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Chula Vista Resort Review
Families will love:
- Indoor water park with water coaster
- Outdoor wave pool nestled along the riverfront
- Outdoor water park and one of the country's largest cyclone slides
About Chula Vista Resort
In the nation's epicenter for groundbreaking water park resorts, Wisconsin Dell's Chula Vista Resort stands out nicely with a rare location along the nicely wooded Wisconsin River. It feels tucked-away from the hubbub of downtown, the Interstate or Dells Parkway with its blazing neon and over-the-top attractions.
Chula Vista guests can sit out balconies overlooking the waterway that carved the famous Dells, float the day away in an outdoor wave pool nestled beneath Norway pines or soak in romantic whirlpool outside the spa. Kids can ride the world's largest indoor water coaster, then plunge down one of the tallest cyclone slides.
Another caveat is being able to leave the car in the parking lot. You can hop a boat tour from Chula Vista's docks or grab water shuttles to downtown for more dining and shopping.
When night rolls around, it's a peaceful time to stroll the resort's River Walk, go out to eat and settle into the jungle-themed theater for Jeremy Allen's Grand Illusions show with magic, comedy and white tigers.
Chula Vista's South American influences inspired its water park's jungle theme and the warm colors shades of red and gold in guest rooms. They seem most fitting in the fall when those same colors can be seen in the trees along the riverbanks.
Chula Vista has been around for at least 60 years, but it has kept up with the area's largest resorts by investing more than $200 million into expanding accommodations, building the water park, adding restaurants and revamping its 18-hole golf course since 2006. It also added a large sports complex, which brings teams from across the country here.
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Link that Gugl Game
Developer: tayasui
✿ Release Date: Dec 15, 2012
✿ Version: 1.4
✿ Size: 47.28 MB
Tayasui has already given us Smack That Gugl II - Back for a revenge on Dec 06, 2012. now delivering another great Game for iOS. download Link that Gugl and play it on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. the application is compatible with iPhone 3GS/4, iPad 1, iPad 2, iPod Touch 3rd/4th, the application support GameCenter feature for achievements and leaderboards and Designed for both iOS Devices.
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Developer Description
You enjoyed smacking them?, you will love linking them!
Equally demanding in brain and reflexes!
A very touch friendly gameplay: make chains of the same color: the longer, the better!
A keen eye, lightning reflexes and tons of nerves needed to compete with the best!
5 Gameplays:
• Levels: climb the level one by one, harder and harder and try to make the highest score
• Time Limit: you only have 60 seconds to make the best score
• Longest chain: Try to make the longest chain in one game
• Clean: Can you remove all the gugls in the level ?
• Kid: a special, very easy mode, to occupy the small kids
Collect bonuses, increase point multipliers and make amazing scores.
Challenge your friends and fight for the world record!
Link that Gugl is hours of hectic fun!
Endless Mode
Multiple bonus
Hysterical gameplay
3 difficulties for all ages
great 3D rendering
Fresh voices and sound design
Cool background music
Game Center Leaderboards
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How to Download:
Download Link that Gugl free for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and iPad mini.Download for PC or Mac:
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Latest User Reviews
(5★) Best game ever: This game is very ad ducting I LOVE this game!
(5★) I love it !: I play this came every day, so good! Love it !
(5★) Awesome: Best innovative cute game I have ever played :)!
(5★) So addictive: This game is so addictive that I may have to take it off my iPad. I am spending way top many hours playing this game.
(5★) So cute :3: This app is so cute and fun and addictive! This is definitely worth the download! They even have a kids level for children who
want to play! I ended up killing my phone because I was playing it so lon
(3★) Great but.: I wish there was a "just for fun" game type without a timer and keeps refilling gugls without highlighting them as in the kids
game type
(5★) Amazing & addicting !: This game is easily addictive and very fun for any age! Love it.
(3★) Clean and clear: The game is fun but the extras like the bomb and the rainbow will be there to make more links to make but the game will end when
Im not done. Its frustrating.
while waiting in a restraunt and it keeps them quiet and entertained.
(4★) Mom: Very fun game. I enjoy playing this in my spare time
(5★) Love it!: Just got this game and love it. Even my son loves it. Can only recommend this game for young and old.
(5★) Funny cute and so real: I love it those little things are so cute! I wish that there were bigger gugls so it could get you more points but other than
that this game is amazing!
(5★) Link luver: I luv links! This app is so fun! Eyeballs yeah!
(5★) Adorable addiction: So cute and so difficult. Feel like my fingers might blister from playing so intensely.
(3★) Spelling err?: "Climp the levels to get the highest score"
(5★) Best game ever!: I play it every day! I also like the other gugl games.
(5★) Happy little game!: Fun, snappy, cute little critters! Simple to learn, bouncy mellow music.I feel happy when I play it.
(5★) Yay!: A really awesome game! Super fun & addicting!
(3★) Pretty fun: Kinda like jewl blitz. Needs more appropriate game modes though.
(5★) Loveeeeeee it: Just awsmmmm.I wait to get free to play this game :-)
(4★) Really Fun: This game is awesome! Kinda hard to pass lol
(3★) not bad: i love the game,very entertaining but it keeps crashing. :(
(4★) Fun: Cute game, but getting boring after a while
(4★) Highly addictive: This is a great game. I can get lost in it!
(4★) Pretty cool.: I always like the gugl games. This one is particularly fun and kind of addictive.I think that there should be a level where you
are not timed.
(5★) Fun game: This is so addictive! Always trying to get a better score.
(4★) Add a mode with no time limit!: I wish there was a mode that didnt have you be timed.
(5★) Hella Awesome: R u kidding me?! I lurv this game yo! Keeps meh entertainedz
(5★) Full and relaxing: It is a cute game that is fun and relaxing. It is easy to play and quite enjoyable.
(5★) Addicting.: This game is extremely addicting. Wow I have no life
(5★) awesome free app game!: super addicting! gotta love their little voices! 5 stars! love it! XD
(3★) really fun, with small tweaks could b better: gave 3 stars because while it is enjoyable, there are 2 changes id suggest. 1) for the "level" section, once linking all colors
once has been completed, and user goes to level 2 and fails to link all
(5★) Great Game: Very fun and cute. I think all ages would enjoy this game.
(4★) Ok: Well I love the game but it can get kind of boring!
(3★) Okay: Needs more time, the time runs out really really fast.
(5★) AWESOME!: This game is awesome! I especially like the option where you have to link as many things as you can. I recommend you get this!
bored and needs a new favorite app! :)
(5★) Awesome app: This is an awesome app with many features, and it is very entertaining.
(5★) Beast.: Cute design, great game concept. Very similar to Fruit Pop.
(4★) Nice UI: Looking great. Five gaming modes. A nice relaxing game!
(4★) Cool app: I like it because it easy and fun and you can become hooked With out realizing you have being playing a quite a while.
(3★) Good but only 2 levels: I like the game but wish there was more options for levels with the free version
Total 55 reviews with ratings for this app.


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Last month, the BluesTones of James Madison University released a single off of their new album, but for those who felt this simply wasn't enough, you're in luck; you can now purchase the entirety of their new album, "Black & Blue," for digital download on iTunes!
