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Never before had she seen the young master in such a state of fury.
It had all started when he and his troops had stormed through the palace doors, vanquished in battle. His pristine white uniform was torn, drenched in blood, his habitual light-hearted gaze replaced with one of steel and ferocity. A crude frown twisted his thin lips as the glass of his spectacles flashed in the sunlight, the red and white flag of their country, which normally flew proud over the heads of the soldiers, clutched in his clenched fist. Bandages were wound over his forehead and torso, both soaked and matted with crimson. The once triumphant warriors cowered behind him as he strode, his face a mask of vehemence, along the hallway, obliviously leaving behind a trail of blood on the tiled floors where he walked.
She watched in bewilderment as the military force, stripped of their victorious façade, made their way past, their clothes ripped and bloodied, with fresh wounds opened upon their flesh. Their faces were the very picture of defeat: despondent, downhearted, tainted with failure. She wanted to reach out, to comfort them – after all, they were fighting for the country and to her, there was no greater honour. Of course, she could not intervene. She was merely a lower-class worker, along with a handful of other men and women – people who were responsible for keeping the mansion clean, keeping the bellies of the authorities full, making sure the people who they served were kept satisfied.
The young master happened to be one of those people. No one was quite sure of his rank, nor of his relationship to the Archduchess, with whom he frequently conversed. All they knew was that he held a position of power, and as they had been told, that was all they needed to know. He always seemed to take their losses in battle personally, although he never responded with disappointment, never seemed to show any emotion at all, at least not on the surface. The only communication of his sentiments were through gestures: a twitch of the eye, a clasp of the hands, a downturned corner of his mouth. It was as if he had been keeping it all suppressed on purpose, repressed inside, only to be unleashed in a torrent of intensity sometime later.
Later happened to be today.
He had almost made it out of her sight before he was approached by a young messenger bearing a letter. Stupid fool, she thought inwardly, brow furrowing in concern, you should know better than to approach him in a state like this. The messenger, however, did not heed the warning looks she was sending his way, instead reaching to tap the man on his shoulder and handing him the small sheet of paper as he turned around.
Soldiers and helps alike watched with bated breath as the man's violet eyes scanned the written letter, flicking left and right, back and forth. The messenger stood with his back straight, unfazed, much to the surprise of those observing. A moment – it was no more than ten seconds, although it seemed like ten hours – passed before it happened, before she noticed the sudden rage overtake the young male's classically beautiful features, the twist of his lips becoming more cruel than dissatisfied and the pallor of his fair skin flushing a beet red. Rage is not a fine expression on him, she thought fleetingly, only an instant before an animalistic cry of anguish escaped the dark-haired man's lips, almost as if against his will, as he crumpled the piece of paper into a ball and threw it fiercely onto the floor.
The messenger was grabbed by his shoulders and slammed into the wall, the sheer force of the impact knocking the air out of his lungs. The young boy's pale blue eyes widened as the older male began to yell at him, spitting out the words in a livid, enraged tone so fast she could barely decipher them. There was not only pure wrath in those lilac orbs, she noticed – there was insanity. The insanity of a man driven to lunacy by war, by suffering and pain and conflict, and by God knew what in that fatal letter. She could only watch, frozen in horror, as the refined, polished frontage of the man they had all held in reverence crumbled.
No one knew how much time had passed before the torrent of his severe speech ceased, before his shoulders slumped and the light died from his eyes, once again a man like any other. Realisation finally dawned – she could see it, see the recognition sweeping across his weary countenance – as he beheld the sight in front of him: the messenger boy quivering, beads of sweat trickling down his pale face, the troops and the assistants petrified, rooted to their spots with terror. She could see the fear in his own eyes, fear at what he had done, what had become of the once respected young master, as he turned tail and ran down the hallway, his footsteps echoing eerily in the silence.
Roderich Edelstein wrenched open the door to his music room, banging it shut – the resulting energy juddering the wooden door frame – as soon as he stepped across the threshold. He flinched at the noise, inhaling sharply. Sometimes he forgot his own strength, forgot the kind of power he held – just as he had done back in the foyer. Grabbing locks of russet hair in his gloved hands, he staggered blindly towards the nearest seat in sight, letting loose a tormented wail. He was foolish, he realised, foolish to believe that battle meant certain victory. Foolish to let innocent bystanders risk their lives for him, die for him.
Foolish to hurt that boy the way I did.
