a strategic transport crossroad in Podolia and made the castle a prime target for foreign invaders, however, who rebuilt the castle to suit their own needs, adding to its multicultural architectural diversity. In spite of the many architectural and engineering changes to the original castle structure, the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle still forms a coherent architectural design, being one of the few medieval constructions in Ukraine that is relatively well preserved. It is the most recognized landmark of the city, serving as an important regional and national tourist attraction.
Lutsk castle is one of the most powerful fortresses of Volyn Region.
Lutsk High Castle, also known as Lubart's Castle, is the main historic monument of the capital of Volyn. is the main historic monument of the capital of Volyn region, Ukraine. It began its life in the mid-14th century as the fortified seat of Gediminas' son Liubartas (Lubart), the last ruler of united Galicia-Volhynia. It is the most prominent landmark of Lutsk. Another city castle, built by the Czartoryski family starting from the 14th century, is now a ruin.
|Name: Lutsk Castle or
Lubart's Castle
Country: Ukraine
Location: Volyn region, Lutsk
Architectural style: Gothic,
Renaissance Material: Brick
Start of construction: 1350
Condition: restored and opened to the public
The current castle, towering over the Styr River, was built mostly in the 1340s, although some parts of the earlier walls were used. It repelled sieges by numerous potentates, including Casimir the Great (1349), Jogaila (1431), and Sigismund Kestutaitis (1436).
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13 comments:
- Carley said...
If you have any pictures of the tail number you can look up the owner of the plane and possibly find out whose photos these are.
- February 24, 2008 at 7:32 AM
- Anonymous said...
i swear i know that guy from somewhere, i just cant remember where!
- February 24, 2008 at 6:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
This photo looks like it was taken at the Air Space Musuem in Orlando Florida... had to of been recent!
- February 24, 2008 at 7:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
actually it looks like fantasy of flight near lakeland, FL..i actually have almost the same picture of the b-17
- February 24, 2008 at 9:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
As "Carley" said, if you can identify an "N Number" anywhere on the aircraft, (sometimes also shown on the instrument panel near the radios) you can use the following website to gain information about the owner of the aircraft.
- February 24, 2008 at 10:21 PM
- I Found Your Camera said...
Thank you very much Carley and anonymous!!
I will follow up this information to the person who submitted the photos and see what we can do!!
- Matt
- February 24, 2008 at 10:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
Looks like it could have been taken at the Air Show in Belle Chase (Louisiana)...
- February 25, 2008 at 12:18 AM
- Anonymous said...
I posted these pics originally. This is a link I found when following a name on one of the planes:
It seems like this man was visiting where these planes were stored...thus, finding tail numbers on the planes wouldn't help in locating him.
Anyone else recognize anything?
- February 26, 2008 at 3:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hey! I am pretty sure that that is "Old Sarge Oberon" George Metz.
I know him through a costuming club where I am also a member. I met him briefly in 2005 at a big convention.
I have just sent him a mail with a link to this site.
Funny that a guy from Denmark (me!) can be of assistance. The world is pretty small sometimes.
- February 28, 2008 at 4:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
Danish anon again. Just got a reply back from George, and it is him. Pictures were apparently taken in Orlando at the Fantasy of Flight airshow. He would very much like to get in touch with the finder. You can write to him using email@example.com. Another camera and memories return to their rightful owner. Great website Matt!
- February 28, 2008 at 5:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
the plane picture is actually and exhibit at the D-Day museum in New Orleans off of Lee Circle. The are dummies not real people. And the plane is a canvas hang-glider prototype.
- June 1, 2008 at 2:34 PM
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Sitronics/INTRACOM Telecom PCRF product, ActionRuler, was added to the PCRF/DPI matrix - "an ultra-modern solution for traffic and services control, and policy enforcement. The solution meets all business requirements – creation of payment system and network resources control to the provision of personalized services"
Solution benefits:
- Traffic analysis in real-time mode, together with analysis of subscriber limits and detailed information about the subscriber
- With ActionRuler, the real-time traffic management becomes a simple task. Traffic can be prioritized based on specified parameters (service type, subscriber data, access time, resources availability, etc.)
- DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) – package analysis technology – allows carriers to optimize utilization of IP resources while significantly reducing backbone expenses. [here]
- With ActionRuler, subscribers can access information about available services and options using web and WAP interfaces.
Sandvine also announced interoperability with its DPI product (here).


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Feature laden car
User review on BMW X1 written by Sivaji on 20 October 2015
Sivaji's review on BMW X1 20d
Year of Manufacture : 2015 | Driven no. of Kms. : 11000
- Pros: Looks
- Cons: Boot space
Vijay, excellent, fabulous, splendid, and what not one would have to call the BMW X1, and though we pay more than 4000000, getting all these is vital, as you say. The car never fails, and you have loads of color options. Deep blue, midnight blue, sapphire black and lot more impressive colors. Go get it, is my word.
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Monday, 30 March 2009
Favourite carnival coming up
at 11:41 pm by Deborah
Some of you may have other carnivals that you love, love, love, but my favourite is the Down Under Feminists Carnival. I love the connections with other women from Aotearoa-New Zealand and Australia, and the sense of antipodean community. I love that even while we may disagree on detail, there is a great and joyful agreement on being feminists, on seeing the world through women's eyes, on picking up bloody great shovels and getting on with the work of making a better world for women.
Submissions for the next Down Under Feminists Carnival are due. The submission deadline has been extended slightly, to the 2nd of April - that's midnight, Thursday. I haven't been able to work out whether that's midnight NZ-time, or midnight two hours later in Sydney and Melbourne and Hobart, or half an hour after that in South Australia, or another half hour on from that in Brisbane (this time around at least; by next month when daylight saving time ends Queensland will be back in sync with the other eastern states), or one hour further on again in Perth. Whatever. Get your posts in by midnight on Thursday NZ time, and you should be fine. Anything feminist (broadly interpreted) by any blogger downunder, either here downunder, or from downunder, posted during March is eligible for this edition of the carnival. Nominate some of your own work, or make another woman feel appreciated by nominating her post(s) for the carnival.
To put a submission in, go to the blog carnival page, and fill out the form. If you can't get the form to work for you, you can e-mail this month's host directly at: sjmorris1987 at gmail dot com.
Carnival founder Lauredhel has hosts for the few few carnivals, including our own lovely Anjum, at her own place, and THM regular azlemed at her own blog, but she needs hosts for August and subsequent carnivals. If you can host the carnival, then contact Lauredhel at her g-mail address. She uses lauredhelhoyden as her g-mail handle.
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Thankyou for the carnival plug!
Yes, I'm not too bovvered on what "midnight" means either. I think I have it set to Perth time. If you submit well before the deadline, no problem anyhow! If something misses deadline by a short margin, the submitter is welcome to email the host of the carnival they wanted to be in to ask for their submission to be included.
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At the beginning of CLTwordcamp, the 120 person audience was asked "Who doesn't know what Twitter is?" It had already come up in conversation a few times. 1 person raised her hand. I am sure there were a couple other shy folks, but to say the least, Twitter was represented well at the conference.
Here is the CLTwordcamp tag on Twitter. Ben Ullman also wrote a good post on his interaction with other Twitter users at the event.


