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Guide to House Records: Chapter 13: Territories
Chapter 13. Records of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and Its Predecessors
Records of the Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee and Its Predecessors, 1805-1988 from Guide to Federal
Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1789-1988
Committees discussed in this chapter:
- Committee on Public Lands (1805-1951)
- Committee on Indian Affairs (1821-1946)
- Committee on Territories (1825-1946)
- Committee on Mines and Mining (1865-1946)
- Committee on Pacific Railroads (1865-1911)
- Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands (1893-1924)
- Commit tee on Irrigation and Reclamation (1924-46)
- Committee on Insular Affairs (1899-1946)
- Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (1951-68)
Records of the Committee on Territories (1825- 1946)
History and Jurisdiction
13.43 The House of Representatives established the Committee on Territories on December 13, 1825, "to examine into the legislative, civil, and criminal proceedings of the Territories, and to devise and report to the House such means, as, in their opinion, may be necessary to secure the rights and privileges of residents and non-residents."1 By 1880, the House rules stated that the committee had jurisdiction over "subjects relating to Territorial legislation, the revision thereof, and affecting Territories or the admission of States."2
13.44 The committee reported legislation concerning the structure, status, and power of the Territorial governments; statehood; powers of municipalities; boundary disputes; and on matters relating to public lands and homesteading, railroads, public works, public buildings, highways, taxation, bond issues, education, Indians, prohibition, and wildlife.
Records of the Committee on Territories, 19th-79th Congresses (1825-1946)
|Record Type
|Congresses (Dates)
|Minute Books
|17 vols.
|35th-46th (1857-81), 49th-53d (1885-95), 57th-61st (1901-11), 63d-68th (1913-25), 70th-75th (1927-38)
|Docket Books
|22 vols.
|19th-27th (1825-43), 31st-33rd (1849-55), 35th-37th (1857-63), 39th-42d (1865-73), 46th-53d (1879-95), 55th-75th (1897-1938)
|Petitions and Memorials
|12 ft.
|19th-41st (1825-71), 43d-45th (1873-79), 49th-69th (1885-1927), 72d (1931-33), 74th-79th (1935-46)
|Committee Papers
|10 ft.
|20th-28th (1827-45), 30th (1847-49), 32d-39th (1852-67), 42d (1871-73), 44th-46th (1875-81), 49th-51st (1885-91), 53d-79th (1893-1946)
|34 ft. and 39 vols (4 ft.)
13.45 The minute books record the attendance of committee members, bills and resolutions discussed, committee and subcommittee reports on bills, and some markup sessions. The minutes of the 41st through the 43d Congresses (1869-1875) are relatively detailed, with some discussion of debates over bills. The docket books list the bills, resolutions and petitions referred to the Committee on the Territories. The volumes for the 31st through the 33d Congresses (1849-1855) contain some remarks on such topics as the establishment of boundaries between Texas and New Mexico and the question of slavery and involuntary servitude in the Territories. After the 41st Congress (1869), the docket books also include a summary of the actions taken on each measure referred to the committee.
13.46 Petitions and memorials show the broad jurisdiction of the Committee on the Territories. Many petitions emanated from the Territorial legislatures and related to the administration of the respective Territories. These petitions concern such subject as requests to organize certain regions as Territories, requests for the establishment of judicial systems, and compensation for the Territorial officials. Other petitions request that residents be allowed to elect their governing officials, complain of acts of the Territorial legislatures, and suggest divisions, annexations or surveys of the boundaries of Territories. Petitions and memorials often ask for appropriations to aid in education, or the construction and maintenance of public buildings and public works such as telephone lines, highways, harbor improvements, and sewerage systems. These types of petitions are common to all the Territories and appear in the records of the committee throughout its history.
13.47 Petitions requesting the organization of Territories and the establishment of boundary lines appear mainly in papers of the 19th through the 50th Congresses (1825-1889). Such requests came from inhabitants of Iowa (24A-G20.1); Dakota (29A-G21.4, 37A-G19.1); Minnesota (30A-G23.2); Arizona, Idaho, Nevada and western Utah (36A-G21.1); Dakota for the formation of the Territory of the Black Hills (45A-H23.2); and Oklahoma and the Indian Territory (49A-H23.2, 50A-H28.2). A petition from the citizens of Alaska protests against the organization of that district into a Territory in 1889 (50A-H28.4) and another requests organization of a Territorial government for Alaska in 1901 (57A-H26.1). The Oregon Territory attracted national attention from 1844 to 1847 over the question of the boundary between that Territory and Canada. Congress received petitions from around the country offering to organize militias and urging the United States to stand her ground against the British at the 54'40" latitude (28A-G23.2, 29A-G21.3). Other petitions and memorials regarding boundary disputes include those concerning Michigan (20A-G20.1); Missouri and Iowa (25A-G22.1, 27A-G24.1, 29A- G21.4); Arizona and Utah (39A-H24.1, 57A-H26.2, 60A-H34.1); and Arizona and New Mexico (45A-H23.2). Territories that requested, or protested division include Florida (25A-G22.1, 26A- G24.1, 28A-G23.1); Dakota (29A-G21.4, 44A-H18.1, 45A-H23.1); Oregon (33A-G24.6); and Idaho (39A-H24.1, 49A-H23.4, 50A-H28.1). In 1877, Congress received various petitions for and against the reorganization of the existing Territories into new Territories (45A-H23.2).
13.48 Petitions and memorials relating to statehood for the various territories appear in almost every Congress from the 24th through the 79th (1835-1946). Although many petitions sought admission to the Union, others objected to the admission of certain States. The latter highlight some of the major concerns of the Nation during the 19th and early 20th centuries. One of the most crucial issues concerned slavery in the Territories and prospective States. Petitions against slavery appear as early as the 20th Congress (20A-G20.1) when the American Convention for Promoting Abolition of Slavery requested that Congress prohibit by law further introduction of slaves into Florida (1827). The stream of anti-slavery petitions is constant from the 26th Congress through the 35th, but the majority of such petitions appears in the papers of the 33d Congress and concerns the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 (33A-G24.1 through 33A-G24.5). Typical is a standard petition from citizens of 13 Northern and Midwestern States stating: "The undersigned protest against any repeal of the prohibition of Slavery, or the addition of Slave territory to the Union, immediate or prospective, such as proposed by the Nebraska Bill of Senator Douglass" (33A-G24.2).
13.49 A standard petition sent by residents of various counties in Ohio supported the Democratic party's endorsement of congressional non-intervention and typified the petitions that advocated the Kansas-Nebraska bill. These petitions stated:
- That Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the proper and sole judges of every thing appertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution; that all efforts of the Abolitionists and others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the stability and permanence of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions. (33A- G24.3)
13.50 Petitions concerning the slavery issue sometimes offered suggestions for resolving the problem. One such petition suggests that Congress set aside public lands in the "National Territorial Domain" to colonize the free Negroes of the United States and to consider purchasing Negroes still in bondage and settling them there as well (33A-G24.6).
13.51 Another issue which captured the Nation's attention was the practice of polygamy in Utah. Petitions protested the admission to the Union of Utah until that Territory's constitution expressly prohibited polygamy. The question of polygamy appeared as early as 1850 when Utah sought admission the Union as the State of Deseret (31A-G23.2). In 1879, the women of Colorado Springs, CO, requested that Congress enforce the anti-polygamy law of 1862, and a petition from citizens of Massachusetts echoed this sentiment (45A-H23.4). In 1886, the Committee on Territories received several petitions concerning a bill that would disfranchise Mormons still practicing polygamy and would change the form of government of Utah from a legislative council to a commission. Mormons protested the bill, and women objected to a clause that would disfranchise the women of Utah. The proposed disfranchisement of the Mormons would have been accomplished through the use of a test oath, as described in a petition from Idaho citizens:
- You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are a male citizen of the United States, over the age of twenty one years; that you have actually resided in this Territory for four months last past, and in this county thirty days; that you are not a bigamist or polygamist; that you are not a member of any order, organization or association which teaches, advises, counsels or encourages its members, devotees or any other persons to commit the crime of bigamy or polygamy, or any other crime defined by law, as a duty arising or resulting from membership in such order, organization or association, or which practices bigamy or polygamy or plural or celestial marriage as a doctrinal rite of such organization. (49A-H23.3)
In 1889, 13,000 citizens of Missouri protested the admission of Utah as a State (50A-H28.3) because polygamy had not been expressly prohibited in Utah's proposed State constitution.
13.52 Many petitions relating to the entrance of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory to the Union raised questions regarding Indian rights and issues of homesteading and public lands. Petitions from whites requested the opening of the Oklahoma and Indian Territories to settlement. Between the 49th and 56th Congresses (1885-1901), petitions received from the Five Civilized Tribes concern the status of Indian Territory and request protection of their lands (49A-H23.2, 51A-H22.4, 52A-H23.1, 56A-H29.4).