Pulling the blood-stained, white gloves off his thin fingers, his hands trembling with every movement, he looked down at the floor in shame. What had happened to him? He had worked so hard to build up his image – image was everything in politics and war, really – and he could tell that he had been successful. He had drawn stares as he walked, created a hush in rooms into which he stepped. He was not formidable, anything but that; those days had passed. No, he was simply someone who commanded attention, someone who was esteemed but not feared, honoured but not scorned behind his back – and one act had demolished his carefully built exterior.
The nation of Austria was a mighty force, a winner of wars, an intimidating opponent in battle, but Roderich thought himself nothing but a coward, hiding behind walls and evading the blame. Now, with his secrets exposed, he ran away.
Ran away like the coward I am.
Wiping a smear of red off his cheek as his eyes, blurred by self-pitying tears, finally regained their focus, he realised that he had taken a seat on the stool of his piano. How ironic that he turn to music at such a time, when music was his pride and joy. Chuckling bitterly to himself, he lifted the fallboard, setting it carefully into place, and began to play.
His fingers flew across the keys with the expertise of someone who had many, many years of experience, light as silk and gentle as the wind. He started off with a simple, uplifting melody, improvising as he went along. The music floated through the room, almost seeming to lighten the gloomy ambience and lift his shattered spirits. He kept to the high notes, using them tenderly yet swiftly as to not render the tune piercing and harsh. From there, he moved to the midrange, playing slower this time, more careful in his selection of keys and notes, drawing out some and shortening others. Gradually, he brought in the low notes, his slim, pianist's fingers moving faster now, more frantic and urgent and desperate. The once joyful, heartening harmonies became dark, thunderous. Roderich's eyes were closed, his hands moving across the keys out of instinct. This was him playing now – not his training, nor the responsibility he felt he held to music. It was purely him, and him alone.
He had become so involved in the music that he did not notice the pair of eyes watching him from the doorway. He did not notice as she stepped silently into the room, her tread as light as a cat's, watching him cautiously as he played. He did not notice as she sat right beside him, her shoulder almost brushing his, so close she could feel his breath on her skin. He did notice, however, when she placed one of her hands atop one of his. His lightning-quick movements did not cease straight away, instead progressively coming to a soft halt as he ended the extemporised piece. She smiled at the way his fingers moved artfully across the keys, at the way he opened his eyes as he did, lavender orbs staring straight into her (e/c) ones.
He was not surprised by her sudden appearance, did not say anything at all. Nevertheless, his eyes did ask one question: do you play?
She set her own hands upon the keyboard and gave him his answer.
Roderich watched, mesmerised, as she played – not creating the piece as she went along, not like he had done. A small part in the back of his mind commented on the technical aspects of her performance. He could tell, by her furrowed brow and the biting of her lip, that she was concentrating. She did not play with the precise, well-rehearsed movements of a professional, either; her hands moved as though she was mirroring someone – hitting all the right notes but not in the right way. She had learnt through sight, he recognised, through witnessing someone else play and committing their actions to memory.
Although she does have talent.
As the pedantic side of him receded, he began to marvel at the simple details about the way she played. They way that, with no past tuition to guide her, she seemed to move in a very naturalistic way, unrestricted and freed from all the boundaries. The way her (h/c) hair fell over one side of her face in a sheet, how her shoulders moved up and down with her hands and her foot tapped rhythmically on the floor, keeping pace with the music. The way she, unlike him, never seemed to lose herself in the music; she stayed focused, trying not to make any mistakes. The way she finished off the song with a flourish unlike the original piece of music which ended quite modestly, building up to a fast tempo before abruptly ending it to create a dramatic effect – her own personal touch.
She looked up at him after that, her (e/c) eyes wide in expectation and her head cocked to one side, questioning whether he approved of her little presentation. He smiled slightly, just one corner of his lip turning upward, as he gave her a small nod. She beamed in return, and in that one expression, that one gesture, he felt his problems recede into the distance because all he saw was her, just her. She seemed so human, so alive, with such genuine emotions – something that he could not help but envy. But it was not just that; she smiled as if she did not have a care in the world, as if her status in society mattered little, as if she did not care who he was or what he was, only that she had gained the appreciation of the one pianist that no one in all of Austria could surpass.
He barely noticed as she reached to undo the sash around his waist and take off his white, although now mostly scarlet, coat, dropping it unceremoniously at their feet. He did not speak a word of protest as her hands reached up to caress his face, and neither did she as he pulled her into a tight embrace, his breath tickling her neck. He closed his eyes and she closed hers as they sat there, two people intertwined, once contained in their own little universes with their own large problems; but now, with someone else to share the burden, those problems did not seem so large after all.
Here lies Roderich Edelstein, defeated once again.