Recorded by Emerald City Productions and mastered by diovoce – two of the biggest and most respected names in the game – "Black & Blue" is a decidedly edgy offering. From "crushcrushcrush" by Paramore and "Price Tag" by Jessie J, to "Work it Out" by Beyonce (not to mention their previously released single "Battlefield" by Jordin Sparks), the album offers track after track of audio attitude. The talent, both on the mic and behind the board, as well as the in-your-face track list, combine to form a uniquely resonant album that makes a lasting impression.
The BluesTones were founded in 1999 by two pioneering JMU students and has grown by leaps and bounds in its 12 years of existence. The group has focused on performing near and far with some of the most respected and well-recognized groups in the country, both professional and scholastic. The BluesTones have shared stages with the likes of Ahmir, Juxtaposition, and the Hullabahoos. Their live performances and studio releases alike have garnered a great deal of positive attention and accolades. In addition to their respected reputation as performers, they are also philanthropists, lending their voices to fundraisers and other awareness events.
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Process validation is used to confirm that the resulting product from a specified process consistently conforms to product requirements. A risk-based approach to process validation provides a rational framework for developing an appropriate scope for validation activities, focusing on processes that have the greatest potential risk to product quality. This article presents a case study in which a risk-based approach was used to evaluate a typical mammalian cell culture and purification process. This risk assessment used a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to evaluate the impact of potential failures and the likelihood of their occurrence for each unit operation. Unit operations included in the process validation required a risk priority number greater than or equal to a specified threshold value. Unit operations that fell below the threshold were evaluated for secondary criteria such as regulatory expectations or historical commitments. The risk assessment covered the entire process and a portion of the assessment is reviewed here.
Process validation is a requirement defined in the ICH Q7A guideline, Good Manufacturing Practice Guidance for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients as "the documented evidence that the process, operated within established parameters, can perform effectively and reproducibly to produce an intermediate or API meeting its predetermined specifications and quality attributes."1 A similar requirement is specified in The Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21—Food and Drugs; Part 820: Quality Systems regulation, which states that a "process shall be validated with a high degree of assurance."2
To make risk-based decisions, a systematic approach is essential. The ICH Q9 guideline, Quality Risk Management, provides a structure to initiate and follow a risk management process.4 Although alternative acceptable approaches are presented in Vesper5 and Chan,6 the structure suggested in Q9 will be followed here.
Various activities must be carried out before initiating the risk assessment phase of a risk management program. These activities are common to all types of risk analysis tools and include, but are not limited to: defining the scope of the assessment; team selection; establishing action thresholds for making decisions; and defining the types of decisions to be made when the assessment is complete.
Defining the Scope
For the new product process validation described in this case study, the scope was confined to the primary unit operations of a mammalian cell culture and purification process. Defining the scope focuses the team's effort and ensures that all team members have the same level of understanding for the analysis phase. For example, failures that could result in an environmental spill were out of scope of this assessment.
Changes in the country's political landscape may affect the pharmaceutical industry market in the future.
The author discusses the various ways in which a quality-by-design program can enhance the extractable and leachable assessment of a drug product.
The use of commercially available media to achieve high titer in early process development is discussed.
The fast growth of the global biopharmaceutical market has prompted global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to increase their R&D investment in biologics.
The draft guidance contains policies for drugs that are processed with additional manufacturing steps such as remixing, dilution, and repackaging.
The agency releases five draft guidance documents related to drug compounding and repackaging.
Market forces may limit the success of CMOs.
FDA announced that it would postpone a meeting that would be critical for the advancement of Celltrion's Remicade biosimilar in the US.
Drug shortages are declining, but they're still a serious concern for regulatory authorities, policy makers, and bio/pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The company voluntarily recalls product due to FDA observations of potential sterility problems.
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Lady Caroline Lamb Facts & Information
Lady Caroline Ponsonby Lamb was the daughter of the earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Ponsonby, and the niece of the duchess of Devonshire. As a child she was a tomboy - and a spirit of recklessness and disdain for convention never left her. She had no formal education and was unable to read until late adolescence. But she was intelligent and witty; as an adult, she wrote poetry and prose and drew portraits. She was the first woman of Byron's class to captivate the poet completely. He treated Caroline badly after the grand infatuation faded. But while it lasted, he was demanding and possessive, goading her to admit she loved him more than her husband. He pursued her with abandon, once planning to flee England with her. Caroline's reaction to the break-up is understandable; Byron led her to believe he loved her. It was her sad fate to discover Byron's interpretation of love - a mad, passionate obsession which is abandoned as soon as curiosity and desire are sated.
When they met in 1812, Byron was 24 years old and already famous as the melancholy writer of 'Childe Harold.' Caroline was 27 years old, married and mother of an autistic son. Her husband was William Lamb, the younger son of Byron's friends, Lord and Lady Melbourne. It was Lady Melbourne to whom Byron addressed some of his most personal and scandalous letters; she was one of his great confidantes and supporters. The family lived at Melbourne House in Whitehall and played host to many fashionable and lively gatherings. They were also cousins of Lady Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke, later to become Byron's wife. Caroline and William had married when she was 17 and the union began happily enough. But the death of one child and the health problems of another, as well as William's growing interest in a political career, caused a rift between the couple.
There is also some evidence that William Lamb was sexually promiscuous and made disturbing demands upon his wife, as Caroline implied in a letter to Lady Melbourne in 1810: 'He called me prudish - said I was strait-laced, - amused himself with instructing me in things I need never have heard or known - & the disgust that I at first felt for the world's wickedness I till then had never even heard of - in a very short time this gave way to a general laxity of principles which little by little unperceived of you all has been undermining the few virtues I ever possessed.' Despite these problems, however, they remained affectionate.
Caroline had read 'Childe Harold' before meeting Byron, having been lent the poem by a mutual friend. She was told that Byron 'has a club-foot, and bites his nails' but Caroline replied, 'If he was as ugly as Aesop I must know him.' She had the transparent nature of a child, with little ability to dissemble or play coy, and developed passionate attachments. Upon reading the poem, she conjured a romantic image of the poet which Byron's reputation did nothing to dispel. She wrote him an anonymous fan letter - 'You deserve to be and you shall be happy....' A few days later, she left Lady Westmoreland's before meeting him. He had been surrounded by other women and she was nervous. Already she had written her impression of him - 'mad - bad - and dangerous to know.' This remains the Byronic epitaph.
Byron, of course, always preferred women he had to pursue. Once Caroline Lamb had avoided the introduction, Byron was determined to meet her. They were introduced at Lord and Lady Holland's, but Byron was initially disappointed. Caroline did not resemble his traditional conquests, or his concept of feminine beauty. She was tall and very thin, with short, curly blonde hair and hazel eyes. After the meeting, he told his friend Medwin, 'The lady had scarcely any personal attractions to recommend her.' Her figure 'was too thin to be good' and her eccentric habit of dressing as a page shocked him. She had none of the 'retired modesty' which later attracted him to Annabella Milbanke. But Caroline was attracted to him instantly; she wrote, 'That beautiful pale face is my fate.'
In truth, Caroline possessed an instinctive disregard of opinion which Byron always coveted. However much he postured as the ne'er-do-well lord, he remained an aristocrat who desired the good opinion of other aristocrats. This changed only when his marriage failed and he grew careless of opinion and terribly cynical. Caroline was a vivacious and flirtatious woman and Byron suspected she wanted him for the notoriety and to feed her vanity. He was always insecure, a quality he hid beneath the 'Childe Harold' pose. Caroline sensed this insecurity but it only increased his charm.