13.53 Another issue of national interest was that of woman's suffrage. In 1886, the American Woman Suffrage Association sent Congress its resolutions for suffrage in the Territories (49A-H23.3). In 1900, the Woman Suffrage Association of New Mexico protested against the word "male" in suffrage clauses of forms of government recommended for Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and "other new territories" (56A-H29.2). Women also protested against the restriction of suffrage in the proposed new States of Arizona and Oklahoma (58A-H24.2, 58A- H24.6). Other petitions focused on prohibition in the Territories, 1893-1917 (53A-H32.2, 55A- H28.1-5, 56A-H29.1-4, 58A-H24.5, 61A-H33.2, 63A-H29.1, 64A-H25.1) and conservation of wildlife, particularly in Alaska and Hawaii, 1893-1946 (53A-H32.2, 57A-H26.1, 58A-H24.1, 63A-H29.1, 64A-H25.1, 66A-H20.1, 68A-H20.1, 74A-H19.1, 75A-H18.1, 79A-H20.1). Westward expansion prompted petitions concerning roads, trails, and railroads, and the availability of public lands for homesteading. Petitions requesting the construction of roads and railroads to facilitate trade and emigration appear throughout the records of the committee and were an important consideration to each Territory.
|Memorial of Queen Liliuokalani in relation to the Crown lands of Hawaii, December 19, 1898 (HR55A-H28.3), from NARA's National Archives Catalog
13.54 The Committee on Territories also received petitions from private citizens about personal matters that serve to highlight historical events. In 1861, Elias S. Dennis petitioned for compensation and credit for performing his executive duties as marshal of Kansas during the period when "the said Territory was in a state of Anarchy" (36A-G21.1). In his petition, Dennis briefly describes his actions in Kansas in the spring of 1857, a time when the Territory was popularly known as "Bleeding Kansas." Members of the Hawaiian royal family sent several petitions concerning the return of the "crown lands." Edward K. Lilikalani included a copy of the last will and testament of King Kamehameha II in his first petition (58A-H24.3), and he followed this up with a second petition sent in 1911 (62A-H30.2). A Concurrent Resolution of the Hawaiian Territorial Legislature in 1908 requested that Congress pay all of Queen Liliuokalani's claims against the U.S. Government (60A-H34.2).
13.55 Petitions of the 62d through 79th Congresses (1911-46) relate almost exclusively to Alaska and Hawaii. Those relating to Alaska concern issues of self-government, transportation, coal, fisheries, forest reserves, interstate commerce, wagon roads and trails, new land districts, disposition of public moneys from sales of public lands for road and school funds, health regulations, aid for destitute whites, medical and sanitary relief for Alaskan Indians and natives, aids to navigation, land surveys, railways and conservation. Requests for statehood and for distribution of public lands dominate the petitions concerning Hawaii.
13.56 Several petitions pertaining to insular affairs are included in this committee's papers. The committee received petitions between 1899 and 1917 relating to the acquisition of the Philippine Islands and Puerto Rico and to conditions on those islands (55A- H28.6-9, 63A-H29.1, 64A-H25.1).
13.57 Committee papers include bills, resolutions, reports, hearings, and administrative papers of the Committee on Territories. No separate bill files were maintained by the Committee on Territories, but the committee papers of most Congresses contain copies of the bills and resolutions referred to the committee. Correspondence appears in the papers of all Congresses, and petitions are occasionally included. Measures passed by the Territorial legislatures are also included, along with official reports and copies of proceedings of constitutional conventions.
13.58 An act passed February 7, 1859, required the U. S. Government to pay claims "for the loss of property taken or destroyed, and damages resulting therefrom, during the disorder which prevailed in the [Kansas] Territory from November 1st, 1855, to December 1st, 1856." Approximately 300 claims of citizens against are filed in the committee papers for such losses (35A-D21.1).
13.59 The decision to open the Indian Territory to white settlement is well documented in the committee papers from 1875 to 1897. The papers of the 44th Congress include a remonstrance from the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Seminole delegations in 1876 against the organization of the Indian Territory as a United States Territory (44A-F36.6). Other papers relating to the topic include a list of precedents for placing the Territory under United States jurisdiction, and a report on the disposition of lands of the Territory according to tribe, number of acres cultivated and unimproved, and the population. The papers of the Dawes Commission, appointed to negotiate with the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, include protests, memorials, and transcripts of hearings pertaining to H.R. 3606 which provided for an extension of the boundary of Oklahoma Territory to include Indian Territory and for the admission of the combined Territory to the Union (53A-F44.4). Copies of treaties concluded between the Five Civilized Tribes and the United States are included in the papers of the 58th Congress, 1903-4 (58A-F35.4).
13.60 Bills and reports concerning Alaska natives and Indians, 1905-46 (59A- F35.2, 60A-F48.3, 71A-F35.2, 74A-F37.2, 79A-F36.1), and racial tensions in Hawaii, 1921-46 (67A-F38.5, 74A-F37.2, and 79A-F36.2) are also included in the committee papers.
13.61 Petitions and letters supporting prohibition in the Territories are found between 1903 and 1909 (58A-F35.2, 59A-F35.5, and 60A-F48.2) and letters and petitions for and against the repeal of prohibition are in the papers from 1931 to 1934 (72A-F28.1, 73A- F27.1).
|A bill to provide a temporary government for the territory of Idaho, May 1, 1860 (HR36A-D24.2), from NARA's National Archives Catalog
13.62 Committee papers cover the same subjects as those of the petitions and include bills, correspondence, and reports on matters concerning statehood, boundaries, public buildings, public works, taxation, issuance of bonds, conservation, lands, roads, and railroads. The Alaska Railroad, a project of the Government, figured prominently in the papers from 1921 through 1931 (66A-F37.2, 67A-F38.2, 69A-F40.1, 71A-F35.1).
13.63 Although the jurisdiction of the Committee on Territories did not include matters pertaining to insular affairs, some records relating to insular possessions of the United States are among the committee papers from 1933 through 1946. They concern a constitution and state government for Puerto Rico (73A-F27.2, 75A-F36.2, 78A-G36.3), a civil government for the Virgin Islands (74A-F37.2), and independence for both the Philippine Islands and Puerto Rico (75A-F36.2). Also included are petitions from various groups in Puerto Rico regarding political, economic and social conditions on the island (78A-F36.3, 79A-F36.3).
13.64 Additional records concerning the Territories are located in the Territorial Papers Collection (12 ft.). The Territorial Papers Collection is an artificial collection arranged by Territory and contains material relating to all the Territories except Hawaii. The collection includes papers from the 10th through 42d Congresses (1808-1873).
[1] Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 19th Cong., 1st sess., p. 46.
[2] Asher C. Hinds, Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907), vol. 4, p. 768.
Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to the Records of the United States House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989: Bicentennial Edition (Doct. No. 100-245). By Charles E. Schamel, Mary Rephlo, Rodney Ross, David Kepley, Robert W. Coren, and James Gregory Bradsher. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1989.


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This luxury self-catering property combines Victorian history with new 21st century luxuries and provides a large holiday home perfect for an extended family or large group. With the oldest part of the house dating back over 400 years, this impressive 5 bedroom holiday cottage near Snowdonia has been converted to the highest quality to create a light and airy holiday rental with lots of space to spread out. With gorgeous wooden and slate flooring and a stove fuelled by logs from the estate, this cottage makes a perfect retreat any time of year. The group holiday accommodation even has the luxury of a private hot tub. Cilan Farmhouse is an award winning property (2015) and is rated 5 Star by Visit Wales.
Cilan Farmhouse has a formal lounge with flatscreen LCD TV, sofas, chairs and glorious waterfront views across the River Dee and a wonderful large and airy second TV / Film Room with 50" flatscreen LCD TV (Netflix channels also available on this TV). The dining room has a table and chairs for 10 and a large log stove. The modern kitchen is fitted with granite worktops, dishwasher, microwave, electric hob & oven, large fridge and large freezer. This spacious holiday cottage sleeps 10 guests in 5 bedrooms, each with its own design and character. On the first floor is one king size bedroom and three bedrooms with super king size beds, which can be arranged as twins if required; each first floor bedroom has an LCD TV and an en suite, one of which is a Villeroy & Boch bathroom. There is a also a king size bedroom on the ground floor, with a shower room adacent. The beds are award winning beds from Burgess Beds, the bed linen is 100% Egyptian cotton and the rental includes towels and bathrobes.
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The holiday rental is on the outskirts of the very pretty village of Llandrillo with a lovely stone bridge over the River Dee, located between Bala, Llangollen and Corwen in North Wales.
The cottage is ideal for exploring Snowdonia mountains and coast. The village of Llandrillo has a local pub, the Dudley Arms, plus 2 great places to eat - the Berwyn Restaurant has fabulous reviews and is known for great home-cooked food, especially the desserts, and of course Tyddyn Llan which is in The Good Food Guide and has a well deserved Michelin Star.
A little further is elegant and luxurious Pale Hall which welcomes non-residents for breakfast, morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. What a treat!
This luxury holiday cottage is perfectly situated for exploring Snowdonia and North Wales.
The River Dee provides a perfect setting, providing excellent fishing opportunities. The Dee is one of the most significant fly fishing rivers in Wales making the cottage the perfect location for a River Dee fly fishing holiday. The cottage enjoys around 150 metres of fishing rights in the boundary of the luxury holiday cottage site. Guests can fly fish for Brown Trout, Grayling, Sea Trout and Salmon (subject to season rules). As well as fishing on your own bank, this holiday cottage is only 18 miles from Llyn Brenig, a 920 acre stillwater lake with an international reputation for quality fly fishing. Rentals include a fishing permit for approximately 150 metres of the River Dee, beyond this other fishing permits are available for a small charge on request.