He laughed, but it was a sound of no humour. A trickle of blood ran down the side of his face, robbing him of vision in one eye, the other obscured by the shattered lens of his glasses. He was blinded, unable to witness his own demise. A sword was clutched in the grip of his right hand, although the arm was useless, broken a long time ago during the heat of the battle. His body lay crumpled on the rubble of what was once the main hall of the palace and its walls, the grand chandelier that once hung on the high ceiling fragmented into pieces that glinted in the sunlight and the exquisite wall hangings ripped and torn to shreds. His legs were crushed under the wreckage, pinning him into place as he panted and heaved what he thought – hoped, almost – were his last breaths.
Another man stood above him, his pale hair whipping around his face with the wind, his burgundy eyes alight with arrogance and victory. He laughed, taunting and jeering at the damaged nation at his feet, as his black and white flag flew triumphantly behind him. How satisfied he must be, Roderich thought, his eyelids fluttering as his eyes made a weak attempt to see once again, to have defeated me once more. How satisfied he must be to see me crumpled beneath him. How satisfied he must be to know that my last image will be of his smug face, of his haughty grin. How satisfied he must be to be the winner.
He heard Gilbert call his name as if from a distance, but paid no attention. He had given up, no longer caring about his fate. He would die here and be remembered as a weakling, a quitter. Not as the noble, stately man he had once been, but as this. He felt as though he should care about that – image is everything, isn't it? – but he could not bring himself to do so. The fight had left him, along with the will to live. He had never descended so low before, but what was a man at the brink of death to do?
But there was a part of his conscience, a part buried so deep he could barely detect it, that reminded him of who he was. Of life. Of the joys of living. Of humanity and music and beauty, beauty that one could not see or partake in from the grave.
Of her.
With one last ounce of willpower, he opened his eyes.
He saw Gilbert raise his sword, ready to deliver the final blow. He saw the light behind him, framing his light hair with a holy glow. He saw the blade descend, and readily welcomed death.
But death did not come.
A woman did.
A woman struck by the knife-edge of a sword, whose mouth opened slightly as she looked down at the red blossoming upon the thin fabric of her dress. A woman who fell, whose body was weighed down by gravity, beside the dying man on the mounds of debris. A woman whose (e/c) irises were no longer filled with light, with ecstasy, with images of the piano and the palace and one of Roderich's rare smiles.
A woman who died by the side of the nation she had dedicated herself to.
Roderich descended into darkness, wishing he had not seen at all.


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I graduated from Benson Technical High School in 1975. I took a 2 year major in Industrial Electronics.
In 1974 my electric teacher taught night classes for the electrical apprentice program in Portland, Oregon. He taught me house wiring and basic electrical repair.
In 1975 my teacher was a retired Master Electrician, retired from the US Navy. I received the craftsman of year award in both my junior and senior year for my work in electric class at Benson.
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Kingston upon Thames | |
Old Town Hall on Market Place | |
Kingston upon Thames shown within Greater London | |
Population | 43,013 [1] |
OS grid reference | TQ182693 |
– Charing Cross | 10 mi (16 km) NE |
London borough | Kingston |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | London |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KINGSTON UPON THAMES |
Postcode district | KT1, KT2 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
EU Parliament | London |
UK Parliament | Kingston and Surbiton |
Richmond Park | |
London Assembly | South West |
Kingston upon Thames | |
Old Town Hall on Market Place | |
Kingston upon Thames shown within Greater London | |
Population | 43,013 [1] |
OS grid reference | TQ182693 |
– Charing Cross | 10 mi (16 km) NE |
London borough | Kingston |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | London |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KINGSTON UPON THAMES |
Postcode district | KT1, KT2 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
EU Parliament | London |
UK Parliament | Kingston and Surbiton |
Richmond Park | |
London Assembly | South West |
Coordinates: 51°24′37″N 0°17′58″W / 51.4103°N 0.2995°W
Kingston upon Thames, also known as Kingston, is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned. Kingston is situated 10 miles (16.1 km) southwest of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan.[2] Kingston was part of a large ancient parish in the county of Surrey and the town was an ancient borough, reformed in 1835. It has been the location of Surrey County Hall from 1893, extraterritorially since Kingston became part of Greater London in 1965. Most of the town centre is part of the KT1 postcode area, but some such as Cromwell Road/London Road as well as areas to the north of Kingston railway station like Richmond Road are part of KT2 instead. The population of the town itself, comprising the four wards of Canbury, Grove, Norbiton and Tudor, was 43,013 in the 2011 census.[1]