He soon overcame his initial response to her attractiveness, or lack thereof. They became lovers and shocked London with their affair through much of April and May 1812. Byron had long believed women were truly incapable of understanding male thoughts and desires. With Caroline, he was forced to abandon this notion. They read together, discussed poetry - and argued fiercely. His supposed flirtations with other women and her open affection for her husband and other admirers caused most of the fighting. Some arguments ended 'without any verbal explanation', Byron told a friend. He was particularly jealous of her waltzing with other men. And since Byron could not dance with his club-foot, Caroline now sat with him, no longer the life of her parties. When she was not invited to a party he attended, she would wait out in the street for him. If he needed money, she told him, he could pawn her jewels. She wrote letters constantly, confided in her diary - and Byron wrote to her as well, an equal partner in the affair.
But such passion never lasts. Byron was a victim of his own contradictory personality - he loved to pursue women but, once captured, he longed to leave them. Paradoxically, he could not rest easy without their complete adoration. He could not be simply Caroline's lover, a participant in a scandalous (but tolerated) affair; he must be her grand passion, her true love - she must belong to him alone. But once she capitulated, he grew bored and irritated with her.
Though Caroline was instantly infatuated, she at first refused Byron's most heated demands. She would not admit she loved him more than her husband William; Byron told her, 'My God, you shall pay for this, I'll wring that obstinate little heart.' But soon she loved him enough to contemplate leaving her husband, at Byron's suggestion in May 1812. He was probably testing her commitment for it is unlikely he meant to flee England with her. But he needed to know she loved him more than anything, even her very comfortable life, and so he hinted at 'elopement.' His friends, particularly the sensible John Hobhouse, were already shocked by the affair; it had grown increasingly open and hysterical. Byron was eventually persuaded to leave London.
At Newstead, Caroline bombarded him with letters. Hobhouse cautioned Byron to not respond, warning him that he was risking his reputation. Once again, it was one thing to pose as a cad but quite another to be one (and in such a public manner.) At Melbourne House, Caroline was confused and hurt. Byron did not answer her letters but he returned to London on 13 June. Then the long, slow death of their passionate affair began. He avoided her but was still attracted to her. Hobhouse, still fearful of a potential elopement, again persuaded him to leave, this time for Harrow. They were to leave Wednesday 29 July, for Caroline had threatened to visit alone on that day. Such a visit would have been disastrous for them both. An affair conducted with a modicum of restraint and discretion could be tolerated, but no lady could appear alone at a man's house without societal repercussions.
In any case, Caroline was past discretion. Byron had wooed her passionately for two months and then ignored her. She arrived at his home, Number 8 St James Street, around noon, just as he and Hobhouse were preparing to leave. Hobhouse recorded the event in his diary:
'Wednesday July 29. Went to Byron's in expectation of going to Harrow, a scheme he had resolved on to avoid the threatened visit of a Lady - at 12 o'clock just as we were going, several thundering raps were heard at the door & we saw a crowd collected about the door & opposite to it - immediately a person in a most strange disguise walked up stairs - it turned out to be the Lady in question from Brocket.... I did think that to leave my friend in such a situation, when.... every soul in the house servants & all knew of the person in disguise, and not to endeavor to prevent the catastrophe of an elopement which seemed inevitable, would be unjustifiable - accordingly I stayed in the sitting room whilst the Lady was in the bed room pulling off her disguise - under which she had a page's dress.... at last she was prevailed upon to put on a habit, bonnet & shoes - belonging to a servant of the house and, after much entreaty did come out into the sitting room....'
Hobhouse told her to leave; Caroline refused. She somehow grabbed a knife and tried stabbing herself. Byron held her down until she was calm. Eventually, she let Hobhouse take her to a friend's home. He was desperate to prevent any public declaration of intent from either party. Before leaving, she made Byron promise to visit her before he left London again.
Byron, meanwhile, became uncharacteristically torn. He was rarely indecisive but Caroline made him so. On 9 August, she sent him a letter enclosed with a very personal gift - her pubic hair. The gift was inscribed in lovers' language:
FROM YOUR WILD ANTELOPEThe letter read:
'I asked you not to send blood but Yet do - because if it means love I like to have it. I cut the hair too close & bled much more than you need - do not you the same & pray put not scissors points near where quei capelli grow - sooner take it from the arm or wrist - pray be careful....'
On 12 August, Byron was forced to visit her. Her parents had been urging her to join William Lamb in the country and then vacation in Ireland. She had refused because of the situation with Byron. Her father-in-law, Lord Melbourne, was disgusted with her behavior and ordered her to go. Caroline melodramatically declared she would run off with Byron. Lord Melbourne called her bluff; he told her she could go to Byron but Byron probably wouldn't take her. Caroline was furious but didn't rush off to join Byron. She fled Melbourne House to hide at a surgeon's, of all places. Byron was contacted and intervened. He bribed her driver and persuaded her to go home. He also told her to go to Ireland for both their sakes. She did so unwillingly, but this was the effective end of their romantic relationship. They did continue to write, perhaps because he feared another hysterical outburst. He also still cared for her. And for Byron, absence always made the heart grow fonder. He could now play the role of the gracious former lover; he did so with aplomb. Since she was safely away, he could avow passion he no longer felt. His 'good-bye letter' was particularly affecting and Caroline kept it until her death. It read in part:
'My dearest Caroline, - If tears which you saw and know I am not apt to shed, - if the agitation in which I parted from you - if all I have said and done, and am still but too ready to say and do, have not sufficiently proved what my real feelings are, and must ever be towards you, my love, I have no other proof to offer... You know I would with pleasure give up all here and all beyond the grave for you, and in refraining from this, must my motives be misunderstood? I care not who knows this, what use is made of it.... I was an am yours freely and most entirely, to obey, to honor, love, - and fly with you when, where, and how you yourself might and may determine.'
The winter of 1812 and 1813 also found Byron engaged in another affair, with Jane Elizabeth, countess of Oxford. An older woman with six children, politically active and the veteran of other love affairs, she was at first more discreet and less demanding than Caroline. She was also a friend of Caroline's, though she quickly destroyed the friendship by encouraging Byron's disdain for his former lover. Caroline wrote to Byron from Ireland and the letters reached him at Lady Oxford's home of Eywood. There Byron and his new lover would read the letters and compose replies. On her way home to London in early November 1812, Caroline received one such reply sealed with Lady Oxford's initials. Its contents were reproduced in her novel 'Glenarvon' four years later:
'I am no longer your lover; and since you oblige me to confess it, by this truly unfeminine persecution, - learn, that I am attached to another; whose name it would of course be dishonourable to mention. I shall ever remember with gratitude the many instances I have received of the predilection you have shewn in my favour. I shall ever continue your friend, if your Ladyship will permit me so to style myself; and, as a first proof of my regard, I offer you this advice, correct your vanity, which is ridiculous; exert your absurd caprices upon others; and leave me in peace.'
The effect upon Caroline was brutal. She was physically ill and had to seek rest in Cornwall, where she was also bled. Upon her arrival in London, she began to write Lady Oxford as well, threatening to tell Lord Oxford of the affair. The countess laughed at the threat but Byron was understandably troubled.
