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4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling and insightful
O'Rourke opens this engaging sojourn through various realms of conflict with a reminiscence of Berlin in 1989 when the Wall came down. He takes a wry look at American foreign policy during the Cold War, under Clinton and under the first President Bush.
Next stop is Kosovo 1989 where the author shares his conversations with refugees, peacekeepers and veterans of...
Published on July 18 2006 by Peter Uys
2.0 out of 5 stars Reflective of the Times
O'Rourke breaks down a Nobel laureate set of assertions by advocating the post-Reagan pan-national wisdom: 'tis better to feel good than to actually DO good...Morning in America is no-risk, baby!
Seriously, o'Rourke is basically asserting that death, the avoidance of it, the fear of it, the threat of it, must, in teh post 9/11 world, be central to our lives...
Published on July 6 2004 by Melvin G. Brennan III
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4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling and insightful,
Peter Uys "Toypom" (Sandton) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism (Hardcover)
O'Rourke opens this engaging sojourn through various realms of conflict with a reminiscence of Berlin in 1989 when the Wall came down. He takes a wry look at American foreign policy during the Cold War, under Clinton and under the first President Bush.
Next stop is Kosovo 1989 where the author shares his conversations with refugees, peacekeepers and veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army. From there he takes us to Israel where he shares his impressions of the land and of Z, his witty tour guide. The author observes that Zionism was ultimately right and the only utopian "ism" to become a success.
The chapter 9/11 Diary records the reactions of ordinary Americans to that infamous day and considers overseas reactions while also presenting a picture of the kooks in a Washington "peace" rally.
He visited Egypt in Dec 2000 and regales the reader with reflections on Egypt's present and past. His thoughts on why the Arab World has fallen so far behind the West and the Far East are noteworthy as well as his descriptions of Anti-Semitism in the Egyptian media.
In Nobel Sentiments, O'Rourke skewers a group of Nobel prize winners (including Jose Saramago and Nadine Gordimer) who issued a banal and empty statement in 2001, pointing out their imbecilic notions on the political and social future. As he so accurately observes, nothing in their fatuous statement indicates that the opinions of ordinary people are more foolish than those of Nobel laureates.
In April 2002 the author attended a Palestinian Solidarity March in Washington DC. Commenting on the demonstration's lack of intelligible demands, he nails down the core issue of the Middle East conflict: Israel's stubborn insistence on existing and the stubborn refusal of the Arab dictatorships to accept the fact. The demonstrators consisted of a wide spectrum of moonbats, from Environmental Nuts to Black Panthers, a crazy bunch of nihilists with only one thing in common: they're all losers.
Thoughts On The Eve of War reflects his experiences in Iraq before and after Operation Iraqi Freedom, plus reminiscences of the situation in Kuwait after the First Gulf War. The book concludes with a visit to Iwo Jima and reflections on the nature of modern warfare.
Peace Kills may not provide as many side-splittingly funny moments as some of O'Rourke's earlier masterpieces, but it remains compelling and thought provoking throughout. He still has the great gift of making associations that at first appear improbable but then reveals meaningful sets of correspondences.
4.0 out of 5 stars Flashes of Brilliant Writing amid Endless Ironies,
Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 127,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism (Hardcover)
Peace Kills is a collection of mostly previously published writing by P.J. O'Rourke as he looks at America's progression from a peace keeper under President Clinton to a democracy implanter under President Bush with an interlude as a target of terrorist violence in the United States.
Here are the sections:
Why Americans Hate Foreign Policy; Kosovo (November 1999); Israel (April 2001); 9/11 Diary; Egypt (December 2001); Nobel Sentiments; Washington, D.C. Demonstrations (April 2002); Thoughts on the Eve of War; Kuwait and Iraq (March and April 2003); and Postscript (Iwo Jima and the End of Modern Warfare).
The book is deeply skeptical about how well any human activity can succeed, whether its purpose is noble or not. Perhaps the most telling section is about ancient and modern Egypt in which Mr. O'Rourke postulates that people have always been crazy . . . with the pyramids as lasting evidence of that observation.
Most of the essays take an ironical cast. First, the official purpose of an activity is described. Second, a counter-example is presented to show the purpose is being undercut. Third, a segue-way occurs into a further irony relative to the counter-example. You have left shaking your head in wonder. These sections are most interesting when they provide local color that you didn't know before. I loved all of the examples from Egypt of the antiterrorist safeguards being ignored in favor of either religious observances or advancing tourism.
What makes the book special to me is the incredibly fine writing that shows up in each essay in explaining a complicated event and circumstance in terms of our American perspective. These are real gems and show careful rewriting. One yearns in vain for more of this type of writing in the essays . . . rather than having one more point, counter-point, segue-way example of irony.
If you already think that war doesn't make sense, you won't need this book to convince you.
But if you love fine, witty writing and don't mind slogging through too many ironic examples to find it, this book will reward you with ten or so remarkable paragraphs.
2.0 out of 5 stars Reflective of the Times,
Melvin G. Brennan III "jihi no kokoro" (Baltimore MD) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism (Hardcover)
O'Rourke breaks down a Nobel laureate set of assertions by advocating the post-Reagan pan-national wisdom: 'tis better to feel good than to actually DO good...Morning in America is no-risk, baby!
Seriously, o'Rourke is basically asserting that death, the avoidance of it, the fear of it, the threat of it, must, in teh post 9/11 world, be central to our lives.
Problem is twofold. One, there are ALOT of people who think thatdeath is nowhere NEAR the worst thing that can happen to ya. Who think that there are ALOT ofthings actually worse than death, and who have actualized themselves tothe point that they cen clearly articulate those things, people and ideas for which they would be willing to die. That sensibility has been edged out by citizenship defined as the right to Road Rage on the way to getting home in time for a microwave meal and FRIENDS (or JOEY, sorry).
Two, what kind of world, and way of being in the world, springs from the social primacy of fear and the political primacy of death, when all of that is combined with the illusory expression of the American Dream through Reagan's long lens?
Well, it produces a world that encourages interlocking elites like O'Rourle to advocate the sending of the masses upon whose back they stand to give up their life in service of both the fear and the illusory sense of "American citizen" as equal to "I have the right to feel good!!!!"
The only counter to O'Rourke foolishness is intimate awareness, and moment-to-moment education, towards the end of promoting a society interested in pledging not to a flag, but to the Constitution, a society that wouldn't know the names of all the FRIENDS' characters, b/c their mind is filled with the names and votes and positions of their representatives, local to global.
In other words, Peace doesn't kill; a fundamental failure to understand what citizenship MUST mean in a democracy (or even in what we have in the States, a represenatative republic, and not a democracy) kills not only you abut everyone else. And when radical statists like the Bsuh cabal can enact nuclear petulance in the sandbox of the world, citizenship, fearless, knoweldgable and empowered, in the only countervailing force, the only other superpower.
O'Rourke's book is Kryptonite to that notion, and crippled in its ability to move anybody forward to do anyting other than fear fear itself and fear death, and beg for Hobbes' Leviathan.