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Somedays I feel like Solomon, I'm not as wise as he was, but I've moved around so many times, it's impossible to have nothing to say. I am just finally catching up to the season of life I'm in - which is a homeschooling, slightly crunchy, crafting,work from home, writing and sports mum. You have now been introduced to my multiple personalities, hopefully you'll identify with one of them and stick around.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Storytellers Tell Tales
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Hello!! Welcome back! Glad to see you a fussin n a fightin' n a lovin', hillbilly stylie!ReplyDelete
Ok - that was terrible - but yay, you're back!
Happy President's Day weekend! Take care
Wow, Joanna, where have you been?? I have missed you! So glad to see you back in blogland, hillbilly accent and all.ReplyDelete
LOL, glad to see you back on the blogosphere! I was in WVa last weekend skiing...was that you I knocked over on my way down the hill?ReplyDelete
And you go right ahead and be as hillbilly as you wanna be...as long as you recognize that noone would ever mistake hushpuppies for shoes on a hillbilly, because, you know, we don't wear 'em!
Hey! Glad to see you back! You were missed :)ReplyDelete
Good to see you back about these parts!ReplyDelete
I love some of the older Honky Tonk songs that you run across in karaoke bars but this girl is mostly rock and roll!!! I will remain a fan though! :) After all my family does have a lot of southern roots.ReplyDelete
You have a fabulous blog! I'm an author and illustrator and I made some awards to give to fellow bloggers whose sites I enjoy. I want to award you with one of my homemade awards: Best of Romance Blog Award. There are no pass along requirements. This is just to reward you for all the hard work you do!ReplyDelete
Go to http://astorybookworld.blogspot.com/p/awards.html and pick up your award.
An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.Bridal silksReplyDelete
Hi Joanna, We have missed you. Glad you are well and enjoying being a hillbilly.ReplyDelete
Hi Joanna, just stopping by to say how delightful your blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, ChrisReplyDelete


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Friday, August 31, 2012
Book Review: Kepler's Dream
Kepler's Dream is about a girl named Ella. Her parents are divorced, and Ella often finds herself supporting her mother. You see, Ella's mother suffers from cancer, and she's about to undergo an especially intense (and potentially deadly) treatment that leaves her incapable of watching Ella during the summer. Ella gets sent away to her paternal grandmother, who to Ella is a complete and utter stranger. Not only is she a stranger, she's very strange because- wait, that's incorrect- she's eccentric, mostly because she has an endearing way of being unusual. One way it manifests itself is through her strict adherence to perfect grammar, her slightly less than subtle contempt for anybody who fails to behave according to her preferences, and of course her massive collection of rare books. The book is centered around the theft of Somnium, which the book refers to as Kepler's Dream, which is essentially what one man believed life on the moon would look like prior to stronger telescopes. Through the book, Ella discovers friends, tries to solve the mystery of the missing book and learns the joys of collecting antiquarian literature.
From the outset, this book displays plenty of character. It would appear that Bell is carrying on in the tradition of Judy Blume- her protagonist, Ella, is certainly one I felt I could relate to in spite of never really being in her situation any time within my conscious memory. In fact, the book's humor and writing style are also very "Blume-esque", and while the book aims for a fifth-grade audience, I (a somewhat older person) found the book pretty hard to put down. Bell's an excellent writer, and she has a certain realness about her characters- sure, where haven't we heard this before? A girl gets sent off to camp (in Ella's case, it's what she referred to as "Broken Family Camp"), and it's there that she discovers friends in spite of awkward circumstances that she eventually grows used to and she comes to realize that she's been having a great summer and goes home fully of joy. It's a definitely a familiar premise, but I have to say that Bell's execution of it is absolutely impeccable.
My only gripe (a minor one, really) is that the book's endearing quality, its "Blume-esque" humor that assigns special names to most things, sometimes seems to go a little too far- it can be slightly annoying sometimes, but it's worth enduring- I just thought that the book could've done with a little less of it.
Overall, I'd definitely recommend this book. It's very engaging, full of character and absolutely worth a read. I know it's something of a summer novel (I suppose publishing my review on the last day of August was awkward timing?), but maybe it can drag a little sunshine into your autumn.
While we're on the subject of cancer, I'd like to take a moment to talk about my aunt Jacqueline. She's a cancer survivor (yay!) but at current, she's paralyzed on account of the tumor that was lodged in her spine. Right now, we're looking into getting a few things for her that will improve her life. One of them is physical therapy, which can help her to regain some use of her body. The other is a specially equipped van that will allow her to go out more- she spends much of her time in bed- getting her the van built to accommodate a wheelchair would make it much easier to move her.
This brings me to my little sister- she's started an art blog and will accept commissions. Want a cartoonized version of yourself? She can do it, and the money will go straight to helping somebody in need- check out the blog right here.
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|Coffee courtesy Barnie's. Manatee Mug, Goodwill.
I'm not a fan of instant coffee crystals, but I am a fan of coffee that's quick and easy to make. Pronto! is a single serve, cold brewed concentrated liquid that dissolves easily in hot or cold water. You can't say that about old fashioned instant coffee. Pronto! is brewed from 100% Arabica beans and there's no sugar or preservatives in it. Just add one brewstick to 10 oz. of hot or cold water, stir and enjoy.
I sampled the French Roast, but Pronto! is also available in Southern Pecan, Crème Brule, Cool Café Blues and, of course, Santa's White Christmas, among others.
If you're looking for a fast alternative to brewing coffee that doesn't involve crystals, and you don't have one of those Keurig K-Cup machines, check out Pronto! And put Barnie's on your list when you're in a coffee house mood.