Byron soon returned to London and saw Caroline at various social events. Face-to-face, the poet could not be particularly nasty. They had a few brief civil conversations. Caroline was still torn by jealousy and regrets. In the last year, with Byron safely away, she had struggled to repair her marriage but heartbreak and indecision left their mark. She was now emotionally agitated and her figure increasingly emaciated. Byron remarked to Lady Melbourne that he was 'haunted by a skeleton.' He was both repulsed and fascinated by her devotion. During the Christmas season, while Byron stayed with the Oxfords, Caroline held a dramatic bonfire at the Melbourne country home in Hertfordshire. Village girls dressed in white danced while Caroline threw copies of his letters and other tokens into the fire. A figure of Byron was even burned in effigy while her page recited lines she had written: 'Burn, fire, burn, while wondering boys exclaim,/ And gold and trinkets glitter in the flame.'
The return to London society in early 1813 witnessed more indiscretions. Caroline would visit at inappropriate hours, once inscribing on a book at his desk: 'Remember me!' The book, not coincidentally, was written by the homosexual William Beckford. The message was a reminder that she knew of his transgressions. In a fit of pique at the clumsy blackmail, Byron wrote a poem of the same name which captured his feelings:
Remember thee! remember thee!
Till Lethe quench life's burning stream
Remorse and shame shall cling to thee,
And haunt thee like a feverish dream!Remember thee! Aye, doubt it not.
Thy husband too shall think of thee:
By neither shalt thou be forgot,
Thou false to him, thou fiend to me!
She then forged a note in Byron's handwriting to his publisher John Murray, requesting a painted miniature of the poet. Murray complied, none the wiser. Byron was again furious. It was up to Lady Melbourne to have a copy made for Caroline and return the original to Byron. When Caroline requested a lock of his hair, Byron played a cruel trick. He sent her a lock of the countess of Oxford's hair instead, later remarking 'it was a lucky coincidence of colour & shape for my purpose' and thus mocking both women. For her part, Caroline had her buttons inscribed 'No Crede Byron', a mockery of the Byron family motto 'Crede Byron'.
It is possible, too, that she knew of Byron's long-distance semi-courtship of Annabella Milbanke, who was her cousin and Lady Melbourne's niece. Byron had hinted to Lady Melbourne that Annabella would make a suitable wife in the fall of 1812: 'As to Love, that is done in a week, (provided the Lady has a reasonable share) besides marriage goes on better with esteem & confidence than romance, & she is quite pretty enough to be loved by her husband, without being so glaringly beautiful as to attract too many rivals.' This longing for settled domesticity was cut short by Annabella's refusal. It was a sensible decision to a rash, impersonal proposal. But Annabella found herself newly fascinated by Byron, writing a brief and incisive sketch of his character. She also instigated a renewal of their acquaintance in August 1813.
It was clear that Byron was attempting to escape his tangled romantic exploits. Formerly famous for his poetry, he was now infamous as a lover. But the summer of 1813 would find him trading one scandal for another, even greater one. After four years apart, his half-sister Augusta Leigh had come to London for three weeks. Byron made no secret of his affection and enlisted Lady Melbourne to secure entry for Augusta to aristocratic dinners and parties. The poet and his shy sister would often sit together, talking together, openly affectionate. It was later rumored they began an incestuous affair whether in London or, in July and August, at Augusta's home near Newmarket while her husband was away. The charge has been much discussed but never proven. It was first made by Byron's wife during a bitter divorce; scholars have selectively quoted from Byron's letters in support of the charge but the evidence is nebulous and can be explained in less sensational terms. Whatever the truth of their physical relationship, Byron and Augusta did share a private camaderie, teasing each other with childhood nicknames. The poet believed his sister accepted and knew him as no others did; she gave him unconditional love and support. This knowledge was his respite from Caroline's hysterics and Lady Oxford's increasing demands. Like her former friend, the countess did not like being pushed aside.
In fact, Caroline's final public scenes only pushed Byron closer to his sensible and kindly sister. They both attended a masked ball at Burlington House on 1 July in honor of the duke of Wellington. There, Byron (dressed as a monk) 'scolded her' publicly. Caroline was hurt and retreated. On 5 July, they met again at a waltzing party at Lady Heathcote's. Caroline remembered his earlier pleas for her to sit with him instead of dancing. She walked up to him and asked, 'I conclude I may waltz now.' Byron replied: 'With every body in turn - you always did it better than anyone. I shall have a pleasure in seeing you.' Later, he said to her sarcastically, 'I have been admiring your dexterity.' Caroline picked up a table knife, 'not intending anything', she later wrote. Byron was amused and contemptuous. 'Do, my dear. If you mean to act a Roman's part,' he told her, 'mind which way you strike with your knife - be it at your own heart, not mine - you have struck there already.' Caroline cried out, 'Byron!' and fled in distress. When some ladies tried to take the knife from her, she cut her hand. The entire shoddy affair was reported in the papers.
Byron's policy was to avoid her at all costs. In any case, he was soon consumed in another love affair with Lady Frances Webster, the unhappily married wife of a close friend. Also, he was again visiting Lady Oxford and corresponding with Annabella Milbanke, who had rejected his proposal a year earlier. These were mere distractions, however, for Byron had family troubles. He loaned Augusta's husband £1000; George Leigh was an inveterate gambler and Byron could ill afford the loan. He knew it would never be repaid. He and Augusta discussed leaving England while George paid off his debts. But his sister's desire to take her infant son along made Byron balk and return to sanity.
Though he may have used other women as distractions, Byron still ignored Caroline. Ironically, her love for him typified the 'Byronic' spirit in all its heedless emotion. But Byron was far less enamored of reckless abandon than many believed. Though he often acted impulsively, he was deeply aware of his faults. He was never dismissive of his sins and too often obsessed over them. Caroline shared this obsessive spirit. But she and Byron had shared their last private conversation sometime in June. After his death, she told a mutual friend that Byron had kissed her at his home:
'....the last time we parted for ever, as he pressed his lips on mine (it was in the Albany) he said 'poor Caro, if every one hates me, you, I see, will never change - No, not with ill usage!' & I said, 'yes, I am changed, & shall come near you no more.' - For then he showed me letters, & told me things I cannot repeat, & all my attachment went.'
The last statement was perhaps optimistic and an attempt to save face. Their final public confrontations in early July had been so scandalous and humiliating that nothing was left but regret and anger.
By 1814, Byron was preparing to wed Caroline's cousin Annabella Milbanke. It was his first romantic attachment of a purely conventional nature. There was no need to be clandestine or discreet; there was nothing forbidden about courtship with a respectable and studious heiress. Therein lay its attraction and danger. Caroline accepted the news calmly, though Byron had feared otherwise. They had not seen each other for months, even as Byron continued to write regularly to her mother-in-law. Caroline now viewed Byron with a wounded eye. As for Annabella, she was never threatened by her cousin, remarking she found her 'quite virtuous' compared to other former lovers. But when Byron and Annabella separated in 1816, Caroline sought her revenge against the poet.
Caroline claimed that Byron had confessed to an incestuous relationship with his half-sister Augusta Leigh at their last private meeting. This was supposedly what ended her 'attachment.' During the initial separation between Annabella and Byron in 1816, Caroline played both sides against one another, spreading rumors about Byron and Augusta while writing to Byron through mutual friends. He suspected her duplicity and was disgusted. In turn, she wrote: 'I know not from what quarter the report originates. You accused me, and falsely; but if you could hear all that is said at this moment, you would hear one, who....would perhaps die to save you.'