Five miles away is Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid in Welsh) - an impressive lake (4 miles long by 1 mile wide) which is surrounded by rolling hills. Kayaks, dinghies and other types of craft are available for rent. And of course the National White Water Rafting Centre is located at Frongoch near Bala.
Bala itself is a pleasant tourist town with a good variety of shops, cafes and pubs. Bala Lake Railway runs steam trains on a 9 mile long, 2ft narrow gauge track on the eastern shore of the lake, from Llanuwchllyn to Bala town. Passengers enjoy excellent views of the lake and its surrounding scenery of forests, rolling hills and the nearby mountains - Arenig Fawr, Aran Benllyn and Aran Fawddwy.
There are a number of golf courses in the area, including Bala and Dolgellau. Harlech, on the west coast, sports one of the finest golf courses in the world, The Royal St. David's. A short drive is the Glan Gors Park Karting Circuit, the longest karting circuit in the North West and Wales.
For history lovers there are 2 famous religious sites nearby - Rhug Chapel and Llangar Church. Rhug is a rare example of a little-altered private C17th chapel, the plain exterior belies with riches within - angels, elaborate paintings, ghoulish skeleton. Llangar to Corwen just after Cynwyd, a small medieval building in an idyllic setting overlooking the confluence of the Dee and Alwen rivers. Inside it takes you back to another age with many ancient features including extensive C15th wall paintings, C17th figure of death, old beams, box pews, pulpit and minstrels gallery.
Go fishing, or bird spotting, or otter watching, all on your doorstep then relax in your own private hot tub.
Enjoy a griddle fried egg and bacon batch on the terrace at the Rhug Farm Shop on the A5 - delicious.
Drive along the Horse Shoe Pass above Llangollen and admire the scenery. Also enjoy Panorama Walk, thought to be one of the best viewing points in the whole of Wales, have a pot of tea and home baked cakes at Prospect Garden Tea Rooms.
Take the Bala Lake narrow gauge railway along a 9 mile delightful journey with excellent views of the lake and through the mountains on the edge of Snowdonia National park. Or visit the steam railway at Llangollen - Thomas the Take Engine and Santa are known to visit.
Walk along the canal over the World Heritage UNESCO Thomas Telford's famous Pontcysylite Aqueduct at Froncysylite, 126ft above the River Dee.
A most stunning location and Aled the caretaker was so friendly and helpful. We would recommend everyone go there to experience this wonderful cottage and all the luxury it has to offer. Truly fabulous. We are already booking for next year!Mrs Martina Smullen - 30th October 2017
Cilan Farmhouse is possibly the best kept rental property we have ever stayed in. It was spotless when we arrived and little touches like the bathroom bits and robes made for a lovely luxurious stay. The farmhouse happily accommodated two families with 4 adults and six children and it was so nice to have complete sets of crockery, cutlery etc and a dining table and kitchen that made cooking and eating for 10 a pleasure. The games room and hot tub were great fun and good for keeping 6 children from 7 to 14 entertained. We loved it and will be returning!Mrs H Pattinson - 24th April 2017
The farmhouse is absolutely beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed our stayTracey K - 12th June 2015
The house was fantastic. We hope to return in the future.Cath - 22nd August 2014
As the first people to stay in Cilan House we found everything to be brand new and absolutely spotless. It was exactly what we were looking for: a large converted farmhouse in a quiet, rural Welsh setting with plenty of room for our family and friends to come and stay with us while we visited from Australia. Everything in the house has been done to a very high standard and there are lots of quality touches to make you feel at home. Like the welcome hamper which included eggs, wine, organic milk and bread as well as the usual tea, coffee and sugar. Individual dressing gowns in each room are also a nice touch. The house is really wonderful with a comfortable lounge area opening onto the massive garden and riverside bank where the sheep graze. The kitchen is also large and well stocked for a longer stay. All the rooms have been converted to make them warm and comfortable with all the mod cons. I could go on and on as I really loved staying here and still miss the beautiful silence of the countryside and the wonderful evening light that bathes the garden in the late afternoon. Despite being close to the other cottages it is very private. And of course the hot tub is fantastic, especially for relaxing in the early evening when the kids have gone to bed! Aled the handyman on-site is also really friendly and helpful. I would recommend this place to anyone looking to stay close to Snowdonia and wanting to have a relaxing time in Wales.Alison P - 26th July 2014
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For the first year, I thought he was crazy. Principled, but crazy. It looked like he'd brought the proverbial knife to a gun fight, like he was playing chess on a rugby pitch, like he was quoting Shakespeare when all anyone really wanted was fart jokes.
If I were him, I would have dropped the gloves a long time ago and started nut-punching. The Republicans have been so incredibly destructive over the last few years that it almost seemed like a moral imperative to destroy them back. But now there's this hour-long video of Obama wading into a meeting of Republican lawmakers, taking their questions, and absolutely devastating them the way only a former law professor can:
After watching this video, I'm starting to think that I underestimated Obama, severely. He wasn't just mouthing talking points when he boosted bipartisanship in the campaign. The man was stone-cold serious. Bipartisanship really is his philosophy of governance, and (like it or not) he's demonstrated that repeatedly by including Republican proposals in legislation passed by Democrats.
By fielding their questions clearly and firmly, Obama managed to reveal the Republicans for the nincompoop, hypocrite obstructionists that they really are, while at the same time inviting them to join him in moving the country forward. This was a display of not only incredible political savvy, but profound intellect. After watching this, I really think there's a chance that Obama will turn out to be one of the great, historically-important presidents of the United States of America.
I also think Republicans will never, ever again let themselves be filmed asking Obama questions.


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Solário de São José - Superb Albufeira T2+1 Apartment, Central Albufeira
- Type: Apartment
- Sleeps: 5 (3 Bedrooms)
- Nearest Beach: Praia d'Oura (1 km)
- Change Over Day: Flexible
- Long term lets considered
- Owner will consider house swap
- Wheelchair access
- Not suitable for small children
- Pets allowed
- Non smoking only
- Wheelchair inaccessible
- Pets considered
- suitable for children
- suitable for the elderly
- Winter lets available
- Pets not allowed
- kids club available
This fantastic T2+1 first floor modern Albufeira apartment is situated in the prestigious complex of Solário de São José, a superior up-market complex with an excellent range of on-site facilities.
If required, our 3rd small bedroom can be made available for a 5th guest. see rental conditions below.
Solario de sao Jose is situated in a central, yet quiet location in Albufeira within easy walking distance of the STRIP and OLD TOWN of Albufeira.
Please have a read of my excellent reviews on TRIP ADVISOR:
An apartment complex a cut above the rest. Solario de Sao Jose is set in a sunny position and the place to be if you want your holiday base to be full of optional amenities amongst a quiet stylish and friendly atmosphere. It has a large refreshing swimming pool alongside a separate kids pool. If you feel energetic feel free to use the on-site gym and sauna whilst the kids amuse themselves in the games room or playground. The complex has a gated secure coded entrance system and is totally pushchair and wheel chair friendly. What makes Solario different is that it holds a relatively small amount of apartments in contrast to the luxury that it offers. This property is centrally located in Albufeira in a quiet area but within easy walking distance of stunning sandy rustic beaches, local or international cuisine, bars and shops and the other local amenities of Albufeira. Sit back, relax, whether you are young, old, a couple or family you will be pleased to know this property has everything you could wish for.
The apartment is fully air conditioned and heated, making it ideal for year-round self-catering holiday rentals. A wonderful apartment for a romantic holiday or for young families. Apartment is furnished to a high standard with all mod cons, WIFI complimentary, fully fitted kitchen, Cable TV, dvd player, Jacuzzi bath, hair dryer, security features and safe. There is also a roof top terrace with bbq. The long balcony off the master bedroom and living room, which is directly opposite the 15x8 meter pool and childrens pool, is perfect for enjoying an evening sundowner. The complex is safe and secure with many leisure facilities, making it ideal for families with young children or teenagers, or for a romantic holiday. DVD's, books, games and TV channels pop, tiny pop and kix will keep the children entertained.
Perfect for a relaxing and memorable Algarve holiday.
The apartments are ideally positioned for golfers; just 5 minutes drive to Balaia and Pine Cliffs golf courses and 10 minutes drive to Salgados and the 6 world class courses at Vilamoura. The Algarve is one of the premier golfing destinations in the world and has over 30 courses to choose from
Local amenities nearby include supermarkets, bars, restaurants, fab popular bakery and taxi rank.
The apartment complex has squash courts, game room, main pool, childrens pool and playarea.
If you're a heat-seeker and need to escape from the cold winter months, temperatures here on average range from 16-23° Celsius in the winter months
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The Algarve Region
The Algarve weather is excellent for most of the year, giving approx. 300 days of sunshine which peaks in July and August. I have visited during the winter months and enjoyed temperatures of 18 - 21 degrees, which for us Irish is shorts and t-shirt weather.
The Algarve is renowned for it's award winning golden sandy beaches. Oura, Averios and Fishermans beach are about 20minutes walk from our apartment. Gale and Salgados beaches are 2 other stunning beaches nearby and are only a short taxi drive away.