Kingston was called Cyninges tun in 838, Chingestune in 1086, Kingeston in 1164, Kyngeston super Tamisiam in 1321 and Kingestowne upon Thames in 1589. The name means 'the king's manor or estate' from the Old English words cyning and tun. It belonged to the king in Saxon times and was the earliest royal borough.[3] It was first mentioned in 838 as the site of a meeting between King Egbert of Wessex and Ceolnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury. Kingston lay on the boundary between the ancient kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia, until in the early tenth century when King Athelstan united both to create the kingdom of England. Probably because of the town's symbolic location, several tenth-century kings were crowned in Kingston, Æthelstan in 925, Eadred in 946 and Æthelred in 979. Other kings who may have been crowned there are Edward the Elder in 902, Edmund in 939, Eadwig in 956, Edgar in about 960 and Edward the Martyr in 975. It was later thought that the coronations took place in the chapel of St Mary, which collapsed in 1730, and a large stone recovered from the ruins has been regarded since the eighteenth century as the Coronation Stone. It was initially used as a mounting block, but in 1850 it was moved to a more dignified place in the market before finally being moved to its current location in the grounds of the guildhall.[4][5]
For much of the 20th century, Kingston was a major military aircraft manufacturing centre specialising in fighter aircraft – first with Sopwith Aviation, H G Hawker Engineering, later Hawker Aircraft, Hawker Siddeley and eventually British Aerospace. The renowned Sopwith Camel, Hawker Fury, Hurricane, Hunter and Harrier were all designed and built in the town and examples of all of these aircraft can be seen today at the nearby Brooklands Museum in Weybridge. Well known aviation personalities Sydney Camm, Harry Hawker and Tommy Sopwith were responsible for much of Kingston's achievements in aviation. British Aerospace finally closed its Lower Ham Road factory in 1992;[6] part of the site was subsequently redeveloped for housing but the riverside part houses a community centre and sports complex. The growth and development of Kingston Polytechnic and its transformation into Kingston University has made Kingston a university town.
Kingston upon Thames formed an ancient parish in the Kingston hundred of Surrey. The parish of Kingston upon Thames covered a large area including Hook, Kew, New Malden, Petersham, Richmond, Surbiton, Thames Ditton and East Molesey.[7]
The town of Kingston was granted a charter by King John in 1200, but the oldest one to survive is from 1208 and this document is housed in the town's archives. Other charters were issued by later kings, including Edward IV's charter that gave the town the status of a borough in 1481. The borough covered a much smaller area than the ancient parish, although as new parishes were split off the borough and parish eventually became identical in 1894. The borough was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, becoming the Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames (then spelt with hyphens). It had been known as a Royal borough through custom and the right to the title was confirmed by George V in 1927.[8] Kingston upon Thames has been the location of Surrey County Council since it moved from Newington in 1893.
In 1965 the local government of Greater London was reorganised and the municipal borough was abolished. Its former area was merged with that of the Municipal Borough of Surbiton and the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe, to form the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames. At the request of Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council another Royal Charter was granted by Queen Elizabeth II entitling it to continue using the title "Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames" for the new borough.
Kingston was built at the first crossing point of the Thames upstream from London Bridge and a bridge still exists at the same site. Kingston was occupied by the Romans, and later it was either a royal residence or a royal demesne. There is a record of a council held there in 838, at which Egbert of Wessex, King of Wessex, and his son Ethelwulf of Wessex were present. In the Domesday Book it was held by William the Conqueror. Its domesday assets were: a church, five mills, four fisheries worth 10s, 27 ploughs, 40 acres (160,000 m2) of meadow, woodland worth six hogs. It rendered £31 10s (£31.5).[10]
In 1730 the chapel containing the royal effigies collapsed, burying the sexton, who was digging a grave, the sexton's daughter and another person. The daughter survived this accident and was her father's successor as sexton. Kingston sent members to early Parliaments, until a petition by the inhabitants prayed to be relieved from the burden. Another chapel, the collegiate chapel of St Mary Magdalene, The Lovekyn Chapel, still exists. It was founded in 1309 by a former mayor of London, Edward Lovekyn. It is the only private chantry chapel to survive the Reformation.[11]
Kingston straddles two Parliamentary constituencies: the area north of the railway line is part of Richmond Park, which is represented by Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith, and the area south of the railway line (including the ancient town centre) is part of Kingston and Surbiton and is represented by Liberal Democrat MP Edward Davey.
Central Kingston is a busy predominantly retail centre, with a small number of commercial offices and civic buildings. Shopping is well catered for and is generally towards the upper end of expectations, with a good mixture of familiar High Street chains and more select boutiques. The shopping centre includes a shopping mall, "The Bentall Centre", containing the Bentalls department store and large branches of chain stores found in many British high streets. There is a large branch of the John Lewis department store group, with a Waitrose supermarket, located in the basement. The Rotunda, located in a former Bentalls furniture depository building (a local landmark), includes a bowling alley, fitness centre, a 14-screen Odeon multiplex cinema and a few restaurants. Recent developments along the riverside south of Kingston Bridge have added bars, restaurants and a theatre, the Rose Theatre which opened in 2008 with Sir Peter Hall as the director.