But she had already arranged a meeting with Annabella, now desperate for some power over her husband. Annabella, meticulous as always, took notes at the meeting. Caroline alleged that Byron told her of a 'criminal intercourse' between him and Augusta, even 'boasting at the ease of his conquest.' And there were other 'unnatural crimes' - young boys he had corrupted - 'He mentioned 3 schoolfellows whom he had thus perverted.' Annabella now had the information necessary to ensure a divorce on her terms. But having betrayed Byron with rumors and slander, Caroline was desperate to hide her deceit. She wrote to him again. He never responded and she came close to madness.
Later, Caroline traveled with her husband to Paris and Brussels where she humiliated him again, pursuing various army officers. Her most famous conquest was the duke of Wellington. Yet Byron remained the greatest passion of her life. She wrote a novel about him called 'Glenarvon', an open condemnation of his character which revealed her continuing obsession. In 1820, when the first cantos of 'Don Juan' were causing a sensation in London, Caroline appeared at a masked ball dressed as the character. The newspapers made note of her appearance. When Byron died in 1824, she wanted to know his last words - and she wanted her letters to him returned. Instead, Hobhouse asked to have the letters Byron had written her, but she refused to part with them. She said, 'I am very sorry I ever said one unkind word against him.'
Caroline's last years found her increasingly melancholy and restless. She wrote two more novels and separated from her husband in 1825. But she and William remained close and he was at her bedside when she died in 1828. He never married again and continued working in politics. He eventually became Prime Minister and one of Queen Victoria's favorite advisers.
click here to read selections from Byron and Caroline's letters
click here to read a selection from Caroline Lamb's 'Glenarvon'
The above portraits are of Lady Caroline
Lamb in a page's costume by Thomas Phillips, date unknown;
an undated sketch of LCL; and GH Barlow's 1815 sketch of Lord Byron.
written June 1997; last revised 7 March 2004


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Scientists living under an oppressive regime decide to clinically study the founders and supporters of evil regimes to determine what common factor is at play in the rise and propagation of man's inhumanity to man.
Everyone must conform, except those who decide what it is you are to conform to.
They are more equal than others.
They're SPECIAL. Not.
The conformity deciders are the least far-sighted or big-pictured people, and it is they who are mentally ill.
The delusion they suffer from is privileged anointing. They drag society and themselves into the muck & mire of wretched banality, proving once again that misery loves company.
Those are exactly the ones who fear innovation and change.
Oh! Just in time for the movie! Brilliant timing http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_(film)
Young citizens are tested using a serum to indicate which faction they should choose, but Beatrice is told that she has the attributes of several factions, which means that she is divergent. Since divergent people are considered threats to society because they can think independently and the government can't conform their thinking, Beatrice's test proctor Tori (Maggie Q) warns her that she must keep her true test results a secret.
Feck me.
Refuse. Resist.
Add several new diagnoses to the manual
1) Excessive greed disorder with Sociopathlogical personality
2) Excessive power accumulation disorder
3) Pathological non-empathetic Control disorder
Really, we shouldn't add to the list, we should create our own manual & share it around. Utilizing colloquial language with "everyday" examples would shed light on the issue thus, making it easily accessible for the layperson.
I love the name of the new "disorder" - I definitely want to be "Odd"!
When 'society' is enclosed by a 'government', it is the same thing as a person being kept in a cage.
And the cage keeps shrinking even as junk piles up inside of it.
This is not a recipe for a good life.
Sanity, or that which is good, cannot be held inside of a cage.
Are you feeling constricted and violated, robbed and deprived?
That is government.
I'm with all of you concerning the many layers of bullshit that is 'the man', but this article is part lie and part misleading.
ODD is not a new diagnosis, it's been part of DSM for a couple of additions now and it's for CHILDREN.
Adults can not be diagnosed with ODD and it therefore has nothing to do with the righteous indignation that many of us feel towards our government!
Very disappointed with the author of this article.
That may be true that the ODD diagnosis is for children. However today's children are tomorrows adults. Perhaps the reality creators realize that today's adults are too far gone to be helped. Also this rather insidious crap has a tendency to encroach upon everyone, ever so slowly. But surely.
Awesome, that human garbage. Be against children or adults, it is always against humans.
The American Psychiatric Association appears to be little more than a lobby for the powers that be, putting it right on par with the Nobel Prize, the FDA, the AMA and the FED - all scams.
Most 'peer reviewed' medical studies are nothing more than concoted, paid for propaganda pieces.
To the insane, the sane seem insane.
If someone diagnosed you with oppositional defiant disorder, and you agreed with the diagnosis, would that be a self-referential paradox?


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Like any large genealogy library, the Daughters of the American Revolution Library has a wide variety of books, newspapers, magazines, and microfilms. Their collection includes more than 25,000 family histories, genealogies, and local histories and can be searched online.
The Daughters of the American Revolution Library also has several unique resources, including their Genealogical Records Committee Reports. These are sets of records that have been collected for preservation over the years. They were collected from all fifty states and include a great variety of records including Bible records, cemetery inscriptions, wills, and marriage records. If you can't make it to the library itself to use this card catalog, you will find that much of the information in these reports has been indexed in the following books:
The DAR Library also maintains the membership applications of those who have joined the Daughters of the American Revolution. Each member's application shows how they are descended from a Revolutionary War patriot and includes the sources that the person used to prove their descendancy. For a small fee, any member or potential member can request a copy of the application of a deceased ancestor. However, to get a copy of a current member's application, you must first contact the member to get their permission.
These membership applications can prove very useful in your research because they contain names, dates, locations, and sources for the direct line between the Revolutionary War-era ancestor and the person who submitted the application. Thus, if you can prove the connection to the person who made the application, you have an instant jump forward in your research.
The Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot Index may also be of interest to anyone who believes that they have Revolutionary War-era ancestors. This index lists all of the Revolutionary War patriots who have been used for membership and includes information such as the patriot's birth date, death date, spouse's name, a few details about their service, and the names of people who have used the individual to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. This list is also of interest to researchers because many of the individuals who participated in the Revolution were immigrants, so the index may tell you where they came from. In the mid-eighties, the Daughters of the American Revolution created an additional index that lists all of the spouses of the patriots in most cases, the patriots' wives, so it is an excellent source for information about 18th and 19th century women.
Although the Daughters of the American Revolution library is a non-circulating library, you can order photocopies of microfilm pages, book pages, files, and membership applications. However, you must find out in advance what materials you would like copied and then send in a specific request. Keep in mind that the Patriot Index and some other indexes to Daughters of the American Revolution materials are available in other genealogy libraries, so you don't necessarily have to visit to find out what they have. Check with your local genealogy library or Family History Center.
If you are interested in doing in-depth research in the Daughters of the American Revolution Library, or wish to have a more detailed overview of the library, try their 180-page book titled American Genealogical Research at the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. It details how you can make the most of the Daughters of the American Revolution Library for your genealogical research.
If you would like to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, you must be at least 18 years old, and must be able to prove "lineal, blood line, descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence." This does not mean that your ancestor must have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War there are many possible categories into which your ancestor may fit.
Lest you think that these activities are limited to adults, note that there is an associated organization for boys and girls under 18 called the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution. If you would like to get your children or grandchildren involved in genealogy and history, this might be a fun way to start.


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Craig Avery and his son Adam delivery their lobster catch to Northport recently. Fishers are blaming a dip in landings on colder than normal water conditions. They are encouraged, though, by improving prices.