5.0 out of 5 stars A thinking persons writer,
Elizabeth "Elizabeth from the California Sierra" (California Sierra) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism (Hardcover)
Not only is this collection of pieces he has written fun to read but O'Rourke is probably the only chauvinistic writer I utterly enjoy reading. I also appreciate that he dislikes GWB's stumbles as much as I do, which makes him damn fair when it comes to Republican leaning writers. And I laugh when he talks about how war for Americans and American kids is often the only way they learn geography. He isn't easy on the 'average' American which I applaud. He has a wonderful way of incorporating the 'dumbed down' American state of affairs into his first hand adventures.
And if you get the chance to ever catch him speaking on C-Spans Booknotes you will not be disappointed and may well spend some hard earned dollars ordering the VHS tape of the show, if you are to lazy to record it.
And I agree 100% with Amazon.com reviewer rexferal from Grand Junction, CO who notes ' Less bitter than Ann Coulter, far funnier than Al Franken, this is a book with an eye for the absurd that has chosen to laugh rather than to cry'. And as others have noted do a google.com search for his pieces in both Rolling Stone and The Atlantic publications.
5.0 out of 5 stars I Like the Places I Write About,
prisrob "pris," (New England USA) - See all my reviews
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"I like the places I write about. I enjoy the people. I have had a good time where ever I've
gone, Iraq included. My subject in a way is pleasure. This is a book about pleasantness which is why I have dedicated it to Mike Kelly", so says PJ O'Rourke in his new book "Peace Kills: America's New Imperialism. Mike Kelly was the editor of "The Atlantic" until he was killed in an accident in Iraq. Mike Kelly is the kind of person you want as a friend, funny, irreverent, kind, a family man who adored his wife and children- sounds like P.J.O'Rourke as a matter of fact.
I have adored P. J. O'Rourke for several years. P.J. O'Rourke is an admitted Libertarian, as am I. P. J. lives in New England, he moved here after 9-11. He found the kind of simple life he wanted for his family and himself. but, he also has a home in the city, Washington, D.C. so he meet and greet old friends and do his job as a writer/reporter. P.J. also appears on NPR's "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" on a semi-regular basis. All in all a man to be admired.
In this new book, he has put together some of his articles from "The Atlantic" and "The Wall Street Journal". He talks about the start of the Iraq War. He was in Kuwait and was awakened by his wife in the US who called to tell him the war had started. He finally arrives in Baghdad and as he visits one of Saddam's palaces he says "If a reason for invading Iraq was needed, felony interior decorating would have sufficed." Now, do you understand why I love this guy's wit? He goes on to discuss his visit to Kosovo and Israel after 9-11. But the largest portion of the book is devoted to Iraq and Kuwait. He bargains with a local for a case of beer starting at $20 and ended up paying $24.50. What a country! He concludes that we will never have Peace but we will have a war where we talk about our soldiers we can say "They are our Heroes".
P.J. O'Rourke is never dull. I search for his articles in "The Atlantic" first- they are always informative, entertaining and irreverent. This is my kind of book. He doesn't clear up my confusion but then, it's mine, anyway. prisrob.
4.0 out of 5 stars Peace kills, but this book doesn't,
Trevor Seigler (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism (Hardcover)
This, PJ's latest, (...) a grab-bag of vaguely-connected pieces dealing with essentially the same theme (Give War A Chance). As such, it is a nice snapshot of the time, but doesn't give much in the way of lasting significance.
The travelogues to Israel and Egypt are among O'Rourke's finest foreign-correspondent pieces, but the brief look at why we went to war with Iraq seems facile and uninvolving. It may just be that I disagree with O'Rourke over the necessity of this war, but I didn't find his own criteria for why we did all that convincing. The trip through Kuwait and Iraq is illuminating in its portrait of the war some time before it really turned into a bloodshed, but offers little in the way of more than a cultural snapshot.
I think the chapter dealing with the anti-war protestors is a bit mixed. The war the protesters were up in arms against was Afghanistan, not Iraq, so I side with PJ on that one being the right war to engage in. But O'Rourke's overall dismissal of the protesters smacks of the same narrow-minded logic that disassociates most Republican pundits from the mainstream of American thought. If O'Rourke feels the protestors are wasting their time, he can't really offer much alternative to dispute their inherent views on the meaninglessness of war.
That being said, it's still an enjoyable read: The humor is crackling, and O'Rourke lets in trademark comments about how utterly stupid war is to balance out what I found as T.R.W.A.D. (Typical Republican Whining About Dissent - feel free to use that anytime). The last chapter on Iwo Jima deals with the utter senselessness of either side's will to hold or take the island. It's a sobering thought, considering what so many died for amounts to a less-than-paradisical island with little in the way of natural beauty.
Overall, I liked this book pretty well, even though I disagreed totally with O'Rourke's rationalizations for the crisis in Iraq. It's really up to the individual reader to determine where they stand on that issue, but it shouldn't take away from anyone's ability to enjoy this book in total. Four stars due to the haphazard way it was put together (would have worked better as a cohesive treatise on the modern state of warfare, post-9/11), and because it's over far too soon.
3.0 out of 5 stars Alright.... I guess so....,
Ann Lesters "Ann" (Lewiston, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism (Hardcover)
I gotta give PJ 3 stars, as I used to be a big fan. Now that I know something, he's not as funny. It's harder to be funny from the right, or from the top... and in "Peace Kills" it doesn't work so well for me. Now that I think back, PJ's style could be summed up as "I wonder what the poor people are doing? Heh heh." That angle provided a boost when I was a little twerp, and somehow still thought the left was a dominant threat, and the right-wing an embattled minority. But time tells me otherwise... so PJ doesn't ring as true (to me) now. Tip o' the hat to PJ, though, as he still handles his hippie to conserative transition with a cool unseen in so many neocons. (Say, for example, David - stop foaming - Horowitz!!!).
I first saw PJ on Letterman years ago, and was amazed at how shaken he was. On more recent TV appearences, PJ is pleasant, if not the confident aggressor/prankster/wisecracker in print. But, I guess a lot of folks are like that. I mean, if PJ lost confidence with the right, he'd tell us... or would he?!! Who knows. 3 stars because PJ is "good people," injects humor (and often depth!)into world affairs, and he has the Irish gene for good storytelling.