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|So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
|Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
|Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
|1 Corinthians 10:12-13
10:12 They constitute a warning to the self-confident: Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. Perhaps this refers especially to the strong believer who thinks he can dabble with self-gratification and not be affected by it. Such a person is in greatest danger of falling under the disciplinary hand of God.
10:13 But then Paul adds a marvelous word of encouragement for those who are tempted. He teaches that the testings, trials, and temptations which face us are common to all. However, God is faithful, who will not allow us to be tested beyond what we are able. He does not promise to deliver us from temptation or testing, but He does promise to limit its intensity. He further promises to provide the way of escape, that we may be able to bear it. Reading this verse, one cannot help but be struck by the tremendous comfort it has afforded to tested saints of God through the centuries. Young believers have clung to it as to a life-line and older believers have reposed on it as upon a pillow. Perhaps some of Paul's readers were being fiercely tempted at the time to go into idolatry. Paul would comfort them with the thought that God would not allow any unbearable temptation to come their way. At the same time they should be warned that they should not expose themselves to temptation.
MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (1 Co 10:12). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
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Zero base budgeting and Pennsylvania's yearly budget battle
By Robb Hanrahan
It's budget time in Pennsylvania and the usual questions are popping up. How late will it be? Or, will it be on time? Every year, the state legislature wrestles with how the Commonwealth will spend its money. Cuts are often considered "draconian" to those who like a program and "necessary" to those who don't.
So every year around this time on my show "Face the State" the idea of zero base budgeting is tossed about. It's the total opposite of how we currently decide how much and where the money will be spent in Pennsylvania.
The way we do it now
Currently we use incremental budgeting which always begins with the budget from last year. It's not a bad way to budget and is used in many businesses and governments. The idea is to approach the coming budget year with the current budget's numbers. If a department or agency needs more money for programs or services, it requests an increase. The increase must be justified. But here's where many lawmakers have a problem with this practice. If a department doesn't use all of the money in the previous budget year, they lose it.
It's this "use it or lose it" philosophy that has many thinking the only way to go is up. More spending, which requires more revenue, which these days often means more taxes. Money isn't pouring into the Commonwealth at this point. So to keep the budget balanced without an increase, departments and agencies often have to cut spending. That's hardly a popular thing to do for one running a multi-million-dollar government agency.
So why not start at zero?
To remove the "use it or lose it" mentality, a process known as zero-base budgeting is floating out there. It's far from new. A guy named Peter Pyhrr wrote an article about Texas Instruments use of it in 1970. Interest grew in its success. Then, Governor Jimmy Carter implemented ZBB into the state of Georgia's budget. Carter brought it to Washington where it lasted all of four years until President Reagan killed it in 1980.
It's a simple idea that gets complicated quickly. Zero based budgeting starts at zero. Sounds good, right? Each department gathers every expense that it will incur during the next year. Every expense. Then they simply budget for that amount. There's no "bagging" of last year's budget and asking for more. The simple genius behind it is that there's no incentive to spend all of the current year's budget, and it requires proof of every expense needed. Here's where it gets complicated. That's a lot of detail. Detail that requires managers, department heads, even mid-level employees to be recording current expenditures and predicting next year's. Governments that have used it often had to hire and train more people in order to get it up and running. In other words, it needs more work and is often not very popular with employees.
The reason many government agencies abandoned zero-base budgeting was because it requires time and understanding of its complexity. Units in every department have to justify spending, not only to meet minimal expectations but also to include predictions for providing higher levels of service. The analysis has to be handed up through several levels before finalization. In Pennsylvania, that would have to be done every year. Whew. That would include counting every pencil, paper clip and folder, not just major expenses.
Advantage: detail
ZBB is a great way to have a working knowledge of where every cent is being spent. It provides an efficient allocation of money and can improve cost effective spending on services. It also takes away the "entitlement" philosophy of spending the entire current budget. ZBB can also weed out stale and outdated programs and departments.
Disadvantage: complexity
With Pennsylvania on a yearly budget cycle, implementing zero-base budgeting would require enormous preparation time and increase the cost of preparing the spending plan. Our state government is huge and complex in and of itself. ZBB requires a microscopic examination of everything that needs money. In my opinion it would probably need a year-round department of its own just to gather the information needed to produce a yearly zero-base budget.
So why all the talk about ZBB?
Because we're looking at a possible $6-billion-dollar budget deficit by the end of next year if we don't close the current $700 million deficit this year. Lawmakers are looking for money in every corner and ZBB appears to be an answer to wasteful government spending. In a recent appearance on CBS 21's "Face the State," House Appropriations Chair Stan Saylor talked about performance base budgeting. It's a sort of hybrid off-shoot of ZBB which requires accountability and measurable objectives. PBB presents its own list of challenges but may be a possible road to explore as we face the state budget challenge every year.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, almost half the states use performance information but differ in when and where the information is used in the budget process. Basically all information is important in the budget process and performance information can provide background on the purposes of state-funded programs and the results they achieve.
Robb Hanrahan is host of CBS 21's "Face the State." The show can be seen every Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.


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HoCo is losing a biotech company that started here to
. Yesterday Celsion Corporation announced plans to move their corporate headquarters to New Jersey . Lawrenceville, New Jersey
"With the advance of the HEAT Study, initiation of two Phase 2 studies and greater activity anticipated for preparation of the ThermoDox® NDA, we have outgrown our current location. Celsion's new headquarters sits in proximity to many of the world's top biopharmaceutical companies, research institutions, academic centers and investment sources, providing access to this deep resource pool at a transformative stage in our development," said Michael H. Tardugno, Celsion's President and Chief Executive Officer."
Apparently they were also enticed by some economic incentives from the State of
. New Jersey
This is a real loss for the HoCo biotech community. Celsion grew out of Chueng Labs which started in 1982 in the
Rivers Corporate Park in . On the other hand, it is unlikely to have a big impact on the HoCo commercial vacancy rate. The new headquarters will be just less than 11,000 square feet. Columbia


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My Victory Hair
My husband was captured with that smile. Aside from that he has been telling me that I have a nice straight hair. He would always love every hairstyle I have, thus making him giddy to see me every time I changed the color & my hairstyle. That's my way if flirting with my husband. That's what I called my Victory Hair. Anyway, there's an online game that can test you flirting prowess. Have you ever tried playing the Ultimate Flirting Championship sponsored by Extreme Style by VO5 ? It's a very fun game to deal! Try measure your flirting ability by dropping off your ever sexy and bold lines and be the winner! Grab the widget and place it on your blog or site so friends can see it and let them play too. When you play the game, you can create your own character; pick your own face that will compliment the hairstyle you'll select. Be confident enough with your personality. Then be at the waiting room and it wont being that long, some other players who joins will play along with you. Then that's it, the game will run. You will be ask questions and type in your ever fearless answers; out witting your opponent will make you the winner of the flirting challenge. That would be exciting isn't? So click that widget and experience it!
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text: Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson was featured in US website Atlanta Blackstar's list of 15 celebrities suspected to be bleaching their skin. Other celebs that made the list of bleachers include dancehall singer Vybz Kartel, rapper Lil Kim, actress Halle Berry, singer Tamar Braxton, fashion icon Imam Abdulmajid. But Yvonne keeps denying that she doesn't use skin lightening products.Please, why do ladies bleach?