ALBERTON, PEI – The executive director of the P.E.I. Fishermen's Association is optimistic the upward movement in lobster prices won't end with the Mothers Day weekend.
Ian MacPherson said he's been hearing prices in the $4.25 per pound range being paid to fishers for canner lobsters this week. Market lobsters are fetching about 50 cents more per pound.
Prices this time last year were around $3.25 to $3.50 a pound for canners and $3.75 to $4.00 a pound for markets.
"It's up from last year," MacPherson acknowledged, "but, still, costs are up from last year, too."
The executive director is optimistic price will continue to improve even after the traditionally busy Mothers Day weekend. "There's not a lot of inventory. The catches are down. The water is cold. We expect prices to remain strong," he said.
"We keep pushing for that $5.00 mark, because that's a good number for everybody to be in."
Prices were in the $5.25 and $6.25 range a decade ago.
While price is moving in the right direction, MacPherson said catches, so far, aren't.
Most of the ports he has been in contact with reported landings are down a bit from last year.
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Great new AAR you've got here, DCU. I've enjoyed reading through it all just now. Here's hoping we'll see a Catholic Iran (and then some!) emerge out of this Italian unification
Great new AAR you've got here, DCU. I've enjoyed reading through it all just now. Here's hoping we'll see a Catholic Iran (and then some!) emerge out of this Italian unification
Nationality: Dutch
Religion: Agnostic
Ideology: Liberal
Current Work: Graduate School
Issues: Secularized / Full Citizenship
Militancy: 6 (+2.00)
Consciousness: 9 (+0.50)
Lecture Nine: The Church Triumphant (1864-'67)
"Rome has substituted for the proud boast of semper eadem, a policy of violence and change in faith" William Gladstone
The Treaty of Villafranca-Zürich may have disappointed the more rabid irredentists* but there was little disguising the fact that the Italian Question had finally been settled. For the first time in over a millennium the peninsula was a unified political unit ruled by Rome. Or so the theory went. In reality the reorganisation of Italian society was a far more laborious and continual process than was apparent to foreign observers. To the rest of Europe the decisive victory over Austria had been impressive and was enough to secure the new nation a place amongst the Great Powers. Correspondingly Austria's failure was a crushing humiliation for Vienna and did much to erode its influence particularly amongst the German states. Increasingly the Austrian Empire would appear a sad anachronism in European circles. Conversely the settling of affairs in Italy was perfectly satisfactory to Napoleon III. The Emperor reaped some personal prestige from his involvement and, as due the accord reached in Plombières, the new Italian state ceded the provinces of Annecy, Chambery and Nice to the French Empire. The other Powers were more wary of the changing balance of power but all followed the French lead in recognising Pius IX as the ruler of Italy.
Perhaps the European Powers would not have been so quick to legitimise Papal rule if they had known just how superficial Italian unity really was. It was a romantic dream to imagine that a nation could be constructed overnight or that a single declaration could erase the divisions of old. The charade of national unity could be fostered while waging war against the common enemy but the challenges of forging a new nationstate could not be indefinitely postponed. Nor would this task be easy - Italy remained a patchwork of differing laws, customs and dialects that had all evolved over the centuries. Crucially there was an enormous gulf between the industrialised North and the large agricultural estates of the South. In Piedmont there was almost universal opposition to any repeal of the freedoms won in 1845 while the peasantry of Naples and Sicily desperately wished for relief from the corrupt aristocracy. Both populations nervously waited to see just what form the new Italian state would take.
A Great Power: European diplomats remained unaware as to the new country's many weaknesses
On April 21 1864 Pius IX unveiled his vision for the future of Italy. Contained within two encyclicals - the Quanta Cura (Condemning Current Errors) and Syllabus Errorum (Syllabus of Errors) - the Pope outlined an unrepentantly reactionary and traditional Italy in which all governance was derived from the moral authority of Rome. Seeking to capitalise on its battlefield victories, the Vatican delivered a broadside against its liberal opponents. Virtually every tenant of a modern or democratic society - including freedom of worship, rationalism, separation of Church and State, the will of the public, the primacy of civil law - was included on these lists of "errors". To outraged foreign observers these encyclicals appeared to be nothing short of a medievalist attempt to lay claim to the loyalty of Catholics worldwide and was roundly condemned. This mattered little to a Rome that was very much focused on the hearts and souls of Italian Catholics. The Vatican wasted no time in applying these obsolete precepts to its enlarged domains and set about creating the ideal Christian society by systematically revoking almost every piece of liberal legislation passed on the peninsula in the previous century.
The most prominent victim to this reactionary wave was the Statuto Albertino of Sardinia-Piedmont which had, theoretically, guaranteed the subjects of Savoy some say in government. There could be no challenge to the absolute rule of the Pope. Similarly laws and administration structures throughout Italy were brought into line with those of the former Papal States. All state clerks were expected to communicate officially in Latin and an aggressive campaign was launched to standardise language and spelling throughout the country. In almost every respect the Vatican acted like a conquering power administrating captured provinces. Indeed the only aspect in which the Papacy respected local traditions was in refusing to dismantle or split the large estates of the South. The accepted agricultural model throughout the rest of Italy was small-scale farming but the Vatican preferred to honour an agreement reached during the previous war and allow the wealthy landowners to retain control over the impoverished peasantry of Naples and Sicily.
The Syllabus Errorum won Pius IX few friends at home or abroad
The result of this cultural campaign was predictable unrest throughout the country. Many liberals who had previous advocated unification now found themselves longing for a return to the, limited, rule of Savoy. Crucially the domination of the political sphere by the clergy closed off the traditional route for venting their frustration and effecting change. The bourgeoisie may have felt alienated by the Papal regime but they were still several magnitudes better off than the lower classes. Heavily taxed by the government and denied all political rights, there was considerable resentment amongst the craftsmen of the North with their new rulers. Combined with the desperately poor economic situation (the Vatican would owe over 20 million lire to foreign banks by 1866 as its military expenses soared) it was not surprising that the first mass wave of Italian immigration to the Americas began in these years. Those that remained sought to strengthen their position through the, outlawed, trade union movement. Mutual Aid Associations first established by Mazzini began to take on a more proletarian flavour. A congress of these proto-trade unions met secretly in Napoli in October 1864 and adopted the programme entitled a "Brotherly Agreement between the Italian Working Mens Associations". This was a far cry from any revolutionary call to arms, although the Papal police certainly viewed it as such, but it did lay the foundations for a national labour movement**
Obviously no ruling regime is ever without its defenders and the Papacy had good reason to be confident during the 1860s. Economic and financial woes notwithstanding, the process of integrating the various regions into something resembling a country did proceed with pace. The core of the Vatican's following - the conservative rural classes - remained energised and, with the fall of the royal houses of Savoy and Bourbon, the Church no longer faced competition for the loyalty of the country gentry and conservative intellectuals. Rome could at least confidently proclaim that it had "no enemies on the Right". More importantly however was the fact that the creation of a unified Italian state was genuinely popular with much of the population and the stunning victory against Austria had won much respect at home and abroad. Rome lost little opportunity to remind its citizens of its victories and the late 1860's saw a wave of statues and monuments commissioned to reinforce national and patriotic sentiment amongst the population. Even the flag, adopted with haste during the war with Austria, remained the traditional tricolour albeit one marred by the Papal insignia. Given this behaviour it is little wonder that the Vatican did not spurn the opportunity to rally the nation around this flag in '66.