The ancient market is still held daily in the Market Place, including today such produce as fish, jewellery, exotic foods, local foods and flowers.
Kingston's civic buildings include a local museum, public library, modern Crown Court and smaller county court and the Guildhall by the part-culverted mouth of the Hogsmill River which houses Kingston Council and magistrates' court. A short distance away is the County Hall Building which houses the main offices of Surrey County Council. From 1893–1965, before Kingston became one of the 32 London boroughs of Greater London, it was the county town of Surrey following the period of 1791–1893 when Newington had this role. Guildford has officially reclaimed this ancient, now ceremonial title as Kingston is no longer administered by Surrey.[12]
Kingston's main open space is the River Thames, with its lively frontage of bars and restaurants. Downstream there is a walk through Canbury Gardens towards Teddington Lock. Upstream there is a promenade crossing the Hogsmill river and reaching almost to Surbiton. Across Kingston Bridge is a tree lined river bank fronting the expanse of Hampton Court Park.
Kingston has many pubs and restaurants and several public houses in the centre have become restaurants or bars. The more traditional pubs tend to be in the northern part of the town (Canbury) and include the Park Tavern, Wych Elm and Willoughby Arms. Further south are found the Druid's Head, the Spring Grove, The Cricketers, The Duke Of Buckingham, and several small local pubs around Fairfield. The Druid's Head is notable as one of the first taverns to make the famous dessert syllabub in the 18th century.[citation needed] There are several Chinese, Indian, Thai and Italian restaurants.
The local newspapers are the weekly paid-for Surrey Comet, which celebrated its 150th year in 2004,[13] and the free Kingston Guardian.
In 2010 retail footprint research, Kingston ranked 25th in terms of retail expenditure in the UK at £810 million, equal to Covent Garden and just ahead of Southampton. This puts it as generating the fifth most amount of money from the retail sector in Greater London, passing Croydon, with just four West End alternatives ahead.[14] In 2005, Kingston was 24th with £864 million.[15]
The most notable[citation needed] dramatic arts venue is the Rose Theatre. This theatre opened on 16 January 2008 and seats approximately 899 people. The audience are arranged around the semi-circular stage, thus making the theatre feel cosy and enclosed. All Saints Church is host to classical choral and music concerts mostly on Saturdays and houses a Frobenius organ. There are a number of choral societies including the Kingston Orpheus Choir and the Kingston Choral Society, an amateur symphony orchestra the Kingston Philharmonia, and the Kingston and District Chamber Music Society. A number of annual festivals are organised by the Council and Kingston Arts Council including Kingston Readers' Festival, Think-in-Kingston and the Festival of the Voice. Kingston University runs the Stanley Picker Gallery and Kingston Museum has a changing gallery on the first floor. A regular singing group at the Rose Theatre caters to schools and families.[16]
John Galsworthy the author was born on Kingston Hill and Jacqueline Wilson grew up, and went to school in Kingston and still lives there today. Both are commemorated at Kingston University – Galsworthy in the newest building and Wilson in the main hall. Also commemorated at the University is photographer Eadweard Muybridge who was born at Kingston and changed the spelling of his first name in reference to the name of the Saxon king on the Coronation Stone. He was a pioneer in the photography of the moving image. R. C. Sheriff the playwright is also associated with Kingston, writing his first play to support Kingston Rowing Club. An earlier writer born in Kingston was John Cleland.
Kingston has been covered in literature, film and television. It is where the comic Victorian novel Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome begins; cannons aimed against the Martians in H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds are positioned on Kingston Hill; in The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence the youngest Brangwen dreams of a job in Kingston upon Thames in a long, lyrical passage; Mr. Knightly in Emma by Jane Austen regularly visits Kingston, although the narrative never follows him there.
Early in his music career, the guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Clapton spent time busking in Kingston upon Thames,[17] having grown up and studied in the area.[18]
Kingston is mentioned (and used as a filming location) in episodes of Monty Python. More recently, a scene from Mujhse Dosti Karoge, a Bollywood film starring Hrithik Roshan as the leading actor, was filmed by the toppled telephone boxes sculpture in Old London Road. A scene in the television programme The Good Life sees Richard Briers get on a 71 bus in 'The Avenue' towards Kingston town centre (albeit this route never served the east side of Surbiton where the series is set). Nipper, the famous "His Master's Voice" (HMV) dog, is buried in the town under Lloyds Bank. His owners lived nearby in Fife Road. Also, the 2008 series of Primeval, shown on ITV1 in January, featured almost an entire episode filmed inside the Bentall Centre and John Lewis department stores. Kingston featured in Primeval again in May 2009 with several scenes shot in and around the Market Place.