Portugal is also know for its historical beauty and churches, the most famous being Fatima where 20,000 visitors go daily during the summer. There is also the walled city of Lagos built by the Romans in 200bc. It's importance was because of it's fishing and harbour and still has it's cobbled streets.
The town of Vilamoura is about a 10 minute drive from Albufeira and has over 1000 boats moored there. You can visit the Roman ruins in Vilamoura for €1.50
The marina in Albufeira has all the daily boat trips, fishing trips, dolphin watching, caves and activities to suits everyone young and old!
Albufeira Area
There are opportunities to enjoy all water sports, golf and horse riding.
Aquashow park is our preferred water park, it has everything slide and splash have to offer with the added bonus of rollercoaster and other theme park rides
The Zoo marine sea life centre is close by, together with a large Waterpark, Slide and Splash and the huge Algarve Shopping Centre to satisfy any 'Retail Therapy' needs!If you want to get away from the coast for the day then a drive to Monchique and Foia (the highest point of the Algarve) is highly recommended. On the way you could visit the castle in Silves and stop for lunch of chicken Piri-Piri in the small mountain town of Monchique. It will take you less than an hour to get there.
Two large shopping centres are 'Algarve Shopping' in Guia and 'The Forum' in Faro just 20-30 minutes by car. The Algarve Shopping is a large mall which is approx. 5 minutes drive away. Taxi costs from Albufeira 10euros each way. Here you will find a variety of shops, a big supermarket, a bowling alley, a multi-screen cinema (most films are in English with Portuguese sub titles) and a food hall.
Alternative ways of exploring the Algarve are by joining one of the many jeeps that head out each day (high season) to explore the unspoilt Algarve.
There are plenty of great boat trips leaving from Albufeira every day. You can choose from a full or a half day and this can often include a trip into the caves and grottoes of the beautiful Algarvian coast line. If you fancy a drive into Spain then the border is only a 50 minute drive and Seville approx two hours depending on traffic.
As the Algarve spans a large area with wonderful sights and attractions, car hire is highly recommended to explore, but not essential as Solario is located a few minutes walk to the center of Albufeira.
Many award winning golf courses (http://www.algarve-golf.com/)
Zoomarine (http://www.zoomarine.com/)
Aqualand (http://www.aqualand.pt/)
Slide and Splash (http://www.slidesplash.com/)
Aqua Show (http://www.aquashowpark.com/EN/)
Jeep Safari (http://www.portitours.pt/)
Krazy world (http://www.krazyworld.com/)
Dolphin Safari (http://www.dolphinseafaris.com/)
Sand Sculptures (http://www.fiesa.org/)
Scuba diving (5* PADI IDC Centre) (http://www.dive-time.net/)
Tree Tops (http://www.lusoaventura.com/en/the-adventure-parks.html)
Atlantic Park
Coastline Cruise
Water sports
Jet ski-ing
Horse riding over the sand dunes
Big game & Reef fishing
Day trips round the Algarve and surrounding regions
Getting There
AerLingus and Ryanair have daily flights to Faro Airport from Dublin, Cork, Knock, Derry, Belfast. AerLingus have added a Shannon - Faro route
I recommend using yellowfishtransfers.com for your airport transfers.
Faro Airport is 35km to Albufeira
Nearest Travel Links
- Airport: Faro (35 km)
Rental Details
This is a non-smoking apartment. Smoking on the balcony only please.
Check in time is 4pm and Check out time is 10am.
Our small 3rd bedroom is intended to accommodate a 5th guest. If you are a group of 3 or 4 and wish to have use of this small room, please let me know so I can arrange this for you. We charge €70 extra for this small room to be made up.
Baby travel cot supplied free of charge.
Wifi - complimentary
Suitable types of Holiday Albufeira
- Fishing
- Golf course is on site or within 15mins walk
- Golf Course
- Horse riding
- Tennis courts
- Water Park
- Watersports
- Sailing
- Mountain Biking
- Skiing
- Diving
- Swimming
- Walking
- Surfing
- Waterskiing
- Windsurfing
- Hill Walking
- Cultural holiday
- Wine tasting
- Local cuisine
- Relaxation
Exterior Details
Each apartment at Solario has it's own dedicated sunbeds, so there is no problem getting sunbeds at any time of the day!
Solario also have a games room, squash court, sauna and roof top bbq area with bench and tables
Exterior Facilities in Solário De São José - Superb Albufeira T2+1 Apartment, Central Albufeira
- Balcony/Terrace
- Bicycles available
- Parking space
- Private garden
- Private outdoor swimming pool
- Private Tennis court
- Secure parking
- Shared garden
- Shared outdoor swimming pool
- Shared Tennis court
- Solarium/Roof Terrace
- Children's playground
Interior Details
Our apartment sleeps 5 guests plus cot for a baby. (there are no 'z' beds or couch beds in our apartment)
Bedroom 1 large 5ft double bed
Bedroom 2 has 2 single beds
Bedroom 3 is a small bedroom. It has a single bed and is made available for a 5th guest at a cost of 70euros. See rental conditions below.
complimentary WIFI in the apartment and now Solario has additional complimentary WIFI at the pool area
The following TV channels are currently available....
CBS Reality
CBS Reality +1
CBS Action
CBS Drama
Pick +1
Challenge +1
True Drama
True Entertainment
More Movies
More Movies +1
True Movies
True Murder
Movies 4 men
Movies 4 men +1
The Box
Smash Hits
Chart Show TV
The Vault
Vintage TV
Planet Pop
Starz TV
Chart Show Dance
21st Cent Bliss
Now Music
Sky News
Tiny Pop
Pop Girl
The following are available upon request;
Cots, Highchairs, pushchairs.
Maid service
Mid week towel change
Requests for special occasions
Facilities in Solário De São José - Superb Albufeira T2+1 Apartment, Central Albufeira
- Air conditioning
- CD player
- Central heating
- Clothes dryer
- Cooker
- Dish washer
- DVD player
- Fax
- Freezer
- Fridge
- Gym
- Hairdryer
- Highchair
- Indoor swimming pool
- Internet access
- Iron
- Jacuzzi
- Kettle
- Linen provided
- Log fire
- Microwave
- Sauna
- Telephone
- Television
- Toaster
- Towels provided
- Video
- Washing machine
- Safe
Bedrooms / Bathrooms
- Bedrooms (3)
- Bathrooms (1)
Sleeps a Maximum of 5 people:
- Single Beds (3)
- Double Beds (1)
- Cots (1)
- Dining Seats (6)
- Lounge Seats (6)
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Note: An additional charge of €70 per week is required if 3rd bedroom is required for a 5th guest.
25% booking deposit required at time of booking. Balance of booking is due 8 weeks before travel.
Payment can be made by cheque or lodgement to our bank account.
Winter lets priced per month and include utility bills (Gas, Electricity and Water charges)
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Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion.
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This article originally appeared in the New York 'Irish Examiner USA' for28th May, 2013
Honestly, I Was Never in a Foursome; No Matter What Alan Shatter Says!
"Don't think of them as people: think of them as flees on the body of a dog that has been run over by a drunken teenager with a girlfriend who has just given him the clap. It will help your perspective."
—Sam Peckinpah's 'The Osterman Weekend'.
Okay, wait now, wait now…hold it for a moment.
No, there's no way around it. I am going to have to do a complete U-turn on anything that I have written on Irish Minister for Justice Alan Shatter in the past.
What can I say? I'm having a George Washington moment and cannot tell a lie: I now like Alan Shatter. There, I've said it. And I can just imagine what you are thinking:
You, Brady, like the guy that you have called on many occasions Arrogant Alan? You like the guy who has probably spent way too much time watching director Clint Eastwood's boring and dull, yet worthy J. Edgar? You like the guy who probably spends his spare time reading about Cross-Dressing Hoover as he is affectionately known in Ireland? You like the guy that you have repeatedly said could talk out of both sides of his mouth and lie unconvincingly out of both? You like the guy who probably sits there at night thinking about how easy it must have been in J. Edgar Hoover's day as he lounged in a pretty pink frock whilst compiling and gathering files on those bastard journalists and those swinish American presidents and those damned neo-Commies who he felt that it was his moral duty to keep tabs on?
Well, yeah. What is there not to like about Asthmatic Alan?
Look, in a week that has been filled with the pure horror of a man being chopped to death in broad daylight in an English street, Alan has given us something to laugh about again. And for that I thank him.
Alan is there, in his own hermetically sealed time warp, compiling his pathetic little files and thinking: If it were only in J. Edgar's time I could have gotten away with it. Ah, they were better days.
Can you imagine him asking questions of me?
"Brady, is it true that you read the "The Communist Manifesto" when you were seventeen?"
"Well, yes Mr Shatter, I did; but in my defence can I say that I was very young at the time and—"
"Shut that big mouth of yours, Brady! You read it! Now is it also true that you have admitted to being in a four-way with Christina Hendricks, Jennifer Lawrence and that green chick known as Rachel Nichols from the previous Star Trek movie?"
"Well, yes Mr. Shatter, but in my defence can I just say that was a dream I was having; it never really happened although I wish—"
"Shut it, Brady! We have a file on you a mile long. And now you have admitted to the depravity of interspecies sex as well!"