"Opportune" is the most accurate description of Papal behaviour in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Lingering religious differences were put aside as Italy offered to support Prussia in order to annex those Italian provinces that Austria had retained following Villafranca-Zürich. The war itself was relatively uneventful and requires little analysis in this text. The Esercito Italiano once again attacked the far left of the Austrian line but the well dug-in defenders fought bravely and Italian progress was slow despite numerical superiority along the front. Overall the campaign proved to be a sideshow to the German front to the north and the war was effectively decided by the crushing Prussian victory at Sadowa in July. The Treaty of Vienna (signed August 3 1866) secured Prussian leadership in Germany and permitted Italy to annex the occupied state of Tirol. For the victors it had been a tidy little war.
* Irredentism is a desire to annex territories based on supposed ethnic or historical claims. The phrase originates from the slogan of Italia irredenta (Unredeemed Italy) that gained currency following the limited peace of Villafranca-Zürich. For an overview of such "pan-" movements, see "Ambrosio, T., (2001), Irredentism: Ethnic Conflict and International Politics" while the specific case of Italian Irredentism is ably dealt with by "Vivante, A., (1984), Irredentismo Adriatico"
** See "Bowle, J., (1954), Politics and Opinion in the Nineteenth Century, London"
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners
VI Lenin
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So Far From God (Complete)
The Life and Times of a Good Mexican
First of all I am very aware that the Italian participation in the Austro-Prussian war above seems very brief and "tacked on". Largely because it is brief and tacked on. Originally I was going to leave it at that, it wasn't a particularly interesting war, but I've since decided to expand on this in a mini-update someday this week. So expect something around Wednesday.
Incidentially, I hope that everyone is reading these comments after the update and that I'm not spoiling anything.
In other news I'm delighted to report that my shameless plugs have had their desired effect. You are now reading the official Q3 2007 Favourite History-Book AAR (Victoria). This seems like a fitting time to thank all my readers for their interest and feedback. Whether you voted for the AAR or not (traitors! ) its been your patronage that has kept me writing and I am extremely grateful for that. There, that wasn't too gushy, was it?
J. Passepartout: Well the end point is coming into sight and I'm sure that many readers have already figured out how it will occur. I'll not give any hints away though.... except to note that Pius IX became Pope on the same date he did historically.
Kaeso: I've actually been thinking about both. Unfortunately N Africa is currently divided between France and the Ottomans (the latter being surprisingly strong in this game) and the Papal finances are not exactly conductive to massive industrialisation. We'll see how it goes but for now I'm happy to just explore the internal tensions of the new Italy.
CCA: A communist Pope? You'll know that something like that is in the works if I suddenly start talking about the "Soviet of Cardinals" or the "International Collective Church"
stnylan: Its a bit of both foreign and domestic content at the moment. I'm not sure if this is likely to change with the Papacy suddenly becoming a major European Power. The next major update will probably focus on the latter but then foreign affairs do have a habit of intruding.
Lordban:Well that's one area that I'm hesitant to venture into. I think I've only put words into someone's mouth so far in this AAR. I don't know whether its cowardice or not but I just prefer to rely on historical characters using historical quotes.On the foreign scene, Italy's and the Papacy's star must shine brighter than ever. And it'd be amusing to read Marxist pamphlets from such a timeline, showing the world just how religion is nothing but another dangerous Imperialism that has to be fought much like the Capitalists
This is particularly true when talking about Marx. In his role as journalist Marx was a 19th C contemporary who wrote about most major world events, including the unification of Italy. I can only imagine his response to Papal Italy ( ). Most of his journalistic output is highly readable and I'd very much recommend it to anyone with an interest in the period.
Indeed, absolute power and all that. I hope I've adequately conveyed this reluctance to impart power in the update above.But I can't see how the Curia and the Popes could decide to let go all their power now that they've unified Italy by force.
RGB: Thanks. you're right in that the next real challenge for the Vatican is securing its power at home. The rest of this AAR will really be, as indeed the entire AAR has been, dominated by this theme.
coz1: Funnily enough, as you mention the religious aspect, I've not really given the Pope's religious role all that much weight so far. Thinking back, I've primarily thought of him as a political figure, albeit one who emphasises morality. I suppose that this is fairly historical - when SP occupied Rome in 1870, Pius did his usual excommunication trick and pleaded with Italian Catholics to support him. None was forthcoming and so the Papacy passed from the temporal realm.
But that's me just wondering aloud. Lombardy and Venice were very nice additions that contribute signficantly to my industrial score. Even if emigration has blighted my factories...
Kapi: Thanks for taking the time to catch up with the story. I don't get the Iran reference but its still good to have you with us
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners
VI Lenin
Collected Works
The de Lusignan Dream (Complete) | Les Journals d'Artois (Complete) | Sins of the Fathers (Complete)
So Far From God (Complete)
The Life and Times of a Good Mexican
Glad to see the Popes are reassuringly hardline.
And I thought you weren't elegible this round, otherwise I'd have voted for you too. Congratulations on the award.
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Duke of Bonbon, and also Chevalier Grand Croix of the Ordre Militaire du Saint Christophe.
I.e. an Italian national state completely controlled and dominated by the Catholic Church and the Vatican. Subtract the limited democracy Iran has and you have your Italy. I do wonder what your international goals are after expanding to the size of modern Italy.Kapi: Thanks for taking the time to catch up with the story. I don't get the Iran reference but its still good to have you with us
P.S. Love the graphical part of this AAR. Really adds to the atmosphere.
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And you did a very good job of showing the Papacy's reluctance to let power go, and at explaining why
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In truth, the "tacked on" feel is fitting in that Austria had already been humiliated. To not go into to detail about yet another victory suggests just how low Vienna has fallen.
And I suspect the Pope and his men will find some issues with organized crime historically found in Naples and Sicily, especially as the landowners have remained in place. Between that and a rising socialism, he's going to have his hands full.
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A matter of tidying up - so while 'tacked on' perhaps, it fits considering the real war has already been fought.
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The Syllabus of Errors is all well and good if you don't actually hold any territory and can therefore declare principles without the threat of alienating your populace. Revolts galore, I think.
Ouch! That's pretty controversial! This seems to suggest that the Pope has rather spectacularly fallen off that crest of a wave he's been riding since unification- hope it doesn't hurt too much...
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Good to see the Papal Italy getting back the irredent lands in a brief and bloodless 1866 war. Are other lands missing to get a full and complete unification of Italians?
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It seems that Trieste is still missing. Let see if the Pope manage to settle the inner trouble and low industrialization to keep his rank.
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Such intransigence at home can't put off conflicts indefinitely, despite victories abroad. Looking forward to seeing how domestic oppostion to the Church takes shape.
Supplement: The Austro-Prussian War
"The great man is known by three signs - generosity in design, humanity in execution, and moderation in success" Otto von Bismarck
A Matter of Leadership
Parallel to the emergence of a unified Italy under Papal rule in the 1860s was the continued development of the pan-German movement. Under the watchful eye of the Otto von Bismarck, the most famed statesman since Metternich, Prussian dominance over the various petty states of the German Confederation was slowly extended and deepened. While the influence of the "Iron Chancellor" is often overstated, the Customs Union (Zollverein) and short war with Denmark (1864) effectively established a Prussian hegemony over the northern states of the Confederation. The only other internal check to a Prussian-led Germany lay with the Austrian Empire to the south. It was unthinkable, despite its recent humiliation at the hands of Italian armies, that Austria would allow the Prussians to take steps towards formalising their position as the pre-eminent German state. Inevitably the ambitions of Berlin and Vienna came to war in 1866.