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Roree Rumph posted the inspiration for my menu planner on the Cricut Circle Blog last year. (I do miss popping on there with my morning cup of coffee and really hope that PC will revive the idea of a daily blog. Facebook is just not the same!) I have made several of them for friends and family.
The papers and images come from the Imagine cart, 'Kate's Kitchen' and the menu cards are attached with velcro. The board is inserted into a 12x12 pocket protector and three lines of magnetic tape ensure it sticks firmly to the 'fridge.
We have all our favorite dishes written on the cards and plan our week's menu before we grocery shop. When we are being adventurous and trying a new recipe, we post a sticky note on the planner. Just the other week, a Looneyspoons recipe for pork loin made the transition from sticky note to menu card!
The one card that doesn't change is "Fish and Chips' on Friday for, as our DD says, "The world would come to an end if Mom and Dad didn't eat fish and chips on Friday!" And now you know what's for dinner tonight!
Thanks for visiting with me. : ) Christine


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Someone was asking me the order I wrote the books I have for sale on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I'll throw in the year, just for fun.
2004 - The Kingdom of the Bears
2007 - The Righteous
2008 - The Devil's Deep
2008 - State of Siege
2009 - Implant
2009 - Mighty and Strong
2010 - The Red Rooster
2011 - The Wicked
2011 - The Devil's Peak
I also completed novels in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2001, and 2005. The first two were terrible. I was just a teenager and learning the craft of writing. The books written in 1994 and 2001 were mediocre and will never see the light of day, but the two written in 1998 and 2005 were pretty good and deserve to be published. The problem is that the book I wrote in 1998 is 150,000 words and the first book of a fantasy series. I don't feel I can devote myself to writing another half millions words of fantasy at this time and it isn't fair to readers to release the first book of a series I'm not actively pursuing.
The book I wrote in 2005 is a children's fantasy novel called Moonland and is pretty good, but it needs a fairly significant rewrite. Given that my other children's fantasy, The Kingdom of the Bears, is a book I'm proud of, yet has only sold about 100 copies total in six months, I can't justify spending the time to whip it into shape, to say nothing of paying for editing, a cover, etc.
I was busier in the 90s than it appears, as I wrote over 100 short stories between 1988 and 1998, when I became primarily a novelist. You can also see that in 2007 I got serious and have produced eight books in the last four years.


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Guess it's time I dipped my toe into the deep end of the author-blogging pool. My book The Book of Bastards: 101 Worst Scoundrels and Scandals from the World of Politics and Power is due out from Adams Media in August, 2010. I'll be posting teaser material (linked at least thematically, if not directly, to the content of the book itself) here during the coming months in the run-up to the book's launch date.
Coming soon: our first entry in the canon: Pope Stephen VII and the "Cadaver Synod."


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Who and whom: "Whom" refers to the object in a sentence, and "who" refers to a subject in a sentence. It's correct to say "Whom does Sarah love?" ("whom" is the object of Sarah's love) and "Who loves Sarah?" ("who" is the subject of the sentence). It can help to remember that the Rolling Stone's song "Who do you love?" is wrong.This reminds me of my budding days as a grammarian when I -- with about two years of school English -- pointed out that Mick Jagger had to be the most satisfied man in the universe, since he could not get no satisfaction. Ah, the attractions of prescriptivism! ("Grammar girl" now also has a podcast on good manners and on "Quick and Dirty Tips for a Richer Life" -- something I guess no linguist has ever been asked to contribute to.)


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FERGIE takes a night off from looking glamorous— and snatches some shuteye in the back of a cab. It had obviously been a long and tiring day for the Duchess of York.
She was caught napping at 3am in west London with no make-up and messy hair, a far cry from the well-groomed image she likes to show off as worldwide ambassador for WeightWatchers.
And Sarah, 48, looked almost as shocked as we were when she suddenly woke up with a start.
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Stastny Shines At World Championshipby Staff Writer / Colorado Avalanche
Avalanche center Paul Stastny was Team USA's second leading scorer at the 2007 IIHF World Championship held in Moscow from April 27 to May 13.
Stastny notched four goals and four assists for eight points in seven games during the tournament. St. Louis Blues foward Lee Stempniak led the Americans with 10 points.
Stastny's four goals tied for second on the team behind Stempniak (6g) and Stastny's four assists also tied for second behind Phil Kessel (5a).
Stastny recorded two assists on April 27 versus Austria and then had back-to-back two-goal efforts on May 5 against Germany and May 7 against Canada.
Fellow Avalanche center Tyler Arnason also skated in all seven games for the United States, notching a goal and three assists. He scored a goal in Team USA's shootout loss to Finland in the quarterfinals.