4.0 out of 5 stars O'Rourke strikes again,
L O'connor (richmond, surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism (Hardcover)
A witty and incisive collection of articles on the state of the world, it stars with 'Why Americans Hate Foreign Policy', and goes on to describe the baffling and tangled stae of affairs in Kosovo in 1999. I found the chapter describing his visit to Israel in 2001 particularly interesting, his comments on Zionism are fascinating. The chapter on Egypt is excellent too, though I did have rservations about his comment that we had no civilisation in Europe when the Pyramids were built. We didn't have civilisation on the scale and grandeur of Egypt, but we had some, after all, Newgrange was built before the Pyramids, and it's still standing. He also drags out those old chestnuts about the Arab world being more civilised than Europe during the Middle Ages, and about classical learning being unknown here until the Renaissance, both quite untrue. Mr O'Rourke knows a lot about a lot of things, but I don't think he knows much about the Middle Ages. The chapter about the anti-war demonstrations in Washington is very funny, and the chapter on Kuwait and Iraq during the early part of the war utterly fascinating. O'Rourke's genius for describing countries at war is unequeled. The chapter on Iwo Jima is interesting, but I found myself somewhat bemused by his statement that the Japanese officers were arguably more sensitive - nad more intelligent-than their American counterparts. Praising the culutral attaintments of the Japanese officers, he tells us that one of them knew Spencer Tracy, and that all three officers fought to the death. Having had an uncle who was taken prisoner by the Japanese, and was put to work building their vile Burma railway, I am not disposed to shed any tears over Japanese deaths during the war, and I don't care if every officer in the Japanese army knew Spencer Tracy AND Katherine Hepburn, there was nothing intelligent or sensitive about the way they treated their prisoners. This is a very good book, but not quite as dazzlingly brilliant and witty as some of his earlier books like 'Holidays in Hell' 'Give War a Chance' "All the Trouble in the World" and 'Eat the Rich'. And I definitely feel that when it came to writing about Iwo jima, he must have had too much saki
4.0 out of 5 stars Another fine mess,
Walrus Rex "rexferal" (Grand Junction, CO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism (Hardcover)
You probably either love or hate P.J. O'Rourke. From the ranting Marxist maniac of thirty years ago to the libertarian leaning Republican of today, he has been consistently funny. This book covers 9/11 through the early stages of the war in Iraq.
O'Rourke is something of a gonzo journalist in the Hunter S. Thompson tradition in that the story is his adventures in getting the story. The fault is not as grievous with O'Rourke, however, in that he is both far less pretentious and far funnier. (He mentions the personal effect of 9/11 on him of driving his prior book off the medium well sellers list, for example.) We travel with O'Rourke as he watches the well intentioned fail to bring order out of chaos while delivering free food to the semi-starving, while he dickers up the cost of buying what he thinks is alcoholic beer in dry Iraq, and while he visits Holy Land, or is it the holely land?
There are certain insights here although the book is played primarily for laughs. It is difficult to dislike the people O'Rourke meets in his travels eventhough they dislike ech other to the point of killing. There is no strong political message in this book and O'Rourke does not burden us with any proposed solutions. Rather, he describes the scenes and the people in such a way as to recall to mind Oliver Hardy saying to Stan Laurel, "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into."
I might mention that this is not a book for the ages. Although there will be no problem for the reasonably well informed now, in ten years you won't be able to get the jokes without reference to footnotes.
Less bitter than Ann Coulter, far funnier than Al Franken, this is a book with an eye for the absurd that has chosen to laugh rather than to cry.
5.0 out of 5 stars Wickedly Funny,
By A Customer
This review is from: Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism (Hardcover)
War is hell - but sometimes peace is worse. P.J. O'Rourke's latest book is one of his best. You could shave with this wit. Humor is always funnier when it comes from a particular point of view. When he travels the world and reports on its trouble spots, O'Rourke strikes the pose of the kid in the back of the class making funny noises, but secretly he's the kid in the front row who has done all his homework. He knows his stuff which makes his it funnier and more insightful. Take this passage on how to tell the difference between piles of rubble in the war in Kosovo: "When the destruction was general, it was Serbian. Serbs surrounded Albanian villages and shelled them. When the destruction was specific, it was Albanian. Albaninas set fire to Serbian homes and businesses. And when the destruction was pointless - involving a bridge to nowhere, an empty oil storage tank, an evacuated Serb police headquarters and the like - it was NATO trying to fight a war without hurting anybody." O'Rourke is a former hippie turned Republican frat boy and his work has appeal across the political spectrum - regardless of how much he can't stand Hillary Clinton. Stuffed shirts, people who refuse to laugh because there's so much suffering in the world, people who don't like a good politically incorrect joke over drinks should stay a hundred miles from this book. Anyone who refuses to take the world seriously should ring up several.
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Multitasking in a hardware interrupt free environment. Event indicators are employed to multitask between processes of the environment. Processes to be multitasked register with one another, and then during processing, one of the processes toggles an event indicator to allow another process to execute. The toggling allows the processes to share resources in an interrupt free environment.
1. A method of multitasking processes comprising:
employing a single threaded computer processor to multitask multiple processes, the single threaded computer processor being a hardware interrupt free computer processor, wherein the employing comprises:
initiating executing of a first process using the single threaded computer processor;
multitasking the first process with a second process using the single threaded computer processor, wherein the multitasking comprises setting and employing one or more event indicators created by at least one of the first or second processes; and
wherein before completion of execution of the first process, the first process is saved in memory of the single threaded computer processor to allow for execution of the second process, wherein the first process remains active in memory to preserve the first process' state, and wherein the employing one or more event indicators comprises toggling at least one event indicator of the one or more event indicators to indicate which process of the first process and the second process is to execute.
2. The method of
creating a first event indicator of the one or more event indicators by the first process;
creating a second event indicator of the one or more event indicators by the second process; and
toggling between the first event indicator and the second event indicator to multitask the first process and the second process.
3. The method of
4. The method of
5. The method of
6. The method of
providing to the first process an indication of a location of an event indicator created by the second process; and
providing to the second process an indication of a location of an event indicator created by the first process.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates, in general, to multitasking within a computing environment, and in particular, to multitasking in a hardware interrupt free computing environment.
2. Description of Related Art
At times, it is desirable to operate within a computing environment with limited functionality enabled. This reduces complexity and facilitates debugging. However, in order to provide limited functionality, certain features are disabled or not provided. One such feature is system or hardware interrupts. The disabling of system interrupts reduces the complexity of the environment, but at a cost. The cost is that certain functions are not provided, such as, for instance, multitasking.
Multitasking enables an individual process to share resources (e.g., CPU, memory, etc.) with one or more other individual processes without requiring the process to completely exit before allowing another process to execute. Instead, the multitasking processes remain resident in memory.
With the disabling of system interrupts, however, multitasking is not performed. Instead, a process runs for a period of time, saves its state in persistent storage, and then exits completely, before another process that is to share the resource commences execution. This increases complexity and degrades system performance. Thus, a need exists for a capability that enables multitasking in the absence of hardware interrupts.
The shortcomings of the prior art are overcome and additional advantages are provided through the provision of a method of multitasking in a computing environment. The method includes, for instance, executing a first process in a hardware interrupt free computing environment; and multitasking the first process with a second process of the hardware interrupt free computing environment, wherein the multitasking includes employing one or more event indicators.
In one example, the employing includes toggling at least one event indicator of the one or more event indicators to indicate which process of the first process and the second process is to execute.
In another embodiment, a method of multitasking in a single processor environment is provided. The method includes, for instance, executing a first process in a hardware interrupt free single processor environment; and multitasking the first process with a second process of the hardware interrupt free single processor environment.
System and computer program products corresponding to the above-summarized methods are also described and claimed herein.