He's got me, no question about it. But he has still told a few pork pies himself…
I mean, he has admitted that he failed a breathalyser test because he is an asthmatic. Yeah, that's right. He couldn't complete the test because he has asthma. Now let's just leave aside the fact that no asthmatic in Ireland would be let off with that sorry excuse—they would have been made to take either a blood test or a urine one—so there was more to it than that. I don't know, maybe he was on the phone whilst driving. Hell, why not? Between himself, Luke "Ming the Merciless" Flanagan and Scruffy Mick Wallace maybe half of all our elected representatives are driving around with mobile phones glued to their shell-like ears in order to serve better their constituencies.
Ah, there you go: I'm laughing again.
Once again I am going to do a George Washington on you: when I first read the headline SHATTER ASTHMATIC I had only gotten in at half-six in the morning and was still pretty damned near blind drunk. As I stumbled around looking for the light switch (or the three aforementioned ladies) that would take me to bed, all that was going through my head was SHATTER CHARISMATIC. You see, I had thought for a moment that the Jewish Mr. Shatter had joined some sect that was weirder than Catholicism, Scientology and mad Muslimism rolled into one. Thankfully, that was not the case. He is one of a kind after all, as it turns out. He says:
"There was a queue of motorists and when I reached, like those before me, for my road tax and insurance disks; they were checked and I was asked to exhale into a breathalyser.
"I did do so but failed to complete the task due to my being asthmatic. I explained this to the garda. [For that read: I explained to the moron that he better know which side his bread is buttered on or he'll be checking motorists at the North Pole after I make a phone call.] I also explained that I was on my way home from Dail Eireann and I had consumed no alcohol of any nature that day.
"The garda consulted with another garda and I was waved on."
Do You Want to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge?
Remind me to try that one day: on my way home from a hard day in the Dail, deciding how best to "cut the living standards of Irish people" as Pat Rabbitte openly boasted about doing; get stopped by the cops and explain to them that there is no real reason to drag me back to the station for the obligatory blood test because sure, Gob and Begorrah, that's only for the peasants after all. And I haven't been drinking *burp*.
I've got a used car to sell. And the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin as well. Any takers?
Leave it to the spoilsport Niall Collins, Fianna Fail's 'justice' minister, who would have done the same thing if he had not been in Opposition (and if he had asthma):
"It is incredible he did not release this information before now, particularly when he was busy giving out private information on Deputy Wallace as he believed he was 'defending the role of the Garda Siochana.' Why then did Minister Shatter not co-operate fully when asked to blow into the breathalyser by the gardai when he was stopped at a routine checkpoint?
"What are the other asthmatics required to do in similar cases? Why did he believe that it was necessary to mention why he was returning from the Dail?"
As that great psychiatrist Doctor Hannibal Lecter would have put it:
"That's very slippery of you, Clar—ee-ee-ice. After all, if you had been in power instead of being booted into Opposition what would you have done but lied your way out? Tell me what you see, TD Collins. Tell me what you see! Are the lambs still screaming for you?"
But if only Angelic Alan had just left it at that, with those savage sheep of the Opposition screaming at him. But no.
In the mad, mad, mad world of Alan Shatter we always have to take it to the next level.
"There was no issue because I was driving along and a traffic garda was confused (!) about the issue."
Well, they do get fierce confused, these low-life traffic garda. It was left to TD Mattie McGrath to ask for a little bit more than 'oh shucks these traffic garda don't have a clue as to how to treat important people like me'.
Well, it turned out that it was:
"…an occasion when I was on a bus lane at about 11.30 am on Ormond Quay in Dublin some years ago. A garda on a motorbike stopped my car and directed me to roll down my window and informed me I should not be in a bus lane.
"I explained that the signature detailed that all vehicles could travel in it between 10am and 12 noon. No more was said and he moved on."
Leave it to an ex-lawyer to read the small print.
Now at this point I should just say that despite my admiration for Amiable Alan Shatter in giving us a bloody good laugh in a week that needed it, I do have a few friends in the police force. I am not saying that the motorbike cop doesn't exist, heaven forbid; but I cannot for the life of me find out who this 'garda on a motorbike' is. Maybe he's at the North Pole, who knows? Maybe he is not a figment of Alan Hoover's imagination; I'm just saying that as of writing he might as well be Gandalf the Grey for all I know.
Mr. Shatter, now that I am one of your biggest fans, please tell me: who was the motorbike cop who bowed to your superior knowledge?
Listen, if it turns out that you are making the whole thing up then I sympathise: I used to have an imaginary friend as well. Sure, it was when I was four years old, but what the hell—some of us never outgrow that kind of thing. Maybe you're one of them.
And now Amorous Alan has rereleased some piece of soft porn (sorry, I meant to say literary work of genius) that he wrote some years ago called Laura. I haven't read it myself—come on; life is too short, especially since I haven't even gotten around to Fifty Shades of Grey-Haired Politicians yet—but it apparently includes scenes of a raunchy nature between an Irish TD and his secretary. And no, I am really not making this up as I go along.
Anyway, that is why Alan Shatter has become one of my heroes. He will survive all of this, as I predicted last week; because he has weak, bought-and-paid-for crawlers like Doctor Dame Edna Kenny (who has a well-thumbed copy of the original publication) to back him up.
Dick Dastardly is Twirling his Moustache
But whether or not he survives this latest debacle is of no consequence: he has no credibility anymore. He kind of reminds me of Dick Dastardly in the old Wacky Races cartoons. If he would just grow one of those old silent movie moustaches that he could twirl around then he would be perfect. There he would be, with his dog Muttley ('Tiny' Eamon Gilmore) tying Penelope Pitstop to the railings of some disused train track—and even managing to mess that up into the bargain.
No, it doesn't matter whether or not Kenny backs him up when he gets back from lecturing the Greeks on how to survive an economic crisis (and what a short conversation that must have been!) he will always be seen as the guy with asthma who lectured a cop on how to do his job.
"The Irish are not neutral in the war on terror. Ireland is in the firing line—that's the reality" —radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary (Another Lawyer)
And so, reluctantly, to the horror of what happened in England this week. I must confess that I immediately thought of Enoch Powell, the greatest Prime Minister that Britain never had, and his comments on how blood would run in the streets. Well, he got that right; but decent man that he was, even he could not have imagined it to be this way.
I feel ill—physically ill—in even thinking about the sheer evil that landed on England's doorstep last week. As to the monsters that carried out that evil I can only repeat what I said after the Boston bombings in this column at the time:
Everybody doesn't like everybody. The plain fact is that there are people who actually hate and despise our relatively simple way of life. And I mean that just as I write it: most of us live a relatively simple life. I doubt that mine would be considered untypical. I enjoy a pint in my local and enjoy a difference of view with others there. We can do that here without killing each other, you know. We can even have a laugh about our vastly different take on things. In some countries—and yes, I'm looking at the guys with the towels and the beards—that wouldn't be allowed. In fact, just across the pond in England there have been two recent instances where Muslims have, during a university debate, attempted to segregate the men from the women. And I'm talking here about non-Muslim men and women—in their own country! The mind boggles. In the first shameful episode some saps were willing to stand for this. In fact it was left to an American, who was due to be on the panel, to walk out.
I would love to see them pull that stunt here. We've gotten soft but I surely hope that we're not at that stage quite yet.
Another thing I love is going to the movies. And guess what? I can watch damned near anything I want to see. It can even be–*gasp*–a film that is critical of the Catholic Church. I may have a snipe at mad Catholics but a lot of that is in fun and taken in the way it is intended. Try that mellow joking approach with our Muslim brothers. Try writing a colossally boring book that had a teeny little inoffensive (to us) passage in it like The Satanic Verses and you get a sentence of death slapped on you! Draw a Danish cartoon that is funny—funny! —and you have more death threats! Over a freaking cartoon!
Some people out there do not like everybody else. They actually hate our easy-going lifestyles and our freedom of speech. Nor can we even say that they are envious of it. Personally, I would prefer this: that they are envious because they don't live here and enjoy our freedoms. Instead, many of these warped, twisted nutcases live right alongside us. Many of them are even of the same nationality and enjoy all the freedoms that we do. Yet instead of moving to wherever it is that they admire so much they choose to stay and fester in their hatred right alongside us, smiling in our faces and plotting our destruction.
At the moment, in Ireland as I write, there are over sixty known extremist Islamic activists who are being…uh, 'monitored'. That's bad enough; but there are two who have just returned from Iraq where they have been fighting against us. And are welcomed back.
I'm not even going to comment on that. I think that says it all.
I first asked this question several years ago in another publication: why is the Dublin Muslim convert Khalid Kelly (seriously, you couldn't make it up) still walking the streets when all that this traitor has done is call for acts of terror to be visited on fellow Irish people?
Even after the soldier in England, Lee Rigby– who survived two tours of Afghanistan only to be butchered in his own country– was murdered and mutilated in a way that is just almost beyond comprehension, this pig of a man tried to justify it.
You tell me why he is still on the streets, and yes—inexplicable as it is to me—still getting converts to his—oh; wait while I get this out—faith.