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Newshawk: Herb
Pubdate: Sat, 25 Dec 2010
Source: Missoulian (MT)
Copyright: 2010 Missoulian
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.missoulian.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/720
Author: Charles S. Johnson
HELENA - Here are the highlights of an interim legislative
committee's major proposal to revise the state's Medical Marijuana
Act and create a regulatory structure for the industry.
Rep. Diane Sands, D-Missoula, has introduced the bill on behalf of
the Children, Families, Health and Human Services Interim Committee
that she chaired. Here are its key provisions, according to a summary
by legislative researcher Sue O'Connell:
. Creates a state licensing and regulatory structure for medical
marijuana businesses.
The Revenue Department would be in charge of regulation, while the
Department of Public Health and Human Services would continue to
register patients qualified to use medical marijuana.
Parolees, probationers and individuals under youth court supervision
may not receive cards.
. Creates a tiered licensing system for people growing and selling
medical marijuana.
A provider would be an individual who grows or obtains medical
marijuana for registered cardholders and is limited to working with
five or fewer cardholders.
A medical marijuana dispensary may sell marijuana to more than five
A medical marijuana-infused products manufacturer may make products,
such as edible products or tinctures.
A medical marijuana grower may grow marijuana for a dispensary or
infused products manufacturer. This grower must also have a license
for one of those other businesses.
. Establishes requirements for people applying for a license to grow
and sell medical marijuana. Applicants must submit fingerprints for a
national criminal history background check. They may not have felony
convictions of any kind, nor be on probation or parole or be under
youth court supervision.
Applicants may not be licensed if they owe taxes, child support or
student loans.
Applicants must disclose the names of all people affiliated with the
business and those with financial interests in the business.
The bill would require regular monitoring of license holders.
Licensees must provide quarterly reports on sales, revenues and other
items. The Revenue Department may inspect the business premises and
audit its records.
. Gives local government the authority to regulate. A local
government may establish zoning regulations, business licensing
requirements and building codes and standards, but may not ban
medical marijuana within its boundaries.
. Establishes new requirement for physicians. It creates a definition
of standard of care and requires physicians to meet the standard when
providing a written certification for use of medical marijuana. They
must have an office in the state and not located where medical
marijuana is grown, stored or distributed.
It prohibits physicians from having any financial ties to a medical
marijuana business if they provide written certifications for medical
. Revises the existing law to clean up gray areas. It requires that
applicants for medical marijuana registry cards and business licenses
be Montana residents. A proof of residency would be required for
applicants using medical marijuana cards. There would be a two-year
residency requirement for people applying for licenses to grow or
sell the product.
Two physician certifications are necessary to get a card for chronic
pain. A person with cancer, glaucoma, HIV or AIDS may receive a card
when the symptoms of the condition are seriously affecting the
person's health status.
It increases from 1 ounce to 2 ounces the amount of usable marijuana
a person may possess, but caps purchases at 2 ounces per month. The
current law has no limits on the frequency of purchases.
It prohibits the smoking of medical marijuana in public.
It repeals the so-called "affirmative defense" that people could
raise in court, even if they weren't registered to use or grow
medical marijuana or had more than the allowable amount.
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
thoughts on D-Day, volume three
By now, we're all pretty familiar with the details of the D-Day invasion, which occurred 68 years ago:
the D-Day invasion
I've also published a few articles of my own about the invasion:
thoughts on D-Day
volume 2
Since few of us can afford to travel to France to visit the site of the landing, it seemed more appropriate this year to provide a guided tour of the cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
The Normandy American Cemetery is just one of the 24 permanent American burial grounds on foreign soil that are maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). Presently there are 124,905 U.S. war dead interred at these cemeteries - 30,921 of World War I, 93,234 of World War II and 750 of the Mexican War. Additionally 6,237 American veterans and others are interred in the Mexico City National Cemetery and Corozal American Cemetery
Sometimes, fewer words are better, so I'll close by including a well known song:
military taps
To EXPLAIN the song, I chose a man who exhibits some "true grit":
who the heck is Marion Robert Morrison?
THIS is what the Duke would say about Normandy:
All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be someplace else.
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Friday, January 05, 2007
photobooth friday: happy new year!
oy vey but i am not liking me in that picture but don't artboy look grand? happy new year folks, make sure to get yerself in a booth at least once this year before all the booths disappear!
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The general consensus, at least from people on Twitter, was that this might be helpful. I'm sure there are some of my readers who already know how to use Excel, or who don't but have no desire to learn. Please feel free to scroll right past this post!
I'm always baffled when I hear about people who don't have a budget. Budgets use Excel, and Excel is hands down my favorite computer application. I have my own budget file that is continuously changing as I decide to obsessively track something else.
At work, I recently took over a task for someone that involved a big, semi-complex spreadsheet. I then discovered that the person previously in charge of it (the sweetest old southern man I have ever met) was updating it manually. Several times per week. For hours.
There were times when he'd need to count the number of items in a certain category, and times when he needed to count on the basis of several categories. He used filters to make the job easier, but he would still manually count them. I lasted about an hour the first day I tried to do it. It was mind-numbing.
I set up the spreadsheet to do it automatically. It took maybe 2 hours to set it up, but now I only have to spend 5 minutes updating the file each week, and the spreadsheet does the rest.
The point of this long, rambling story is that sometimes it seems that a budget is hard work, and without knowing some of the functions and commands in the program, it can be too much work.
I don't know if any of my readers have a problem with spreadsheets. (I know that Stacking Pennies joins me in the spreadsheet love.) However, with the popularity of free budget software, I imagine that there are people who don't feel comfortable making their own.
Many people might consider it worthwhile since they don't have to worry about entering in numbers or making their own graphs. If that's you, cool. If you enjoy saving money on something you can DIY, or if you're nervous about an online company having all of your information, however, I'm going to put together a few posts on making your own budget.
Today we'll start with Part 1: Tracking Spending.
If you have no idea where your money goes, this is a good step to take first. After all, it's much easier to set up a budget if you have a realistic idea of how much you're actually spending.
So, open your spreadsheet software. These commands should work in all Microsoft Excel applications as well as OpenOffice (which is what I use at home). If you use something else, try these commands out there too, and let me know how it works!
Your program will open to a blank page:
First, create a list of all of your spending categories:
You can have as many or as few as you want. For example, I lump gas, car maintenance, and insurance in one group (because I am a slacker and do not have renter's insurance).
A few lines further down (let's say line 25 – you won't match the pictures at first, but all of the functions listed below are based on Row 25 being the row with your headers!), enter into the row the following headers: "Category", "Item Description", "Credit" (if the item is a deposit), "Debit" (if the item is a purchase, for example), and "Balance".
Now log into your account's online access and look up your balance. Enter that into the first row.
Now you're ready to track your spending!
Try to remember anything that might still be outstanding – checks, pending charges from a restaurant, a credit card bill that's set to be paid in a week. Make sure to include those!
This next part is up to you – you can track your expenses through your online bank, or you can keep receipts and enter those numbers in. After a few weeks, your spreadsheet might look something like this:
If you've lined up all of your columns exactly as in the image below, you should be able to exactly copy this formula into the "Balance" column (column E). Enter the formula in the cell right underneath the value of your starting balance.
Now, click on the lower-righthand corner of the black box surrounding that cell, and drag the cursor down. Check the math – this formula should add the numbers in the "Credit" column to the balance and subtract the numbers in the "Debit" column.
This is a quick and simple version of a check register, except the computer does all the math for you! Any time you want to add a new item, just drag down from the cell above. Copying the formula also works; the program will update the formula!
This system will let you keep track of your balance. What's nicer is that you can enter in items that might not have gone through yet. If you wrote a check to your landlord, for example, you could enter in the amount and not worry about overdrafts if you're spending whatever your balance says you have.
Every once in a while you can balance this spreadsheet with what your online account balance. For example, if they differ by $150, I know that Jim and Michelle haven't cashed my check yet. A friend of mine color codes these items – anything that hasn't shown up at her bank yet is colored blue.
So now you've stopped overdrafting your account because of trusting your banks' online balance! The next step is to know where your money is going. This is where that first column comes in. Look at all of the items and assign them to a category. Make sure these match the categories you've listed above!
Then, return to the list of categories and enter into column B
Again, drag the box down (or copy and past the formula to the other cells). This will automatically track what you spend in each category.
Let me know if this was helpful & if you be interested in me continuing the series. I figured I'd go through setting up a budget, making graphs, and then doing some of the more confusing stuff, like projecting savings balances and figuring out how much you're paying in interest each month. If you see any mistakes (there are some I'm already aware of due to me changing my mind halfway through), please leave a comment and I'll be sure to correct it!