Additional features and advantages are realized through the techniques of the present invention. Other embodiments and aspects of the invention are described in detail herein and are considered a part of the claimed invention.
The subject matter which is regarded as the invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the claims at the conclusion of the specification. The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the invention are apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a multitasking capability is provided that enables processes to cooperatively multitask in a hardware interrupt free computing environment. The processes employ event indicators to perform the multitasking, as one example. The toggling of the event indicators indicates that a process is to sleep, while another is to execute.
Detailed Description
One embodiment of a computing environment to incorporate and use one or more aspects of the present invention is described with reference to
As one example, computing environment 100 includes an Itanium processor (i.e., a single threaded single processor) executing the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), available from Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. EFI is a firmware operating environment that supports utility applications, such as diagnostics or operating system loaders. EFI is built to particular specifications. EFI allows a machine to operate without an extensive amount of configuration or functionality by instituting certain rules. As an example, processes are limited to particular priority levels. That is, a given process may temporarily increase its priority level of operation, if it is operating at a low or medium priority level, but is not allowed to decrease its priority level of operation, according to the specifications. Further, a higher priority process is not allowed to launch lower priority processes.
Although EFI has instituted these rules to reduce complexity, there are times when greater functionality is beneficial, even within the EFI environment. Thus, steps have been taken to overcome some of the limitations of EFI. For example, a capability is now provided in which a higher priority task is able to launch lower priority tasks. This is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/898,978, entitled "Method of Launching Low-Priority Tasks", filed Jul. 2, 2001, and published on Jan. 2, 2003 as U.S. Patent Publication No. US 2003/0005026 A1, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
As a further example, within an EFI environment, system or hardware interrupts are disabled in order to reduce complexity within the environment. The disabling of the interrupts, however, effects the providing of certain functions that may be beneficial. This includes, for instance, multitasking, in which separate and distinct processes share resources (e.g., hardware resources, such as CPU, memory, etc.) of the computing environment to execute. Thus, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a capability is provided that enables multitasking to be performed in a hardware interrupt free environment.
One embodiment of the logic associated with an initialization procedure to enable multitasking in a hardware interrupt free environment is described with reference to
In addition to initializing the executive process, a polling event (e.g., in EFI, an EVT_Notify_signal event) is created, STEP 202 (
Moreover, one or more other processes are initialized, STEP 204. In the diagnostic example, these processes may be tests. However, the processes need not be diagnostic tests; other types of processes may be initialized. Similar to the executive, each of these processes creates an event indicator and places it in a selected memory location. Likewise, each process creates its own event, which is similar to the executive's event, STEP 206.
The processes then register with the executive, STEP 208. This includes, for instance, a registration handshake, in which the memory locations of event indicators for the processes are exchanged. For example, a process provides to the executive an indication of where its indicator is located, and, in turn, the executive provides to the process a location of its indicator. Thus, in this example, the executive and other processes are cooperative, in that they, at least implicitly, work together to enable multitasking. The registration process completes the initialization technique, and allows multitasking to commence.
One embodiment of the logic associated with multitasking in a hardware interrupt free environment is described with reference to
The process executes, STEP 306, and at a desired time (e.g., at end of execution or other selected time), the process triggers the executive's event, STEP 308. For example, the process sets the executive flag. Further, the process goes to sleep waiting on its event flag, STEP 309, and its event flag is reset.
The scheduling process then determines that the executive process' event has been triggered, and awakens the executive process for execution, STEP 310. The executive process executes for an amount of time (e.g., until a particular task is completed or some other selected time), STEP 312, and processing continues at STEP 300.
Described in detail above is a multitasking capability that enables processes to be multitasked in a hardware interrupt free environment. In one example, the environment is a single processor environment. Any number of processes can be supported.
Advantageously, multitasking is enabled in a hardware interrupt free environment. Multitasking allows processes to share resources (e.g., hardware resources, such as CPU, memory, etc.) without having to terminate execution. Instead, each process remains active in memory in order to preserve the process' state. The processes simply go to sleep to enable one or more other processes to execute, and then, in turn, are awakened. The sharing of the resources is transparent in that a user is not aware that multiple processes are operating in the same physical hardware.
The multitasking capability advantageously allows multiple processes to run simultaneously, passing active execution back and forth to one another through a set of events, which are controlled by flags.
This multitasking capability is beneficial for many functions, including diagnostic testing. Advantageously, the diagnostic executive executes for a certain amount of time, and then allows one or more other testing processes to run. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the diagnostic executive is a mid-priority dispatcher of one priority (e.g., either medium or high priority) that enables a lower priority process to be spawned, when the process' event is triggered. The lower priority process executes for a period of time and then allows the executive to run, again.
Thus, in accordance with one or more aspects of the present invention, multitasking is provided in environments that do not allow and/or do not use hardware interrupts. Additionally, a programmer is able to span privilege domains in directions not allowed for within EFI and similar environments.
Although an example of a computing environment is described above, this is only an example. A computing environment having different components may incorporate and/or use one or more aspects of the present invention. For instance, a processor may be other than an Itanium processor, and/or other than an Intel processor. Further, the computing environment need not include the EFI environment. Other variations are also possible and are considered a part of the claimed invention. Moreover, other computing and/or operating environments may incorporate and use one or more aspects of the present invention, without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
Further, in another embodiment, the executive process may be other than a diagnostic executive. In yet another example, there need not be an executive process, just processes that are to be multitasked. Further, the processes need not be diagnostic tests. Moreover, although in this example, one process is actively running at a time, in other examples, more than one process can be actively running.
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The pictures look very similar to Roman style round pizza
Sorry for the confusion. There's a pizza place in NY called Artichoke Basille's (though most people just call it Artichoke) that has an amazing sicilian slice that I'm trying to replicate at home, but I just can't get the sauce right. Was wondering if anyone had any insight. Thanks
@ben, i'd like to see that too. i had slices of the tomato, mushroom and bianca from grandaisy over the weekend and they just weren't as good as i remembered sullivan st's being
Still no love for roman-style round pizza
anyone know where you can get roman style pizza in the NYC area? it's my absolute favourite kind, yet I can't find it anywhere!
i preferred the really crusty old style baguettes
i agree with the mini pizzas (pizzette) idea. in italy they're very popular both for catered events and just as snacks at home.
something like http://www.pasticceriabutterfly.com/public/fotoannunci/pizzette%20rotonde0.jpg
penso che dovresti licenziare il vostro traduttore ;)
i can think of quite a few traditional types of Roman pizza a taglio (similar to those at sullivan st bakery) that don't have cheese on them
I used to love the franny's clam pizza, but last few times I've gone there it's been waaaay too salty to the point of being unpleasant. And usually I love salty food but these pizzas were just too much
awesome news. i'm not even two blocks away
could NYC finally be getting Roman-style thin crust?
went tonight and got a delboy. the pizza was outstanding, just right amount of char. can't wait to go back and work my way through the menu. paulie's really bringing it
totally bummed i can't make it tonight, but definitely planning on going tomorrow night
awesome, can't wait
just a question about the menu. why does the stracciatella ( garlic / olive oil / raw basil / sea salt ) cost $16? am i missing something?