Sure, I would be the first person to say that I have a lot of problems with the Catholic religion. But the religion of Allah? Well, to you 'moderate' Muslims: it is up to you to weed out and REPORT the extremists that you know to be in your midst. Take a stand. Grow a pair. Grow them for Allah; because something tells me that he wouldn't have wanted this bloodshed either. Catholic priests covered for each other over years and look where that got us.
I don't believe in God; but the God that I don't believe in doesn't want us to kill each other. The God that I don't believe in doesn't relish the fact that we're still shedding each other's blood in the 21st Century. The God that I don't believe in was a complex man—but just a man—who has come to be known as the Christ. And in my heart I know that he would be horrified at what was done in his name.
In Sam Peckinpah's anarchic masterpiece Straw Dogs there's a line where Dustin Hoffman says that there has never been a kingdom with so much bloodshed as that of the Christ. But he wouldn't have wanted that; and I'm pretty sure that Mohammed wouldn't want it either.
It's time for me to be hosed down and put back in the straightjacket; so until next week please remember that you've never really read Macbeth until you've read it in the original Klingon.
Allah be praised; and he can contact me at email@example.com or visit my Islam-friendly blog on www.charleybrady.com.


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From the shelf, TRIPTYCH by Max Frisch. I had read it when it first came out in 1981 as a partial commentary on the death of Ingeborg Bachmann and so focused on the third section. This time it was the opening part that caught me. A man is talking to a widow in a cemetery chapel. He says, "He had a good death. Today not many people nowadays have the good fortune to die at home, and seventy is a good age, after all.
The widow sobs as the funeral guest stands helplessly beside her; it takes her some time to get a grip on herself again. WIDOW: I can't really take it in. I still see him. Sitting there is his chair. I can see him. All the time I can hear what Matthis is thinking.
There is no protection against feeling something when reading such sentences… with a birthday two years shy of 70 arriving in October. That was Sunday afternoon. But Sunday night I happened upon a criitical book I had forgotten I had on the Russian writer Andrei Bitov: ANDREI BITOV THE ECOLOGY OF INSPIRATION by ELLEN CHANCES I am sure you know his great novel PUSHKIN HOUSE, the one Russian novel that might compete with Bely's ST PETERSBURG, with Bulgakov's THE MASTER AND MARGARITA, a book belonging to literature and not to publicity--- as I am told Russians say to distinguish such books from the equivalent of the rubbish written by, in the American context, Jonathan Franzen or Toni Morrison--- books not of the passing season… but in the critical book I was reminded of Bitov's travel books and in particular the ones devoted to Armenia and Georgia. Published as one book by FSG, A CAPTIVE OF THE CAUCASUS containing : LESSONS OF ARMENIA Journey out of Russia and CHOOSING A LOCATION Georgia Album.
I had been given the book back in 1992 but had not read it. I didn't get the first sentences of each of these books within A CAPTIVE OF THE CAUCASUS: FROM THE AUTHOR: LESSONS OF ARMENIA Journey out of Russia TRANSLATING PAST TO PRESENT On the first page of this book:::::: I was thirty years old, the entire Soviet regime was preparing for its fiftieth anniversary, Russian Christianity had not yet reached its millennium and the Armenian Christianity had already celebrated a millennium and a half. From the second book within A CAPTIVE OF THE CAUCASUS: CHOOSING A LOCATION Georgian Album. There is a quote from Lermontov and then THE PHENOMENON OF THE NORM When you try to prove that something is something, you lose it completely. The plot of a book possesses the peculiarity that it must be concluded. Having entered into it you cannot exit via some other labyrinth. Do a thing once, and you've gained experience; gain experience and it immediately proves unusable.. .
I had totally forgotten these other books by Bitov and in particular the one about Georgia from which in that cliché, in fact I had I came back from on 22 June 2012.. now, so far into the past it might as well have been a century ago… but I am well aware of the slippage and had found a way to restart the book I have been writing about going about Bulgaria two years ago: the new version begins:
to quote: and if it is to be another seventeen years before my next visit: the place was Istanbul but I am tempted to think of other cities I might have named, as if the actual city mattered--- a change of mood you will notice, a hint of optimism, seventeen years, another visit, I will be 57, my life nearly at its end--- if my parents are to serve as a model--- possibly dragging along some awful child, who will not want to be here, I could probably sell him or her if there is still a market for white children, would anyone be the wiser, when back in New York City--- though the irony is I will have come back here only a year later with the woman who would be the mother of the now 21 year old son I was traveling with and now I am on my way to 68 and to think—in another 17 years: 85 years old…the prefatory paragraph done and now the warning.
A reader, and there is never a reason to write unless one expects to be read… I could find an ear, for sure, any ear and pour all of these words into that receptacle and have done so but that ear will surely die and then… a reader, should know, what follows is concerned with work and with a journey around Bulgaria and with why a few people were not with me and Piret as we made our way in June two years ago as we went from Sofia to Strazhitsa, to Veliko Tarnovo to Varna to Plovdiv to Sofia.
But this was written before I picked up Bitov, picked up the Frisch… to be given such a book as Bitov's to now read in competition with my memories of Georgia and Istanbul and indeed in Istanbul the appearance of a museum devoted to depicting the contents of a novel--- a fiction!!!--- by Orhan Pamuk…. And a museum with an illustrated guide book in which many of the exhibits are carefully and romantically photographed… photographs of something made up…
But reading books do add, the very best do not take away…only rubbish diminishes a person…I am not thinking of those simple books a person receives when he asks for the latest mysteries or she asks for the latest sci-fi books… or even the latest romance or cowboy books.. there is another class of books, far larger and more insidious that can only diminish a reader and you will know them if you read on the back of as I did the galleys for Craig Nova's THE CONSTANT HEART, to be published by a rather good publisher, this quote from the New York Times, "[Nova's fiction] is so powerful, so alive, it is a wonder that turning its pages doesn't somehow burn one's hands."
For an author to take pride in such a reaction… and to allow it to appear on a book cover.
Or, a publicist wrote this about TRIBURBIA by Karl Taro Greenfield, " Triburbia is an enveloping look at the lives and yearnings of a particular breed that will speak to anyone plugged into the contemporary zeitgeist. An impressive, wholly original debut, it introduces a remarkable new voice…" Greenfield has seen five other books published.
Why bother remarking on any of this?
The first of August begins the silly season as the English say. Colonels in Somerset go into conspiracy mode and I added just after EMPTY AMERICAN LETTERS a quote from a song by Zeki Müren:
seni gormem imkansiz imkansiz imkansiz
ruyalarim olmasa
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Day 97 - Wednesdays...
I LOVE that I get to take Sophie Le to gymnastics on Wednesdays and I LOVE that my sweet hubby usually meets us there.
I actually LOVE any day it is appropriate for my child to wear a tutu around town...not that it stops me on other days, but at least on dance/gymnastics days I feel wearing a tutu is pretty much a requirement :o)
I also LOVE that my girl is in NO HURRY to change out of her gymnastics clothes after we get home :o)
I HATE Wednesday because I have to LOAD all four kids in the car to take Hillary Ashton to school on Wednesdays morning and then I come right back home and I have to UNLOAD the kids and bring them in. I then LOAD them two hours later and drive them to The Little Gym for Sophie Le's class...where I UNLOAD them again. We sit inside for an hour and then I have to LOAD them and we drive home...the ride home is just long enough that they all fall asleep. We get home, I UNLOAD them, bring them inside (I will also add that my kids tend to be a bit cranky when they are woken up), fix them lunch and then put them all down for a nap (Julianne always misses her morning nap on Wednesdays). About 1 hour later, I have to WAKE ALL THREE SLEEPING BABIES up and LOAD them to go pick Hillary Ashton up from school. There are not many things I HATE more than to wake a sleeping baby...not to mention THREE sleeping babies! If left alone, they would sleep another 1 1/2 to 3 hours! Did I mention that my kids are cranky when woken? So we drive to pick up Hillary Ashton and then come home...to UNLOAD the kids again. We stay home for 1 1/2 hours and then I LOAD the kids for church. We drive to church and I UNLOAD the kids, we go to Choir and Mission Friends and then I LOAD the kids in the car and come home. I then UNLOAD the kids and get them ready for bed.
Every once in awhile, we will get lunch out which will add an additional UNLOAD and LOAD to the day or go to the park after school which adds a LOAD and UNLOAD.
That is a total (on a normal Wednesday) of six LOADS and six UNLOADS.
That means I buckle car seats 18 times and unbuckle car seats 21 times...that is exhausting!
However, I LOVE Wednesday because I get to spend all day with my little sweet little angels :o)
How SWEET are Julianne's new little pink Crocs?
I also LOVE being at home with my girls when we have nothing better to do than watch the bees pollinate the flowers :o)
Can you see all the three bumble bees in this shot :o)
I also LOVE, LOVE, LOVE going to church on Wednesday nights and helping with the four year old choir class. The aren't many things in this world more precious than hearing little kids sing to our Lord. I also LOVE that my girls enjoy learning about missionaries and new songs :o)
A couple extra things to add from today...