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Residents United for a Livable Emeryville
RULE To Expand Resident Benefits Campaign At Forum
The grassroots resident organization known as RULE (Residents for a Livable Emeryville) has announced they intend on broadening their scope of interest and they are soliciting feed back from all Emeryville residents in an upcoming community meeting. Previously the community organizing group mostly centered their concern with the Bay Street mall expansion known as Site B and how it should better address residents needs but Madison Marquette, the mall developer has recently put off plans for the expansion for at least two years.
Founding RULE member Judy Timmel said of the upcoming meeting, "With Bay Street now on the back burner, there still are many resident concerns that we the Emeryville residents need to push. We realize there are different and disparate grassroots community groups that have formed around specific neighborhood objectives and it would be mutually beneficial to channel this energy for resident interests city-wide". Ms Timmel added, "A lot can be accomplished when we work in concert together".
RULE plans to continue its community activist work by engaging the city council and also to help change the make-up of the council at the voting booth. They announced they will begin election work for the November city council election when three seats will be contested: those now occupied by Ken Bukowski, Nora Davis and Ruth Atkin.
All Emeryville residents are invited to the community forum. Bay Street mall community room (two floors below the AMC movie theater) Saturday February 26th, 3:30-5:00 PM. Below is the RULE flyer for the forum:


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Occasionally I look at past articles to see what I was writing about. In many cases the ideas and links I was talking about many years ago are still relevant today. I think that's true of many bloggers. So, how can we turn our blogs into lesson plans that students (young and old) spend time reading and learning from in future years?
One of the problems with blogs is that many of the links used in older stories no longer connect to what we pointed to at that time. However, I think you can see the intent of these articles and the consistency of purpose over many years.
Here's some blasts from the past:
March 30, 2006 - I pointed to a post about advocacy, written by Ethan Zukerman. I titled my article "Collaborative Blogging for Strategic Reasons"
March 25, 2007 - I was writing about the Talent needed in non-profits and encouraging people to attend the May 2007 Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference. This article includes a video created from an earlier conference.
March 25, 2008 - Want to be happy? Give money away. This article points to Scientists at the University of British Columbia have proved thathttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif acts of philanthropy can be a short-cut to achieving happiness.
March 24, 2009 - I wrote an article encouraging teams from college fraternities and sororities to adopt the Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy and showed my own involvement with the Acacia Fraternity at Illinois Wesleyan University.
March 29, 2010 - "Act Now. Invest in Youth" was the title of this article. I talked about how the Cabrini Connections program which I led from 1993-2011 needed money, then I included a map showing how tutor/mentor programs in all parts of the city also needed money.
March 31, 2011 - Chicago 3rd Most Segregated City in US - was the topic of this article. I called on leaders from the 50 largest cities in the US to connect with each other since the size of these cities presents different challenges to overcoming racism, poverty, poor schools, etc.
Shortly after writing the March 2011 article the Directors at Cabrini Connections voted to discontinue support for the Tutor/Mentor Connection. In July I left the organization after founding it in 1993, and created Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC to continue to support the T/MC strategy in Chicago, while also looking for ways to help similar intermediary groups grow in other big cities.
I hope you'll be able to use some of the ideas from these and other blog articles and that we can connect around these ideas and strategies. I'm on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and host a forum at http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com. There are plenty of places to connect.
Friday, March 30, 2012
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"The truth shall make you free, but first it shall make you angry"
Burj men abraj lkwait? :P loolMadri mo gadra ashof 3adil lana el sora ma tetkabbar !
madri bs i guess kuwait tower ;penzian hint
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Ur all right!U think it's a coincident !!!
Yeah I think that's kuwait tower too.
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Monday, 31 August 2015
Free choice writing
Befor the weekends I made a card for Father's Day. In the weekends I played on my iPad and sleeped a lot. I play a lot with my baby brother my baby brother is 0 years old.At night I sleeped then I had dinner. Befor going to sleep I played with my baby brother a little, when I was going to sleep I said night night to mum dad gramer and my little sister and my baby brother.
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Sunday, 23 August 2015
Kate share her reading inquiry with us and it was all about butterflies her main question was : how butterflies see and eat ( basically suriving ) . I learnt
Don't kill butterflies because they are basically the best flying insect
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Monday, 10 August 2015
Yesterday I was sick
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3d August
Today in maths we went in groups of 4 and we each got a ? Bag we try to find out what's in the bags and writ what you think is in there, when you are don writing about what is your in there you put it on your blog.
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No, it's actually been a lot better than I imagined, but I do admit to a few tears and little anxiety. And that's just me! Cassidy has handled the transition really well. She did mention multiple times in the last few weeks that she wasn't "ready for kindergarten yet, mama." but in the end she hopped on the bus with barely a backward glance.
My type A self was relied heavily on friends who have had kids at our elementary school and her 4K angel of a teacher to figure out what was going on the past couple weeks. We shopped for supplies, got mostly the right items, figured out the bus schedule and then waited. Apparently there is a lot less hand holding {for the parents!!!} from the administration compared to preschool. {cue anxious tears} But yesterday at the Meet and Greet, most of the missing pieces fell into place.
Cassidy & I rode the bus together from her stop to school. Her driver's name is Mrs. B. Mrs. B drives Bus B. How convenient. Then we swung by the class lists, which didn't get posted until that morning because almost 60 students registered the prior day. Poor administrators & teachers!!!! After that it was off to Mrs. Musselwhite's classroom. What a fun place! Cassidy made fast friends with some boys - who we found out live in our neighborhood - playing blocks, then play-doh and exploring the classroom. We did a practice walk from the bus area to her classroom, snapped a picture with her sweet new teacher and then headed to the cafeteria to sign daddy up for PTSA. Hmm, I wonder if he'll catch that! Since we live in the neighborhood right next to school, we decided to just walk home instead of waiting for the bus. She looked too big just walking ahead of me, as if she'd done this a thousand times before. {cue tears}
Today she bounded out of bed, ok, let's be real, she got out of bed with no fussing and was clearly excited. Last night we read Llama, Llama Misses Mama and The Kissing Hand to prepare {me} for her first long day away from home. {cue tears} This morning she opened a first day of kindergarten gift of a heart shaped locket with pictures of Mommy & Daddy inside. We told her that it was her special kissing hand gift and that she could squeeze it if she missed us during school. {cue tears...are you getting the kleenex reference yet?!?} Then it was a quick breakfast, some obligatory pictures - the sign says, "1st day of kindergarten, I want to be an artist, singer & dancer when I grow up!" - & the whole family to the bus stop. {cue tears} We're so proud of our little girl!