@Adam: but even then, you're just cutting the slices, not so much eating them with a knife and fork
congrats Paulie! every time one of your pizza parties gets posted i end up drooling all over my keyboard. can't wait to try some for myself
let me know if you need an apprentice pizzaiolo ;)
After 6 years in NY i finally went to Di Fara for first time this past thursday. Adam, I actually saw you walking by as I was getting dropped off at 5th and Union and thought to offer you one of my left over slices but by the time i got out the car you were already down the street. As for the pizza, we dropped over $140 there that night between 5 of us and it was worth every penny
i used to drink these all the time when i lived in Thessaloniki. I just used an empty small water bottle as the shaker and it worked fine
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I don't get why people hate this product so much. Sometimes you need portable water, and isn't it better to use water from Brooklyn than water from Maine or Fiji?
i don't wanna be 'that guy' but based on the sign, it's Salumeria Rosi, not Rossi
Went here last night with some friends. It was pretty good, and at only $9.50 for a margherita, and a 5 min walk from my apartment, I'll definitely be going back soon.
They actually have wood in the oven, but from the looks of it there's also gas lines in the back.
I posted some pics at http://flickr.com/photos/mrlovemonkey/sets/72157608314043692/
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Hi everyone, just wanted to jump in here. Congratulations TizTaz!
When I was pregnant I got really tired of reading all the horror stories about premature births, etc. It was only when I joined MDC that I started to think maybe I could actually carry my babies to 37 weeks (which I did). It's hard eough physically to be pregnant with multiples, and when you are bombarded with scary stories about what "could" happen it makes for a very stressful pregnancy!
Now that they are 3 months old I find that most of the negativity in my life comes from within. I am tired of being negative about having twins! I wish I could be happier about it, but the fact is I feel like my life is completely out of my control right now and my activities are dictated by these 2 little creatures. I don't get out much, so when people do stop me and make the stupid "twin" comments I enjoy it. It makes me feel special. I've been lucky that both sides of the family are very supportive and involved, so we have had lots of help.
MommaBear, I am totally going to check out that book. Thanks for the tip!
*hugs* to you, 2babies2kidsmom. I think many of us can relate to having those negative feelings inside sometimes. To be honest, I had a lot of them the first 6 months. You have already gotten past the hardest stage of twin-dom, IMHO. The first 3 months were the toughest. My girls are 10 1/2 months now, and even though it is still hard sometimes, overall it is SO much easier. I still don't get out by myself much with them, other than walks, as I'm on my own all day, and between getting their two naps in, feedings and giving them time for play, it's hard. But when my husband is home, we take them out more and more. Looking back, I still cannot believe how hard some of last fall and winter was, but I also feel a little wistful, realizing that they are moving towards toddlerhood at such a fast rate. And they won't be infants for much longer. Some of the days feel endless when you are going through them, but now it feels like time has flown by. I'm 42, and these are the only kids we will have. So sometimes, I really do miss that teeny tiny stage. It's rough having one's life restricted to such a degree. But at this point, I feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and how, with each passing year, I'll have a little more of my own freedom back, and also have more time to just BE with my kids and enjoy them. So hang in there. You are doing great. And I agree...sometimes I really enjoy those comments, too, and feel special and proud of showing off my babies. Other times they can get a little wearying, like when I'm at the farmer's market and I hear for the 10th time, 'well you have a load full there!" If I'm tired and cranky I want to say, "yeah, no sh#@$, Sherlock! well spotted." lol But mostly these days I just laugh it off and enjoy the attention.
Dela: How disappointing that it doesn't get better! I also hate the "just wait until they are walking!" "just wait until they are talking!" "just wait until they are teenagers!" said forbodingly. Yes, won't that be wonderful?! First words, stories, songs, dancing, dating, weddings!!! I CHOSE to have children, after all, and I'm fully aware that children break things, talk back, and draw on the walls. I still want to enjoy each stage.
TizTaz5: Congratulations! Yes, possibly some of it has to do with fertility challenges. Our twins were spontaneous (no fertility meds), but it still tooks us two years to get a healthy pregnancy and we suffered one miscarriage, too. So I'm grateful for every day. I guess some of the negative comments come from parents who had unplanned children, etc. They are just projecting, and I have to try and remember that.
ALWAYS at the Farmers Market! I wonder why that is. I am usually fine with the first two, maybe three, people who stop me to ask about the twins per outing. But if I'm out for more than an hour or in a busy place, it can actually literally get up into the double digits. And then I get CRANKY and start ignoring everyone. We do take the twins out A LOT, though, and I realize that a lot of twin parents don't as much, so people don't actually see really young twins very often, which makes us even more popular.
2babies2kids, I hear you. I do get feelings of frustration that I'm paying a lot more for daycare than I was planning with 3 kids vs. 2 kids (thank God my daycare owner was willing and able to give me a generous discount or it would be even worse) and all the other financial things that 3 kids vs. 2 kids means (more $$ for college, more diapers, more clothes, more carseats, etc.) I feel robbed of another vaginal birth (not that it was a guarentee with a singleton, but much more likely) and robbed of getting to experience the 2 kids I'd planned for. I've mostly gotten over it, but it still is frustrating at times.
As for the typical hands full comments, I tend to respond (when DD1 is not present) that these two babies put together are way easier than my first DD as she was so intense and high needs and didn't sleep. I was seriously a zombie with DD1, it was bad. They already sleep better than she did at 18 months and I mean that combined What I find most difficult is when they both are screaming at once and I'm the only adult around(very, very rare) and at bathtime as the non-bather tends to always be fussy so bathtime is not the joy it was with DD1, it's just another chore, can't wait until they are big enough to bathe together! I'm sure there will be lots of other challenges as they get older and are crawling/running in different directions, but there will also be great things too I think like built-in playmate! I can get out with them fine since they like they car (DD1 hated the car for 13 months), I have a double stroller, etc. It is logistically harder and I do avoid some places that are a breeze with just one infant, but I got out tons much to the amazement of a lot of people. I mostly got out for my own sanity, I couldn't stand being cooped up in my house all day on maternity leave, especially after being in the hospital for a week and a half (pre-e w/random HB decels from the babies & c-section) and being stuck on the couch for awhile recovering from the pre-e & c-section. But yeah, most of my frustration is financial and it is hard to vent to people about that as I feel like it is coming off as ungrateful or shallow or something.
I will say I get a lot of "What a blessing!" and the like as well from people too who see my twins. My favorite is everyone trotting out their twin story, you know what I mean: they are a twin, they have twin cousins/friends/etc. It seems at least half the people I meet have a twin story.
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What I find most difficult is when they both are screaming at once and I'm the only adult around.
My favorite is everyone trotting out their twin story, you know what I mean: they are a twin, they have twin cousins/friends/etc. It seems at least half the people I meet have a twin story.