Hillary Ashton received tithing envelopes in the mail today...imprinted with "Hillary Ashton Arnold." How sweet is that? Since she got baptized a few weeks ago, she is now an official member of our church :o)
She asked if she needed to tithe her "Mommy Money (that is from our new Rewards Program)." Hahaha!! Btw, that is marker on her forehead...not unusual AT ALL :o)
This morning I had everyone ready to load in the car, but I couldn't find my keys! Uggg! The girls and I looked EVERYWHERE...even through the trash...ewww! After 45 (precious, morning) minutes, I found my keys and cell phone...in the garage! Needless to say, my girl was late for school. I told her I was sorry and she said, "That's okay, Mama. I will just have to get a tardy slip." That really made me feel bad :o( I said, "Sweetie, I am really sorry I couldn't find my keys this morning. I wish they could give Mommy a tardy slip instead of you." She said, "I am serious Mama, it is no big deal. All a tardy slip is is a piece of paper with writing all over it. It isn't anything bad or anything." Haha!
Hillary Ashton LOVES to speak in a "kitten talk" when she is trying to get the kittens to come to her. It is really funny to listen to and even funnier that it seems to work...ha! When we got home from school this afternoon, I heard Hillary Ashton (who was in the garage) talking in her "kitten talk," but her voice seemed kinda angry and bothered. Sophie Le and Julianne were both yelling. I was getting Jonah out of the car so I didn't know what was going on. Then Sophie Le came running as fast as she could to me and yelled, "Mama, mama! Meow (our male kitten) won't stop sitting on top of Princess Lola!" Goodness gracious! If we end up with kittens in a few months, I may go crazy! Haha!
7 comments:
- Tricia said...
Oh, Amy. That is a lot of loading and unloading! It would be so great if you could carpool with someone for HA - so you don't have to wake those babies up. I would probably go insane if I had to do that. Hope you have a good Thursday.
- April 7, 2010 at 9:20 PM
- Renee said...
- April 7, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- The Garners said...
Wow--that IS a lot of loading/unloading. It is tiring, and I don't have to drive as far as you do, and I have one less car seat to buckle! Maybe you really should make H.A. walk home from school like your April Fool joke! :)
I too hate to wake a sleeping baby--I had to do that this morning to take C to his doctor appointment and I really didn't want to. He looked so sweet and cozy in his bed--I wished I could call the clinic and postpone an hour! ha!
S in her tutu--SOOOO cute!
- April 7, 2010 at 11:29 PM
- The Jennings said...
The tardy story and the kitten story...so funny!
This mom called her husband to come out to West LR on his lunch break to meet her at a store so she would not have to unload and load. She just had to run in somewhere for two seconds! Of course that mom was me! I hate when I have to unload all of them to run in somewhere like...the post office for example! I always try to make it a game..."who can get in their carseat the fastest?" It works OK until a smarty pants says, "I'm not racing today." But....I am so glad I have carseats to load and unload!:)
I do love Julianne's crocs!
- April 8, 2010 at 12:48 AM
- Heather M. said...
hahaha. love your post today. too many cute & funny things...that's what happens when we have all these cute & funny kiddos! I too do NOT like waking a sleeping baby & avoid it at all costs. I must say I do like that everyone sleeps 'til 7:30 or 7:45 these days now that we've adjusted to not having to be at school at 7:45. I used to hate waking C up every morning. LOVE the crocs! Little Mary Jane Crocs! Haven't seen those....way cute! Kittens???!!! I think you could handle 6-8 more little ones around! LOL! DO you have to go anywhere on Thursday? Hope you can recover from Wednesday!
- April 8, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- Nadra said...
We love Mission Friends. Both of the boys look forward to Wednesday evenings. We have kids choir on Sunday evenings (or Quids Choir as Ian says). Love Julianne's sweet pink crocs....precious.
- April 8, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- Julie said...
I'm tired just reading that so I can't even imagine doing that all day long.
Baby kittens .... OH MY!!!!
- April 8, 2010 at 8:45 PM


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Published on November 16, 2007
Author: Herminia
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Tied Out, Penned In, or Crated Up-- That's No Way to Treat a Best Friend!Mary Renck Jalongo: Tied Out, Penned In, or Crated Up-- That's No Way to Treat a Best Friend! Mary Renck Jalongo Slide2: From the day they are born, dogs are pack animals. This means that they want to be in the company of other dogs or people instead of being all alone. Slide3: People are pack animals too. Dogs became our best friends because they know how to join up with the human pack that we call a family. Slide4: Just like people, dogs do not want to be left by themselves or stay in the same place all of the time. Slide5: When a dog is tied outside, left in a pen, or kept in a crate most of the time, it can get sad. If the dog is teased it can get mean. Slide6: When dogs are kept apart from the family it is easy to forget about them. Sometimes the dog's water bowl will freeze or get knocked over, leaving it so thirsty. Sometimes people even forget to feed the dog and it is terribly hungry with no way to get food. Slide7: Dogs that are isolated usually are not bathed or groomed. They get dirty and smelly and get fleas or ticks. Before long, nobody wants to be around them. Slide8: Most of dogs that are separated from people made messes or mistakes. A dog left alone with nothing to do will get worse, not better. The few times that it sees someone or is set free it will get excited, jump up on people, and run around like wild. It is not the dog's fault. Nobody took the time to teach them. Slide9: This isn't fair to the dog. It was never given a chance to show you what a good companion it can be. Slide10: What makes a dog a good friend? Just like you, it likes to play, get affection, and learn new things. A dog wants you to be its leader. It wants to please you and go places with you. If you teach it how to behave then you can have so much fun together. Slide11: When you bring a dog home, you make a promise. That promise is treat your dog with patience and kindness, give it fresh water and good food, teach it what it needs to know, keep it clean and healthy, and give it plenty of exercise. Slide12: Exercise does not mean that a dog should be allowed to run all over the place without the human pack members nearby. A dog left to roam often gets into trouble or is hit by cars on the road. The solution is training. Slide13: What if you don't know how to train a dog? There are ways to find out. You can read books and find information online, watch television programs and dog training videos or DVDs, ask people who have well-trained dogs to help you, or take your dog to socialization and obedience classes. Slide14: Your dog learns to love and trust you as you teach it to walk on a leash, stay close by, and come when you call. Being tied out, penned in, or crated up all of the time is cruel treatment for a pack animal. A family is the best place for a dog!


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Also, I've spent ALL DAY cleaning my house like a crazy person. I...might be adopting a cat. I've never had a cat before and I am nervous about it. But also I feel less disloyal to Max with a cat and I love the purrs and love I get from my mom and brother's cats, and this one little kitten needs a home so bad...
Anywhoo. I cleaned out my junk room today, just in case, and it was rough and I am sweaty and exhausted.
Has anyone read The Library at Mount Char? I would like to discuss.
Also, I had waffles last weekend.
And, I cannot stop obsessively playing HayDay on my iPad. WHY.
Really, this is everything happening in my life right now. ♥


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Hidden History: Tales from Grace Chapel Inn #3
Hidden History: Tales from Grace Chapel Inn #3
Melody Carlson, who launched the first book in the Tales from Grace Chapel Inn multiple-author series, returns to write this sweet, homespun third installment, which picks up seamlessly from the two previous novels.
In BACK HOME AGAIN, Carlson began the story with an account of three middle-aged sisters --- Alice, Louise and Jane -- who return to Acorn Hill, PA, after the death of their adored father, a minister. Together, they reinvent their old Victorian family home as a bed and breakfast. Author Judy Baer wrote book two, RECIPES AND WOODEN SPOONS, which centered on Jane finding an old cookbook full of notations from her mother who died when Jane was born. As the narrative of the three aging sisters unfolded, readers cheered them on as they discovered new gifts, forged a closer relationship and found a deeper faith in God.
In the third installment, Alice discovers her father's old journal dating back from his teen years in an old hatbox. As the three sisters gather in the evenings, taking turns reading aloud from the journal, they discover secrets about their father that illuminate how he became the man of faith they remember. "To think he once considered himself an atheist," exclaims Jane. As the journal details his difficulties at home, what they discover also helps them understand their cantankerous Aunt Ethel, a perennial although beloved thorn in the side of the sisters. "So it doesn't bother you to think that we may have some skeletons in the closet?" Jane asks her sisters. "Goodness, Jane, it is not as if anyone committed murder," retorts Louise. "Not that we know of," Jane says.
As the story progresses, Alice gets a makeover and fashion update when an old flame comes back into her life. Although she has embraced the many changes she has made over the past few years, deciding whether to welcome the attentions of the handsome veterinarian who once disappointed her may involve a bigger revamping of her life than she has anticipated. What will she do?
A more somber theme concerns a friend of the sisters who is suffering from a mysterious ailment. Alice consoles her by saying, "We're going to get you through this, Vera. Now, remember what you're always telling me. Instead of worrying, go to God. Ask Him to lead you through this and to make you well. That's what I'm doing." In the end, it is Alice who discovers the cause of Vera's ailment and saves the day. The way she stumbles across the diagnosis is contrived enough that even Christian readers may have trouble believing it. But it does give Vera back her health and show the small community of Acorn Hill that God is in charge of the smallest details of their lives, which is part of the point of the series.
This is a light read, which requires some suspension of disbelief. The "finding an old journal" is a stock element in inspirational fiction (and was used in a different way in the previous novel). The back-to-back dialogue keeps the plot moving along but doesn't allow for as much introspection as might be hoped. The absence of contractions makes the dialogue stiff and formal at times, something that easily could have been fixed. ("Does Alice think it is fun? I am not sure that she actually does.")