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See also: Promise FastTrak ATA RAID controller.
A while back, the Storage Review took a look at Promise's FastTrak, an ATA RAID controller that provides a viable alternative to more expensive SCSI adapters in striping and mirroring applications. In those tests, we found that the controller in RAID 0 (striping) configuration provided a dramatic increase in sequential data transfer (STR). Though this translated into a relatively modest performance increase in WinBench 98's high-level application tests, such an increase in STR is a boon to those performing non-linear A/V editing.
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 features a built-in function that allows spans of spaces on two different drives to be used in a striped configuration. Though NT's Disk Administrator is actually pretty flexible in allowing the user to create a striped pair in a variety of setups, the ideal configuration is the complete striping of all space between two identical drives.
One does run into some logistical problems when running an NT software-striped pair when using ATA drives. First off, a system can't be booted off of a striped partition. This makes sense, of course, since OS support of a function needs to be "primed" by booting up the OS itself. Thus, if two identical drives are going to be wholly devoted to the striped pair, NT must be installed on a third boot drive. As we all know, motherboards today have only two ATA channels. In our testing of drives, we always have the boot drive connected to the primary controller while the test drive resides by itself on the secondary channel. Just simple insurance to minimize the effect of contention between two drives on the same channel. So, how does one set up a software-striped drive pair? At all costs, avoid setting up the two drives within the stripe on the same channel- you'll lose virtually all the promised performance gain. We ended up with one of the pair as a slave on the primary controller and with the other drive as the master on the secondary channel. Though it wasn't good for my piece of mind, such a setup should not limit performance within the context of benchmark that's running tests -only- on the striped pair. When running a setup in real-word usage, however, the user should take care to minimize access of the boot drive- all applications should be installed to the striped pair as should NT's swapfile. Of course, all this headache could be avoided in several ways. An all SCSI setup (SCSI boot drive and two identical SCSI units in the striped pair) wouldn't be subject to the same limitation. You could add more ATA channels also, though if you're going to go out of your way to buy a controller and give up system resources for it, you may as well just use a FastTrak.
For the RAID, we decided to use a pair of DiamondMax Plus 2500's, the top ATA performer in Windows NT. Formatting the stripe did result in a problem. Whenever we test drives under NT, we partition the test unit as an extended volume. We've never run into problems formatting even the largest drives with such methodogy. Setting up a primary partition on a test drive larger than 8.4 gigs, however, usually results in a failed format. Since we did not get the option to choose between "primary" and "extended" when setting up a striped pair, attempts to format the drive always failed. It turns out that there's a patch that can fix this problem at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q183/6/54.asp. Thanks to Dagfinn R. for the pointer. Using this patch, we were successfully able to format the single 20GB partition both with NT's software striping and with the Promise FastTrak (results presented for comparison).
I have to admit that I went into these tests with a preconceived notion that hardware-based striping would outperform NT's software function, in CPU utilization if not anything else. Surprisingly, however, software-striping mananged to keep pace with the FastTrak in all categories. Further, software striping ended up actually being slightly -less- CPU intensive per kilobyte transferred. In all high-level tests, the software came within 2% of the figures posted by the FastTrak controller. In terms of low-level sequential data transfer, software-striping topped out at 26.6 MB/sec. The Promise adapter, on the other hand, turned out a true doubling of a single drive's score, 29.8 MB/sec.
So, in terms of raw performance, NT software-raid striping is just as fast as hardware-based RAID 0. Again, however, it is less flexible, especially when working in the confines of the ATA interface. With a pair of SCSI drives, it's a boon-- SCSI's natural flexibility means one gives up relatively little to run the drives in an NT striped pair. In an ATA system, however, implementing software striping means that you're going to give up the "pristine" setup of having only one device per channel. If on top of all of this you're also using an ATAPI CD-ROM, it all gets quite nasty in my opinion. In such cases, the flexibility of adding the Promise FastTrak still makes it quite a compelling option. The two striped drives can then reside on the single-IRQ FastTrak (which also allows you to boot off of the striped drives) and the ATAPI CD-ROM can remain on its motherboard-based channel. The boot drive used with software striping would no longer be necessary. All in all, the FastTrak provides a cleaner, faster setup than the jumble you'd end up with when using 3 ATA drives and an ATAPI CD-ROM on two ATA channels.


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Category Archives: D.C.
Planes and Shuttles in D.C.
This post may be a little all over the place. I'm sick and have foggy brain and have therefore decided that spending my time blogging whilst simultaneously attempting to do some sort of festive Christmas design on my nails is a good idea. Especially given my distinct lack of artistic talent.
My mother and Step Father were in town a few weeks ago for my wedding. My father is obsessed with planes. My father-in-law is obsessed with planes. My now husband is obsessed with Space. The only logical conclusions were a family trip to Dayton or a family trip to DC to visit an air and space museum.
For my stepmother and me, the choice was easy. So we loaded up the car and we went to DC. Specifically to the National Air and Space Museum, because really, what else in DC is worth driving 7 hours each way for an overnight trip?
The museum was actually better than I expected. Much better. Probably something to do with the fact that this country is the country of NASA or something.
The entire things was a giant hanger. It looked really impressive. it was basically divided into three wings (or whatever they are known as in hangers). One wing was commercial aviation, one was military and one was space.
It really interested me how the different planes seemed to have ways of giving them character, almost making them fun, a direct contrast of the brutal realities of the wars.
This was especially jarring when it was on the bombs. The cartoon character on the American bomb and the sakura on the Japanese bomb below struck me. They are both symbols I relate with being carefree – the Saturday mornings of childhood and Hanami picnics welcoming in Spring.
Kyle was happy though. He was able to stand with the space shuttle (Discovery, I believe). Apparently, when he was a child his father, who worked for NASA at the time, brought home some of the tiles used to show him and his siblings how they worked.
After we had our fill of the museum we headed into DC proper to go to our hotel. We were so tired that we ate at the hotel restaurant and fell into bed. The next morning we didn't have a lot of time, so we went to the White House to take the obligatory photo, and then saw part of the American History Museum before heading home. I definitely want to go back in future though, The quality of the museums is amazing!
Incidentally, we stayed at the Crowne Plaza, which we got for a steal through hotwire. I hadn't used hotwire before, but will most definitely use again.