Yep, I live in fear of the double meltdown. I'm on baby duty alone on Saturday mornings due to my husband's work schedule and there is almost always a double meltdown. Sometimes I cry. Sometimes I take a shot of whiskey. Once I managed to breastfeed one while lying down and bouncing the other until they both fell asleep. Usually, though, I get them into the stroller and go to the mall or farmers market. This is partly why we get out so much! It's for me, but it's also because they fall right to sleep in their stroller or stare up calmly at the sky. Good thing they were born in the spring!
The twin stories! My husband and I are so amused by them. He once came home from the store and said "The cashier's brother's cousin just had twins!"
at your DH's cashier twin story.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia would change how county school districts hire teachers, free up more days on their calendars to bolster student instruction and require full-week schooling for 4-year-olds statewide, under legislation sent to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Friday.
The House of Delegate passed the bill, the centerpiece of the Democratic governor's agenda this session, by a 95-2 vote. The measure offers to help teachers with loans, covers the renewal fee for those with national certification, and revamps the way the state Department of Education accredits schools and provides professional development.
It also advances several key goals in Tomblin's drive to improve West Virginia's low-ranking student achievement scores. One aims to ensure that high school students finish their junior year ready for college or career training, with remedial courses offered for those who aren't ready while they are seniors. Tomblin also wants all third-graders reading at that level by the time they finish that grade.
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Mountaineers Fall to Iowa
MIAMI, Fla. – The No. 12/14 West Virginia women's basketball team fell 79-70 to Iowa in its final game of the FIU Thanksgiving Classic, Sunday, in Miami, Fla.
In a physical game with 58 fouls called, the Hawkeyes (5-2) used a strong second half to overcome the Mountaineers (3-2). Twenty seven of Iowa's 54 second-half points came off free throws, as the Hawkeyes shot 84 percent (42-50) from the line. Senior guard Jaime Printy co-led Iowa in scoring with 19 points, converting 17-of-17 from the free throw line. Morgan Johnson put up 19 points with 6-of-11 from the field.
The Mountaineers led 32-25 at halftime, but Iowa came out shooting in the second half, recording 59.1 percent (13-22) from the field. WVU led by as many as nine (52-43) with 10:43 remaining, but Iowa was able to come back using 22 free throws and four field goals down to the buzzer.
Iowa shot 46.2 percent (18-39) for the game, while WVU recorded a 29.2 field goal percentage (21-72), with three more field goals. Iowa was 84 percent accurate from the charity stripe, converting 42-of-50 attempts. WVU recorded 22 points from the line, shooting 75.9 percent (22-29). The Hawkeyes dominated the paint 24-18, but the Mountaineers took advantage of the 3-point line, making 6-of-28 attempts (21.4%). WVU limited Iowa to only one 3-pointer in five attempts.
Junior guard Taylor Palmer emerged as WVU's scoring and rebounding leader with 23 points and nine rebounds. Palmer added in a season-high five 3-pointers, dished out two assists and grabbed a steal. Christal Caldwell recorded 17 points, including WVU's only other three, and converted all six free throw attempts. Sophomore guard Linda Stepney added seven points, three assists and two steals. A spark off the bench, sophomore Crystal Leary chipped in eight points, five rebounds and two steals in 20 minutes. Behind Palmer's game-leading nine rebounds, sophomore Averee Fields pulled down a career-best eight rebounds.
WVU out-rebounded Iowa 41-39. The Mountaineers limited their turnovers to 15, while forcing 23 out of Iowa, including 10 steals. WVU's bench contributed 15 points.
Palmer averaged 19.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game against LSU and Iowa to be named to the FIU Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team.
The West Virginia women's basketball team will enter its third road game of a four-game stretch on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m., at Virginia.
Men's Basketball: Bahamas Preview
Womens Soccer: Kadeisha Buchanan Press Conference
Big 12 Media Days: Dana Holgorsen
Women's Soccer: Amanda Hill and Mocha
Big 12 Media Days: Nick Kwiatkoski
Football: Dana Holgorsen on ESPN


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While visiting my parents after inheriting a rather large quantity of Twix bars. Me: Oh, before I leave.... are you a fan of Twix? Dad: Twix? No! Not me, I don't go near it. Dad: I don't want anything to do with it, just doesn't make sense to me. Dad: Twixting... or whatever you kids call it. Me: Dad... you're thinking of twitter... tweeting. Twix is a candy bar. Dad: Oh! Yeah, I love Twix! Why, do you have some? Me: ...
WARNING: Contains some pretty nasty and hateful language.
In March, the Twitter tag #tomyunbornchild became a popular tag for expecting parents to tweet messages to their kids. The vast majority of these tweets were positive, loving, encouraging sentiments. However, a small minority of people used the trending tag to instead send rabid homophobic warnings to their future children. In this video, some actors say the tweets out loud, giving a new and unsettling dimension to hate speech posted on social media.
From Cavatica: "It's easy to dehumanize hate speech online because we've gotten so used to seeing it. We tell ourselves that it's the product of trolls, of random, anonymous strangers.
Except they're not. They're real people. Many of them will be parents. And some of their children will be gay."


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HIGH SCHOOL: Played varsity field hockey at Old Rochester Regional H.S. ... Team was crowned 2009 South Coast Conference champions … Spent majority of her time playing with the MIT Minutemen club team ... Trained one-on-one with U.S. indoor national team goalkeeper Donna Chung … Also played club field hockey at the Worcester County United Field Hockey Academy … Team earned USFHA National Festival Gold Medal (2010) … New England Premier field hockey showcase All-Star selection (2009) … USFHA Futures Region 2 (2008-2011) … Played varsity tennis for two seasons and ran cross country for one season at Old Rochester … Graduated in the top 15 of her class.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Douglas Batt and Sarah Worley ... Has two brothers (Alexander and Samuel) … Majoring in English.


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This is a daughter of Artex with an outside female standard poodle. She is a little piece of her daddy and an absolutely gorgeous girl! We are very proud of her. She lives with her mommy, Roxann Niemann.
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General impression about how is the work into the European Project!
When we hear the words "European Project" we are so excited because we know that will be an excellent opportunity to met new people, new places and to learn something new and useful. Is true that involved seriously and works. But the travel and the moments spent in it are unique. Time spend working on the project bring satisfaction or disappointment. That depends on how much interest you give proof of how much you want to do everything very well.
Always you have to do something new and something very interesting. You have chance to meet teenagers like you and see how their life and study is. Also you will certainly see their tourism and costumes.
Maybe the trip it will be tiring but what counts when you have so much to do and so many new places to explore? Meeting people you can compare their behavior with yours.
Beside the exchange of experiences, we could make new friends. We will try new food, and we will discover new tastes.
Another interesting thing that we made during our Comenius experiences is to attend at different classes from the partners' schools. We can see how others students spend their leisure time and if is different from ours.
Of course, Comenius project is an occasion to use the English lesson from the school. It's an opportunity to learn more English, but also an opportunity to learn word in other European languages.
Although, during mobilities time, you miss at your usual courses, you will take part in classes prepared by all the teachers involved in the project and the project coordinator who is my teacher.