Despite a change of flag, Papal foreign policy had not changed significantly since unification. Given the role played by Napoleon III in the creation of the Italian state, it was only natural that the new country should fall into the French sphere of influence. However the French Emperor was not alone in recognising that the lynchpin of Southern Europe had shifted from Vienna to Rome. In 1866, with Napoleon III nonchalant, foolishly so in hindsight, towards the German war, Bismarck approached the Papacy with the surprising offer of an alliance. Italy and Prussia were not natural allies but the latter could offer the tempting prize of Austrian lands. Italian irredentists could once again dream of an Adriatic Empire. On 15 March 1866 the Italian armies, under the command of General Maggio, mobilised along the Austrian border and the Papacy declared its support for the Prussian cause.
The Italian Front
Spirits amongst the Italian General Staff were high going into the war with memories of the previous victories over the Austrians still very fresh in memory. In helping to prove the old adage that generals always prepare to "fight the last war", General Maggio deployed his divisions for a hard thrust at the left of the Austrian line in an attempt to repeat the glories of the May Offensive. The first operation of the new war began on 13 April as the Esercito Italiano staged a strong push through Bozen. Initially rapid progress was made with the province falling on the 22nd of the month. Supporting divisions then proceeded to move into the encircled city of Trento as General Maggio brought his army towards Innsbruck. It was here that the success stopped for the Italians. Having committed too few divisions to his thrust, Maggio's offensive came to a halt outside Innsbruck as the Austrians counterattacked and forced a stalemate in July. There was no great shattering of the Austrian lines and vast bulk of the Italian army remained idle in Udine while expecting a breakthrough that never occurred. By the time the Prussians ended the war with a crushing victory at Sadowa, on the German front, the Holy See had only Bozen and Trento to show for tens of thousands of losses.
Major operations on the Italian Front: Black (Italian advance), Red (Austrian counterattack)
Unsympathetic to the Italians, whose primary contribution to the war had been tying up Austrian divisions, and eager to preserve Austria as a viable European Power, Bismarck's Treaty of Vienna was not what the Papacy had expected. Italy gained naught but its occupied towns of Bozen and Trento (in the Tirol region) and the Iron Chancellor even went so far as to warn the Vatican against further territorial ambitions in the region. The latter proved a useful concession as Bismarck sought to bind the weakened Austro-Hungarian Empire (as it would become) to a Prussian-led Germany.
On the surface the Austro-Prussian war was a tidy little affair for Papacy that led to a further expansion of its borders. However the disappointment of the army's performance and the concessions made in the Treaty of Vienna made it a bittersweet victory. The latter was most easily dealt with as ties with Prussia were swiftly cut and the Papacy returned to its centuries old ally France (a permanent military alliance would be formalised in June 1868). The collapse of the army's cohesion and efficiency was far more serious however. Admittedly the Austrians had prepared well and the terrain had not favoured the Italians, but this cannot excuse the tepidity of the generals or the incompetence of their staffs. Maggio's vision of a daring thrust had failed to rupture the Austrian lines but there was no other commander who had dared risk a frontal assault of the enemy positions. Maggio himself was swiftly removed from command but the accusations of cowardice would continue to haunt his deputies.
On an even lower level there was a marked lack of competence from what had once been a well drilled professional force. It is hard not to agree with critics at the time in that the move towards a national conscript army, a key institution in building national identity, had produced an expensively vast but poorly trained and organised army. This state of affairs was not aided by political nature of the institution nor by its de facto peacetime role as a police force in suppressing riots and strikes. The latter were a particular headache for the Italian planners with the elite Esercito Pontificio being conspicuously missing from the theatre of war - it was busy putting down a minor summer revolt, sparked by a confrontation over the imposition of Papal laws, in Firenze. The Papacy was, perhaps willingly, blind to these underlying factors and refused to address them.
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I promised a mini-update dealing with the Austro-Prussian and so a mini-update you shall have. This is a "Supplement" which means that I knocked it all up in half an hour. I'm tempted to go away for another week and bring it up to the standard of the rest of the AAR but its really not worth the effort. Indeed its already twice the length that I had originally imagined it. The next update (Saturday) will return us to usual programming and the internal affairs of Papal Italy.
Dr. Gonzo: Well it all depends on your perspective. If you are of the opinion that freedom of speech/conscience and other associated rights (not to mention the separation of church and state!) are products of a world that has succumbed to degenerate Modernism, then perhaps this really was a Kingdom of God...
RGB: Back in the 19th C men were men and Popes were Popes. There was none of this "forgiveness" crap - if you thought that the girls were wearing short skirts or that men were actually thinking then you issued a dense Papal bull forbidding such sinful behaviour! :nods:
Its great to see your, excellent, AAR back in action. You probably won't believe me at this stage but I've not forgotten about Les Journals either.
Kapi: What will the Papacy do next? Launch a programme to enrich uranium of course! Unfortunately Heisenberg and Oppenheimer won't be along for another thirty years or so...
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coz1: Yes, that is exactly what I intended with the brief mention of the war *cough*
stnylan: Well I can never resist the opportunity to throw another challenge in the way of the Holy See. That, and outlining another facet of Papal Italy, was what convinced me to do this mini-update.
J. Passepartout: I'm going to give up dodging your accurate predictions and say that you are correct. The next update will shed some light on the enemies produced by Papal policies.
DerKaiser: Well one theme that I've been trying to explore in the past few updates is that the strength of Papal Italy, much like our historical Italy, was/is pretty superficial. That is difficult given the stunning success in the 1863 war but its in the nature of AARs to produce such bursts of competence in order to drive the story forward.
Hastu Neon: Well the irredentists will want most of the Adriatic coast but, as you can see above, that ambition has taken a blow. I'll not rule anything out but for now I'm happy to have reached the modern borders.
Kaeso: The slow industrialisation is a worry, albeit a historical one. My original plan had been for a fairly concerted industrialisation drive after the war with Austria but the poor budget (with first preference being given to paying off London bankers) and rising social tensions conspire to make a decade of peace (a la the '50s) increasingly unlikely.
LeonTrotsky: I thought you would ( ). My intention in the last proper update was to deal with the Papal regime before devoting the next to the "opposition". Changes have been made but that's still the basic plan.
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All in all, a good idea to explain the war in a little more detail.
And oh, that Bismark fellow, he's up to no good.
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Duke of Bonbon, and also Chevalier Grand Croix of the Ordre Militaire du Saint Christophe.
One of those wars where the taste of a pitiful victory is more bitter than a defeat.
So, the diplomatic map is reshaped again. It sounds to me like further fighting on that border is only a matter of time.
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A victory is better than a defeat, but as it plays out in your post the Pope seems to have annoyed the left by his reactionism and the right by not pursuing victory vigourously enough. Is this revolt you confirm is going to happen an alliance of convenience of everybody versus His Holines the Vicar of Christ??
As I recall I think this AAR is supposed to end in the 1870's which brings up several possible directions that things could go...
One that I think has potential would be a Communist revolution. This one I think has a lot of merit given how the Pope has been (as he should be) a total reactionary. If that did happen, I would really like to see how things played out after that.
Anyway, great stuff as usual
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