Touches of humor are sprinkled throughout. (Of Alice's old dog, her sister Louise notes, "Stupid as stone. Why, that dog used to chase parked cars.") A humorous thread throughout the story is a friend who buys a Vietnamese potbellied pig and treats it as a baby. It isn't long before Louise is knitting the pig a pink baby ensemble.
The novel's message that excitement, change and new adventures are possible for women in mid-life is appealing, and the three sisters are noteworthy for their independence, faith and courage. Readers who enjoyed the first two books in the Tales from Grace Chapel Inn series won't be disappointed.
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Endomondo is a free or premium cross-platform sports tracking app that uses GPS and other techniques to track workout session. The company ported their iOS/Android app over to BlackBerry 10 due to overwhelming customer feedback.
The best part about Endomondo is how thorough the app is. With over 15 million users the company has developed and polished their app to a high degree of functionality and features.
Here are a few of the features found in the free version:
- GPS tracking for lots of activities
- Workout history
- Route mapping
- Pep talk delivery to friends
- Access to the social community
Here are a few of the features found in the premium version:
- Interval training
- Workout graphs
- Beat yourself challenges
- Weather info
- and more…
Click here to download Endomondo for BlackBerry 10 free from BlackBerry World.
The premium version is available for a $2.99 monthly or $19.99 yearly subscription.


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Earlier this week, NFPA was contacted by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (HHS/ASPR) Division, as the agency has made a change in the system platform they use to monitor the location of electricity dependent DME (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, powered suction pumps) populations that reside independently in their communities. The HHS/ASPR program is known as emPOWER; a main part of its function is to give first responders - fire, EMS, law enforcement, and USAR - awareness of where individuals who rely on electricity dependent DME are located. This can help prioritize resources during natural disasters such as wildfire, floods and wind events, where electrical power may be lost for hours or days, thereby endangering those individuals.
Effective February 12, 2019, the first responder and private sector partners who have been using the HHS emPOWER Program's Representational State Transfer (REST) Service now need to switch over and register on the new platform, HHS emPOWER REST Service_Public.
The new system will continue to allow the DME information to be overlaid on a community's own GIS platform. The data layer displays the total number of at-risk Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare beneficiaries that rely upon life-maintaining and saving electricity-dependent medical equipment and cardiac devices in a geographic area, down to the zip code. In doing so, partners will be able to continue to gain population-level situational awareness of electricity-dependent populations in their own GIS applications.
Please send any questions you may have to firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com.
Background Information
Over 2.5 million Medicare beneficiaries rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment, such as ventilators, to live independently in their homes. Severe weather and other emergencies, especially those with long power outages, can be life-threatening for these individuals.
The HHS emPOWER Map is updated monthly and displays the total number of at-risk electricity-dependent Medicare beneficiaries in a geographic area, down to the zip code.
The HHS emPOWER Map gives every public health official, emergency manager, hospital, first responder, electric company, and community member the power to discover the electricity-dependent Medicare population in their state, territory, county, and ZIP Code. When combined with real-time severe weather and hazard maps, communities can easily anticipate and plan for the needs of this population during an emergency.
Learn more about the challenges of independent living and home health care, including the role of ASPR, from the FPRF/NFPA 2015 Summit on Safe, Independent Living: Home Health Care, Aging Populations and the Residential Environment


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Update: Project results are presented in the book How the Lion Learned to Moonwalk
This project develops and designs innovative experiences in the context of classical music and live concerts. It will be based on the work of three cultural institutions in the Øresund region, using them as laboratories for developing and testing new concepts, focusing on artistic and technological productions and products, and sustainable business models. We will look into possibilities of live streaming, mobile services and other digital solutions, but also visual and interactive experiences in concert halls and other public spaces. One of the main goals is to attract new audiences to classical music.
Contact: Karolina Rosenqvist (project manager) or Erling Björgvinsson (senior researcher) at Medea.
Keywords: audience experiences, classical music, business models
Funder: The European Union and Interreg IVA ÖKS
More information: on the project web cmec.mah.se
Partners: Malmö Symfoniorkester, Det Kongelige Teater, Sjællands Symfoniorkester/Copenhagen Phil, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademis Skoler for Arkitektur, Design og Konservering, Medea Malmö högskola, Øresundskomiteen.
Future of musical experiences in the Øresund region
The Øresund Region has a rich selection of major cultural institutions, concert halls and symphonic orchestras of high international standard. But, the classical music needs to find new ways to connect with a broader audience. It is of course important to defend the high artistic qualities, but also to evolve over time. There are constantly new demands on the experiences that different audiences expect, not least in the new generations of concert-goers. And this is what the project Musikalsk Oplevelsesdesign is all about. Stakeholders from both the cultural sector and academia on both sides of the Øresund strait will collaborate during a period of two and a half years with the aim of developing and designing innovative audience experiences in the context of classical music and live concerts. The project is funded by an EU grant of just over seven million SEK.
The project will be based on the work of three cultural institutions in the region: Malmö Symfoniorkester, Det Kongelige Teater and Sjællands Symfoniorkester. Together with researchers and students from both Malmö University and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Design) in Copenhagen, the cultural institutions will be laboratories for developing and testing new experience concepts, aiming for artistic and technological productions, products and sustainable business models. Part of it will be to look into possibilities of live streaming, mobile services and other digital solutions, but also visual and interactive experiences in concert halls and other public areas.
The project will develop an innovation strategy and create a cluster of cultural institutions, academia and creative industries in the Öresund region and to share knowledge about the use of new technological solutions when it comes to audience experiences. The project ends with an international conference and festival in 2014.
Read more about this project on the project website cmec.mah.se


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Pompoms are one of this years hottest trends!
You can find them on everything from tops, sandals, handbags and more!
I especially love them in HAIR (pigtails) So cute!
Here is an easy and inexpensive tutorial to make your very own!
What you Need:
- Yarn
- Thin but sturdy cardboard
- Pen or marker
- Scissors
- Small cup
- A medium sized coin
- Elastic
- Trace and cut out two circles using a glass as a template
- Place a medium sized coin in the center of your circle template. Trace and cut out
- Trace this template onto the other circle template to create an exact replica
- Start wrapping yarn around the two templates which are sandwiched together
- If you want a fluffy pompom then go over the template a minimum of three (I recommend more) times
- Once you are finished, cut off the yarn leaving a small tail
- Cut a new piece of yarn roughly 5 inches long
- Place your scissors in between the two templates and start cutting through the center of your yarn
- Take the 5 inch piece of yarn and place it in between the cardboard and tie off tightly. Wrap the yarn a second time around and make another double knot
- Remove pompom from the cardboard template
- Trim off any excess yarn
- Cut a 3 inch piece of elastic (or the length of your choice)
- Feed the elastic through the center of your pompom and tie it off tightly


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1. Does the agreement between the TNA and Ancestry.com LLC referred to in F0047176 provide an exclusive right for Ancestry.com LLC to digitise the records made available in the agreement – thus excluding the possibility that some other organisation could also digitise those same records?
Answer: No, there is no exclusive agreement with Ancestry.com LLC that would preclude the records identified in F0047176 being made available elsewhere.
2. If the agreement does offer such exclusive access, is the arrangement time limited by date – so at some point the records will once again become available for digitisation by a different organisation?
Answer: Although our agreements with Ancestry.com LLC are on a non-exclusive basis, from time to time we do agree with them periods of primacy for specific projects. Primacy is only usually applied for large digitisation projects where the cost is significant. During the primacy period, the content will not be published by other organisations.
3. If there is such a deadline what is that deadline?
Answer: The primacy period is subject to contractual agreement and may vary depending on the size of the specific project. Ancestry currently do not have any records that fall under a primacy period i.e. all content currently published by them is available to other organisations for licensing.


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Research Areas
Research projects leading to the award of a PhD are available in all areas of research spanned by our research groups.
These programmes of study allow you to focus on a specific area of physics under the supervision of academic staff with international reputations in their discipline, whilst taking lectures and undergoing appropriate skills and research training provided by the Department and Faculty.
Research with the Department of Physics is organised into four divisions, each with two or three more specialist research groups. The divisions and research groups are:
|Particle and Accelerator Physics
|Experimental Condensed Matter
|Observational Astrophysics
|Experimental Particle Physics
|Low Temperature Physics
|Condensed Matter Theory
|Theoretical Particle Cosmology
|Accelerator Physics
|Quantum Nanotechnology
|Mathematical Physics
|Space and Planetary Physics
|Non-linear and Biomedical Physics
|Theory of Molecular-Scale Transport
Each research group is led by permanent academic staff whose research is supported by postdoctoral researchers and technical staff. During your PhD, you will become an integral part of these teams and will benefit from the intellectual environment provided by your research group and division. You will also be allocated a supervisory team who will support you through your studies.


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Do you have something to share with the Title Industry? I am always looking for guest for our next podcast that have success stories, innovative marketing campaigns, or information that Title Companies can't live without.
Please complete this information below. The more specific you are the faster I can get back to you and schedule your interview. Thanks!