Kingston Green Fair was held annually from 1987 to 2008 in Canbury Gardens, next to the river, on the Spring Bank Holiday.[19] The word "Green" in the title refers to the ethos of the fair as promoting sustainable development. For instance no meat or other products derived from dead animals were allowed to be sold, and no electricity was permitted on the site unless generated by wind, sun, or bicycle power.[20] Kingston is also home to Crack Comedy Club which opened at The Grey Horse Pub in 2002.
One of the more unusual sights in Kingston is several disused red telephone boxes that have been tipped up to lean against one another in an arrangement resembling dominoes. The sculpture by David Mach was commissioned in 1988 as part of the landscaping for the new Relief Road, and is called Out of Order, and was described by the author as "anti-minimalist".[21]
The town is served by two South West Trains routes advertised from London as to Shepperton and to St Margarets, though the second route is a complete loop. Three railway stations serve the town on this line from London Waterloo station:
Norbiton is east of the town centre near Kingston Hospital, and Hampton Wick is to the west across Kingston Bridge. New Malden, Wimbledon and Richmond upon Thames are on the lines. A primary stop exists on the nearby main (express) line in nearby Surbiton which has a peak hour non-stopping service to Waterloo. The town led to the South Western Main Line being in Surbiton as much of Kingston's wealth and status were as a direct consequence of the road and stagecoach network developed as a result of its crossing on the Thames. Local landowners would not consent to the line coming through their land so in 1838 the rail station was built a few miles out at Surbiton, which was known as Kingston Upon Railway and led to the development of Surbiton. Kingston recognised the need for a railway, and in the 1860s Kingston opened. The line however, due to the eastern landowners' resistance, had to take a longer route via Richmond upon Thames. Only later did the line receive all the relevant permissions for a closer link, connecting to London Waterloo via Norbiton.
The A3 road runs from central London towards Kingston before by-passing the town to the east. The "Kingston bypass road" was one of the first arterial roads to be built in Britain. It was originally proposed in 1912 to relieve the pressure of traffic in the town centre, but World War I delayed the start of work until 1924. It was opened by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin on 28 October 1927. Kingston is also served by the A240, the A307 (Portsmouth Road), A308 and A310.
Kingston has a large number of car parks, connected by a one-way system. It is also one of the main centres of the south west London bus network.
Compared with other outer London boroughs and towns in Surrey, a high proportion of trips are made by bicycle in Kingston. The 2011 census identified that 2.8% of journeys to work were made by bicycle.
Riverboats run regularly between Kingston and Hampton Court as well as Richmond all during the summer season. There are also direct services to Putney and Westminster from Hampton Court connected by the 10–15 minute interval route 111 to London Heathrow which is the destination for X26 an express service also serving the bus station and the Bentall Centre. Of more local note, bus service connect in most directions including to Dorking (Surrey; similarly longer, notable routes include Putney and Tooting Broadway, London.
Kingston is the location of Kingston University and Kingston College. There are 34 Primary schools (including Infant and Junior), of which 14 are Church Schools, 10 Secondary Schools and 14 Private schools which provide education for all age ranges. Primary schools include Latchmere School, Fernhill School and St Agathas Catholic Primary School. Kingston also is home to Tiffin School, The Tiffin Girls' School and Kingston Grammar School, a private school.
The 12th century church of All Saints serves the Church of England parish of Kingston which lies ecclesiastically in the Diocese of Southwark. The suffragan or Area Bishop of Kingston is the Rt Rev. Dr Richard Cheetham. Kingston lies in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark. Kingston is also the home of the Kingston Surbiton & District Synagogue. Kingston also has a Quaker meeting house, a Mosque and a Sikh Gurdwara.
Kingston is the home of four association football clubs, AFC Wimbledon and Kingstonian, both of whom play at the Kingsmeadow Stadium, Corinthian-Casuals who play in Tolworth and Chessington & Hook United who play in Chessington. AFC Wimbledon have played in League Two since the 2011–12 season, whereas Kingstonian, Corinthian-Casuals and Chessington & Hook United are non-league clubs.