I suppose the little free time moments are shared with new friends, preparing you for next Comenius activities.
Another thing that I find interesting in Comenius activities is to learn about partners' folk music and dances.
There are so many things to see, so many thing to learn, so many thing to tell, that the time will be to short and I am sure that each of us would even like to repeat at least once to live the Comenius' experience.
I consider all those participate in this great project can be called lucky ; they have this unique opportunity. I cannot wait a new journey, to share new adventures from Comenius time.
Turkey is a Eurasian country who is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest, Greece to vest, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia Azerbaijan and Iran to the east and Iraq and Syria to east. The predominant religion in Turkey is the Islam. Turkey is secular, democratic and constitutional republic. The capital of Turkey is Ankara. The biggest city from Turkey is Istanbul. Turkey is divided in seven regions: Marmara, Aegean, Black Sea, Central Anatolia, Southeastern Anatolia and the Mediterranean.
Architectural elements found in Turkey are also testaments to the unique mix of traditions that have influenced the region over the centuries. In addition to the traditional Byzantine elements present in numerous parts of Turkey, many artifacts of the later Ottoman architecture, with its exquisite blend of local and Islamic traditions, are to be found throughout the country, as well as in many former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Sinan is widely regarded as the greatest architect of the classical period in Ottoman architecture.
Gaziantep is the city in southeastern Anatolia and it is the sixth largest city in Turkey. Its population, economical situation, tourism potential, and Greater Municipality make the city metropolitan. It connects Southeast Anatolia to the West with highways and railways at it is the center of them and as its airport has become international, the flow of goods, services and visitors has increased. 1/4 of its land area consists of fertile areas, and some part of which have been irrigated by the Euphrates River. In these area of Gaziantep industries whose economical value is very high include pistachio nuts, olives, cotton, grapes, red peppers, flax, lentils, and cereal grains like wheat and barley.
Gaziantep is the gateway of GAP geographically, and with its industry, the trade volume has helped to develop GAP. Economically it effects 18 other cities. Gaziantep is one of the oldest centers that reflects the culture of human societies. Gaziantep is located at a point where Mediterranean and Southeastern Anatolia intersect. Gaziantep is a border city to Syria. Most of its land is located in the east of Southeastern Anatolia and one part is located on the east of Mediterranean. Gaziantep is well-known for its culinary specialties, which show Arabic and Assyrian in addition to Turkish, influences. The festive food yuvalama (rice and meat rolled into pea-sized balls), the delicious lahmacum (also known as Turkish pizza) and baklava are some examples.
The Sun and the Moon
This ballad is about the moon and the sun. The Sun wants to get married and he was walking all the country from nine years, on nine horses to find a wife for himself. He found nine beautiful girls where the Sun and the Moon are rises, and the most pretty and diligent was the little girl. She weaves all the day. Her name was Ileana Sanziana and she was the Sun and the flowers lady. Then the Sun confessed her that he walked in entire world but he couldn't find a girl like her and if she wants to became the Sun's wife.
She told him that she never hard in this world a marriage between a brother and a sister. Ileana said if the Sun will find this thing everywhere in the world, she will get marry with him. But the Sun insisted and Ileana Sanziana accepted with some conditions: the Sun has to build a bridge over the Black Sea. This Bridge must be built from steel and iron and at the end of this bridge a monastery were the wedding supposed to be. After the Sun built these things he met Adam and Iowa and they asked him what he wants. The Sun told that he wants a wife but he never found a better one just him sister, Ileana Sanziana. Adam and Iowa said to the Sun this married is impossible and if they will get marry he will go to the hall. He will go to the Haven if they will not marry. They took the Sun and went to visit the Haven. There were a lot of food and good music and a lot of saints. In the Haven were those killed for the justice and nuns. The next trip was in the hall. In the hall were rivers fires with thieves and false priests.
The sun went again to his sister Ileana Sanziana and when they passed to the bridge, she felt in the water. Nobody found her just Adam and Iowa and they named her "Moon" and they threw her in the sky. She cried a lot and asked God. God answered her that as there is world, the Moon and the Sun will never meet each other. When the Moon will be at the sunrise the Sun will be at the sunset.
Another version of this ballad
"Soarele şi Luna"(The Sun and the Moon) performed by Mitică Burcea (vocal and fiddle / "scripcă") and Ion Păturică (folk lute / "cobză"), 1951. Romanian traditional epic ballad from Muntenia, Teleorman, Merenii de Sus village.
Unable to find an appropriate wife, the Sun falls in love with his sister, Ileana Sânziana, as she sits weaving in one of her nine enchanted palaces.To discourage him, Ileana sets him three seemingly impossible tasks.The Sun accomplishes them, however, and proposes to Ileana again, ignoring the strongly repeated warnings of the divinities.At last, God prevents the incestuous union by transforming Ileana into the Moon.
From the book "Folk Ballads Of Southern Europe" - Sophie Jewett
The legend of Şoimoş, Şiria and Dezna fortresses
Once upon a time were three sisters. They meet each other at Şiria, a small village.
First virgin says:
-If God help me I will build my fortress here, in Șiria, until tomorrow!
The second virgin says:
-My fortress will be also built until tomorrow, too, there, at Dezna village.
The third virgin also says:
-If God will help me or not, my fortress will be built until tomorrow like yours, at Șoimoș village!
After the manufacturers finished to building the fortresses, all these three buildings have collapsed. The three virgin sisters turned into white snakes with gold crowns on their heads. They had in their mouths a gold key. In every year they are waiting for their knights to take the keys and crowns to break the spell and to transform the snakes back into virgin sisters and the fortress will be like at the beginnings.
Șiria fortress
Dezna fortress
Șoimoș fortress
The salt in the food
Once upon a time was a king who had three beautiful daughters. He loved very much these three daughters. His wife was dead and when she was alive she fulfilled every wish to her daughters. Their father bought for the girls the most beautiful dresses, the most expensive jewelry and the most interesting books. The girls loved their father very much too. One day, the king asked the biggest girl, how much she loves him:
-I love you like the honey, said the biggest girl.
His father was happy for the answer and he answered the mid girl the same question.
-I love you like the sugar, said she.
The king was numb because their love and then he asked the little girl how much she loves him.
-And you little girl, how much you love me?
-Father, I love you like the salt in food, said the youngest girl.
Her sister started to laugh and the king was very upset.
-What kind of answer is this? You have to go from my house, now!
The girls couldn't explain her answer and she was driven. Her sisters laughed about her stupid answer. The older sisters were happy when the youngster sister were gone, because they didn't love her. The youngest girl dressed herself in some poor clothes and she went very sad. After a long trip she arrived to a king's yard and she became a maid there. She was very diligent and everybody loves her. She cook food and cleans all the rooms from the palace. The Queen heard about this smart girl and she desire to see her. In time, the girl and the queen became closer and closer. The girl shouldn't work anymore in the chicken and she spent her time with the Queen. The girl was painting or embroiders all day long.