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The maker of Barb's crazy quilt cleverly incorporated the lining of men's hats into her quilt (the circular fabrics bear haberdashery labels from London).
Saturday, August 18, 2012
The maker of Barb's crazy quilt cleverly incorporated the lining of men's hats into her quilt (the circular fabrics bear haberdashery labels from London).
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Quilts are amazing, I think you live in the perfect state for quiling! Thanks for sharing you day with us...ReplyDelete
I LOVE Victorian Crazy Quilts!!! I do not own one though. The one Barb owns is gorgeous! I like your kerosene lamp collection and your wall color! How fun! I like your Victorian match striker too! Have a great Sunday! GinaReplyDelete
I love crazy quilts - my sister-in-law has an antique one that I keep threatening to steal! I think it should come live at my house.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing the info on crazy quilts. I have 2 friends who made tree skirts in this style that are lovely. You have the best collections!ReplyDelete
I've always loved crazy quilts, in any form. These are all so lovely.....what a treat it must have been to see them up close. And your group is so knowledgeable! Wonderful post!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful display of crazy quilts.ReplyDelete
Thank you for this blog, I loved reading about crazy quilts. I also love kerosene lamps (old ones). My favorite one hangs on the wall and has a deflector to move the light where you need it. The holder is made of cast iron and I have hit my head on it a couple of times (WOW that hurts). Hugs, MaryReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing, Kimber. It was a very interesting program.ReplyDelete
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text: Which breed of dog is your favourite? I'm a fan of Kelpies, Border Collies, Dachshunds and Airedales, all of which can be found on this new Hiccups bed linen design 'Kennel Club'. I think I ended up painting about 60 different dogs - hopefully everyone will find their favourite canine friend featured!


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"Sphincterine is like a breath of fresh Air"
Bernie D. –Boston, MA.
While heading to my interview on Tuesday, nervous as hell and driving in freezing rain, I heard a local radio station singing the Sphincterine jingle after finding it on the net. When I heard it, I couldn't help but crack up laughing outloud. It put me in a better mood and I was a bit more relaxed when I got to my destination. The radio announcer was female and I have to admit she did a better job singing than on the SPHINCTERINE SITE. Evidently, this stuff is legit.
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El Salvador Sorry for Murder of Archbishop Romero
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24 de marzo de 2010, 15:39Imagen activaSan Salvador, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador"s President, Mauricio Funes, today asked forgiveness on behalf of the State, for the murder 30 years ago of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero.
Salvadorians Recall Archbishop Romero
"In my capacity as President I apologize on behalf of the Salvadoran State for that assassination", Funes said during the unveiling of a mural in honor of Monsignor Romero at the international airport.
He stated that the death squads that killed the prelate acted under the cover, collaboration, acquiescence or participation of State agents.
Romero was killed by a sniper on March 24, 1980 when he he was offering a mass in the chapel of the cancer hospital "La divina providencia" in this capital.
The Truth Commission, which investigated the crimes committed during the internal armed conflict, identified military Roberto D'Aubuisson, already deceased, as the mastermind, who was founder of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). However, shortly before made public the results of the investigation, the Legislative Assembly, chaired by D'Aubuisson, agreed a general amnesty for the crimes committed during the war (1980-1992).
The Center for Justice and Responsibility in 2004 won the only sentence against one of those implicated in the murder, Captain Alvaro Saravia, sentenced to pay $ 10 million.
"D'Aubuisson was part of the conspiracy to murder Archbishop Romero, but the shooter, the gun and the safety equipment was put by Mario Molina, son of former President Arturo Molina (1972-1977)", said Saravia.
The Archbishop of San Salvador, considered as "the voice of the voiceless"was killed for defending the poor and denouncing social injustice and military repression.
Posthumous homages to the archbishop take place today in El Salvador and other countries, while the Legislative Assembly decided to declare March 24 as Monsignor Romero National Day.
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Sundara FSM in Canadian Wilderness.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Reality Check
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother's Day Gifts
What's funny (and telling) about this experience is that I dipped into my long-neglected stash of perle cotton that I'd bought for hand-quilting years ago, thinking "hooray! A use for this stuff that's been languishing!" Then, after finishing the first one and using about 80% of a ball, I got online and ordered about 15 more balls! (Hey, Joann.com had them on sale for $1.60!) And I didn't even enjoy making the darn things. They're beautiful and DD wants one, and I'll probably make a couple more, but I already have about 20 balls! There is something wrong with me. (In my defense, the ones I had already were mostly boring solids, most of the ones I ordered were cool variegated ones that make awesome bookmarks. [I saw some on ravelry.])
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
April is Kaput
It's been very grey here for the past few days, so I have no pictures yet of the Travel Shawl.
Stash enhancement:
Madelinetosh Tosh Worsted in Turquoise - not quite as turquoise as I'd expected, but I think I still like it.
I also have some Yarn Chef goodies that should be here tomorrow. Two skeins of Mulligatawny and one of Souffle.
I've started a wishlist of Yarn I Want -
Tanis Green Label in Olive, Moss, Garnet, Sand, Amber (I'm not sure she's doing Olive anymore though...)
Dream in Color Classy/Smooshy in Shiny Moss, Purple Rain, Chinatown Apple, Cocoa Kiss, Gothic Rose, November Muse, Strange Harvest
MadTosh Worsted in Dahlia, Fjord, Kale, Logwood, Moss, Norway Spruce, Olivia, Oxblood, Rose, Sequoia, Silver Fox, Wash
Malabrigo Lace
Yarn Chef Chiffon
Sundara Worsted or Sport in sweater quantity
Apparently I only want to knit with hand-dyed yarn anymore.
Here's another attempt at predicting what I will be knitting this month (I don't know why I'm bothering with this!)
1. Continue to work on Apres Surf. Finishing would be nice. But lace on 3's is slow going. Plus there's a hood.
2. Finish the Blackberries scarf already! Geez.
3. Pull out my mostly finished top-down raglan in Seafoam Comfy. Work on it.
4. I really should finish up the afghan that's supposed to go to college with DD.
5. Start Amelia.