Kingston Athletic Club and Polytechnic Harriers are based at the neighbouring Kingsmeadow athletics stadium. This stadium boasts a 400m track which is floodlit, a gym and 5-a-side football facilities. In the 2013 season the men competed in Division 3 of the British Athletics League. Kingston Rugby Club is based on the outskirts of the town, and Kingston Rowing Club is based on the River Thames. Kingston Regatta takes place on the river at the town in July.
The town has a large leisure centre next to Fairfield named the Kingfisher Centre, which contains an indoor swimming pool and gymnasium. Sport in Kingston is promoted and encouraged by Sport Kingston, an organisation funded by the Royal Borough of Kingston.
The borough was the setting for four cycling events during the 2012 Summer Olympics, the men's road race, women's road race, men's road time trial and women's road time trial. Prior to the opening of the games, Kingston hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay on two occasions with the flame travelling through the borough on 24 July 2012 and aboard the Gloriana in a cauldron on 27 July 2012 en route to the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony.
Teddington | Ham | Kingston Vale across Richmond Park: Roehampton | ||
Hampton Wick and Hampton Court across Bushy Park: Hampton across Hampton Court Park: East Molesey | Coombe and New Malden | |||
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Surbiton then Thames Ditton | Surbiton then Hook, Chessington | Berrylands and Tolworth |
Kingston upon Thames has been twinned with Oldenburg in Germany since 2010.[22] It is also twinned with Delft in the Netherlands.
* Dickens, Charles, Jr (1994) [1887, 1879]. Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames, 1887 (facsimile ed.). Devon: Old House Books. ISBN 978-1-8735-9012-6. – A guide to the Thames written by the novelist's son
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Keshia's House LyricsArtist: Ghostface KillahAlbum: The Pretty Toney Album Boy get your lazy ass up So you can go to store and get some flower And some vegetable oil so I can fry some god damn chicken (uh-huh) {alright} And don't forget to get the cards so I can whoop y'all ass in some spades (Tell 'em girl) And if they ain't got it at that store Get it at the 99 cent store, nigga [Ghostface Killah] Yo, yo, yo, we on the steps with a six pack of Beck's Four dutches, Osh Kosh jumpers, '86 viles, mustard {yeah} A summer night, light drizzle type Waitin' for the Mike fight to come on, son, 'pose to been on I keep runnin' to the bathroom, shittin' {where the tissue at?} I'm blowin' up Keisha bathroom, everybody bitchin' (god damn, nigga) Ghost need his colon clensed Countin' up g-stacks, eatin' Ken' Fried Chicken Who wanna play spades? Word to rap, I'm givin' y'all a whippin' Guzzled a couple, now, I'm seein' double Rubbin' my girl leg, lookin' at Barbara, her sister got a nice bubble I used to fuck her while she was seated by Bags from Brooklyn He drove a Jag', she cut me off when she turned Muslim I need some pussy though, that kind that be gushy though That warm platinum pussy, with a dynamic pussy hole I gotta fuck something, if not, I'mma fuck my girl That's what's up, fuck the fight, yo, baby, let's peel..
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Cacti and succulents, Perennials
Most aeoniums are native to the Canary Islands. Their fleshy leaves are held in rosettes at branch tips. After several years, the rosettes may produce a single large flower stalk in spring or summer; branches that have flowered die. These cool-season growers go dormant in summer to save water. During dormancy, they may appear sick and lose leaves—but when the weather cools and the plants get a little water, they perk up and regrow leaves.
Plant in well-drained soil; cut back on irrigation in summer. With age, most aeoniums grow leggy. To encourage branching, cut back branches several inches below rosettes anytime except during summer dormancy. Rosettes tend to be smaller after growing out from pruning. Cuttings are easily rooted: let dry for a few days, then plant in sandy soil kept barely moist until new growth appears.
Grows to 3 ft. tall and wide. Each branch tip carries a 6–8-in.-wide rosette of bright green, fleshy leaves. Yellow flowers in long clusters. 'Atropurpureum', with magenta-and-green rosettes, is more striking and more widely grown than the species. Hybrid 'Zwartkop', sometimes called black rose, has very dark purple (nearly black) rosettes up to 10 in. across; it can reach 5 ft. tall.
Aeonium canarienseForms a low mound of large rosettes (to 18 in. wide) of light green leaves that are fuzzy in some forms, smooth in others. The tips of mature leaves take on salmon tones. Pale green to white flowers.
Aeonium 'Cyclops'Resembles A. arboreum 'Zwartkop', but its leaves are deep red rather than black, and each rosette has a green center, or eye. Plants grow to 4–5 ft. tall and 3–4 ft. wide, with an open, branching habit.
Showy plant with 12-in.-wide rosettes of green leaves variegated in light yellow or creamy white and edged with red. Usually grows 1 1/2–2 ft. high and wide but can mound up to 4 ft. high. Flowers are cream-colored. Does not respond well to pruning. 'Starburst' is similar, but with less yellow in the leaves.
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1. People won't understand.
Prepare for lots of confusion when you tell fellow passengers that you're onboard without a companion. Although most will be polite, they'll still look at you like you're a one-eyed jackalope that's just sprouted wings. Some will even ask you why you're alone, when what they really want to say is "I'm so sorry you're a social leper." Ignore them. While they're arguing with their posse about where they want to go or what they want to do, you won't have to answer to anyone.
2. Solo activities really break the ice.
Check the daily program. On the first couple of days, some lines offer events specifically for those traveling alone. Sometimes they're great; sometimes they stink. Either way, you have nothing to lose by attending. I first checked out a "singles mingle" in one of the lounges, but it seemed dead. The next day, I went to a solo travelers lunch in the main dining room, and I made a couple of friends with whom I'm still in touch -- plus I had people with whom to eat, grab drinks and explore ports.
3. Set-seating dining won't guarantee you tablemates.
One thing that kept me from hyperventilating at the thought of being sans friends onboard was dinner. I figured I'd at least have someone to shoot the bull with during my evening meals. Wrong. I dined alone at a four-top on the first four nights and had to deal with inquisitive looks and pitiful glances. "You're alone?" my waiter asked me the first night, looking slightly confused. I endured the same question from the headwaiter before asking him to check to see if anyone else was supposed to be at my table. He informed me that I was to be dining with a fellow solo traveler who decided not to show. Later in the week, a pair of new friends joined me for the sailing's last two nights, thus saving me from further embarrassment.
4. It's wonderful to have a cabin to yourself.
I left my makeup and various hair products out on the vanity, I took up the entire couch with my mountain o' clothes, and I walked around in my underwear. (O.K., that last part's not true, but I could've done it if I'd felt so compelled.) From deciding what to watch on TV to determining a wakeup time for the following morning, I called the shots.
5. You can totally fly under the radar if that's your goal.
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6. Cruising "solo" is different from cruising "single."
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7. Onboard clubs are solo meccas.
If you want to find the after-hours party, follow the thumping music. I stupidly refused to look at a map, so one hour and two excessively sore feet later, I stumbled into the top-of-ship lounge, which had been converted to a dance club. There were tons of people and great music, and I discovered it was a nice place to sit and have a drink and chat with complete strangers. I even danced with a delightful 70-something gentleman named Maurice ("pronounced 'Morris,'" he told me) who, despite his age, put me to shame with his moves.
8. Onshore clubs are crewmember meccas.
If you're overnighting in a port while cruising by yourself and you plan to use the local club scene to meet others, keep in mind that a lot of crewmembers will have the same idea. So, unless you want to bump and grind with your dining room waiter (which, by the way, is strictly prohibited and could cost him/her a job), head out in port with a group, or stick to the discos onboard.
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Atomic comics
Head over to the Los Alamos Historical Society museum, and you'll find more cartoons. A back-room display features comics such as Atoman, Atom Ant, Atomic Mouse, even Atomic Bunny.
Titled "Zap, Zing, Zowee: Six Decades of Atomic Comics," the exhibit features comics from the collection of Dr. Ferenc Szasz, a history professor at the University of New Mexico. Szasz, who has also written extensively on the serious side of atomic weapons, says he "came of reading age during the great years of comic books" and is a "lifelong devotee" of the medium.
Szasz, who has more than 800 comics in his collection, says the "golden age" of atomic comics was in the 1940s and 1950s. Characters like Atom Ant and Atomic Bunny helped sell the public on the benefits of atomic energy, he explains. "They were taking the fear level down, showing that (nuclear weapons or energy) was not really something to be afraid of."
Even Donald Duck got caught up in the nuclear frenzy: In 1947, Disney released Donald Duck's Atomic Bomb. Donald didn't actually kill anyone with his bomb — it only caused peoples' hair to fall out — but Disney pulled the comic from circulation anyway, Szasz says.
Cold War-era comics often emphasized tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union or depicted the apocalyptic powers of the bomb. And, in the 1960s through the 1980s, heroes and villains frequently developed their special powers as a result of their exposure to radioactive materials (think Spider-Man or the Hulk). Today, despite recent headlines about nukes in North Korea and Iran, radioactive themes just aren't as popular as they used to be.
What's next for comics? Dr. Szasz doesn't know: "Terrorism is hard to depict. It doesn't have the storytelling powers nuclear conflagration had in the 1950s and 1960s."
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