After a while, The King and the Prince had to go to war. Prince was hurt and his parents were very upset. The girl take care of prince and onli her touch relieve the prince's pain. When the prince was better, he went to his mother and told her that he wants to get married. The Queen was very happy when the prince told her this thing and she asked the prince who is the one. He told her mother that he wants to get married with the girl who take care of him when he was sick because he doesn't know a girl more beautiful and good then her. At the beginning, the queen disagree because she wants for her son a noble girl. The girl told to her future mother-in-law to invite one king at the wedding but she didn't tell them that this king is her father. At the wedding the girl prepared for his father the food and she asked for a servant to take this food at her father's table. When the king arrived, he looked at the bride and he was amazed how she looks like his daughter. When the food comes, all the guests were eating, only the king couldn't ate because he taught that the food is without taste. He asked everybody is they enjoyed the food and they told him that is the best food they ever tasted. He tasted from their food and this food was very tasty.
He couldn't take this anymore and he accuses the other king that he wants make fun of him. Then the king asked for the man's who cooked and then the bride said that she cooked for the king. She put in the food only honey and sugar. The father said that is his fault and he embraced his girl. The other king was very happy because he have a very intelligent and noble daughter.
Muma Pădurii - The Mother of the Forest
The legend of Voroneț Monastery
The 10th place in top 10 places to see in Romania is occupied by Voronet Monastery.
When the Moldavian prince Stephen the Great won his first decisive victory against the Turks five and a quarter centuries ago, he decided to mark the occasion with a grand monastery and adorn its walls with the colorful work of artisans of the day. With his second victory came another monastery. With the third, yet another.
The result of his victories—46 in all—was an unprecedented building spree within the densely forested terrain of the Bucovina region in modern Romania. The tradition was embraced by his son and successor, Petru Rares, and their vassals. Many of the mural-covered monasteries and churches survive, nestled in a valley, having withstood the withering summer sun and winter winds for centuries. What started out as Stephen the Great's war trophies have become some of the world's most stunning works of art.
Romania is renowned for the painted monasteries from southern Bukovina. Voronet Monastery is probably the most famous of them all. The church became well-known for its exterior frescoes of bright and intense colours, and for the hundreds of well-preserved figures placed against the renowned azure background.
The legend tells that Stephen the Great – Prince of Moldavia between 1457 and 1504 – was in a moment of crises during the war against the Ottoman Turks. He went to Voronet to see Daniel the Hermit and to ask for advice. After winning the battle, he kept his promise to the monk and built a new church dedicated to Saint George, the 'bringer of victory in battle'. The Metropolitan Bishop of Moldavia, Grigorie Rosca, added in 1547 the exonarthex to the west end of the church.The church was built in only four months and a half in 1488, a real record of the time.
The church still has the original decoration on the north façade with beautiful rows of ceramic enameled discs in yellow, brown and green, decorated in relief.
Situated 36 km from Suceava and only 4 km from Gura Humorului, the church is a real treasure of Romanian culture and history. Voronet Monastery is one of the Painted churches of northern Moldavia listed in UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites.
The legend of roses
In Greek legend, the rose was created by Chloris, the Greek goddess of flowers. It was just a lifeless seed of a nymph that Chloris found one day in a clearing in the woods. She asked the help of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who gave her beauty. Dionysus, the god of wine, added nectar to give her a sweet scent, and the three Graces gave her charm, brightness and joy. Then Zephyr, the West Wind, blew away the clouds so that Apollo, the sun god, could shine and made this flower bloom. And so the Rose was born and was immediately crowned the Queen of Flowers.
The Greek Gods
This documentary presents an overview of the Greek Gods, studying the myths and legends that surround them, and the many visual interpretations of each God.
The movie explores the fascinating history of these enduring figures through period accounts, interviews with renowned historians and classicists, and stunning location footage, including glimpses into the gods' phenomenal temples. From their mythical home atop Mount Olympus, the Greek gods played an integral part in Ancient Greek life.
"The legend of Miss Piotrowska"
Mister Leszczynski- a very handsome and young bachelor from Leczyca, had a great abilities to sketch. His domain was making the plans and the maps of new places, which could become factory settlements. More and more new places appeared, which made Leszczynski very famous in the village. A daughter of the pharmacist caught an eye on him.
They met from time to time until they fell in love. He though about her during days and had sweet dreams with her in the nights. He could not forget her. Then, he thought to present her portrait on one of the maps which he was just drawing.
So Leszczynski drew the contour of the beautiful girl on the map of Lodz. Her head was the Main Market. Her long, dark plaits symbolize todays Pomorska and Legionow Street. Her long and beautiful neck is nothing else like Piotrowska Street, which is the nice and colorful place.
Narutowicz and Zielona Street represent her hands where the sign of work is present.
Her heart is on the left in the former Palace of Heinzl. In Rzgowska and Pabianicka Street her legs can be admired.
This is the history of the most popular Lodz Street.
The legend of Sarikiz (The blonde girl)
After a while the father got curious and decided to see what Sarıkız was up to where he had left her. He found her. When he wanted to take a wash before praying he asked his daughter to fetch some water. Sarıkız reached her hand across the mountain and filled her receptacle with water from the sea and handed the water to her father. The father realised that his daughter Sarıkız had become a saint. However, Sarıkız, realising that her secret had become known, died on the spot. The father was deeply saddened by this and also dies on the next peak ahead.
Turkmen villagers refer to the spot where Sarıkız died as Sarıkız Tepesi (Hill) and the area where the father died as Baba Dağı (Father Hill). Every year the Turkmen of the Kazdağları climb to Sarıkız Tepesi and sacrifice sheep and cook them in a feast to be enjoyed all together. In Hellenic mythology, Priam's son Paris was left on Mount Ida and looked after geese and Sarıkız and the geese doing the same bring these two stories together.
The Journey of my Life
I want to tell you something, I want to share with you something about the journey of my life. It's start on a very nice day and we started to Poland. I was informed about the town and I knew that the name of the town is Lodz. Behind us was a big team and we had a lot of work to do. Choice of the legend was very difficult because we have so many beautiful legends. But the teachers were there to help us. Thank you, God! The students had a lot of ideas and we were bombed with it. In every day before the departure we had a lot of new ideas and everything turned into a challenge for us. It was a great and crazy feeling. Before our departure, I spoke with on Comenius forum with my host partner, Paulina and she told me a lot of things about her family and her house. She told me that she has 2 dogs and I was scared because in the past 3 dogs bite my on the leg. But the dogs were very pretty and I played with them.
It was the first time when I flight by plane. I was very scared but we had so much fun with our teacher. At Paulina's home I eat a big and tasty apple cake. She showed me her friends and favorite place from the town (its top secret I can't tell you). The family's atmosphere was very nice. We played every night a nice game with Paulina's brother, Maciek. Paulina's mother is so pretty and she cocked so good and yummy food!!!
I loved the Greek team Presentation of educational systems. Eva was a very pretty clock and all the guys had something to do. It was so original and funny. We were to the museum. In the hall of the palace I and my friend were danced on the wonderful piano music. The architecture of the building was amazing! We saw a bride there! Their weddings are almost the same with ours. I enjoyed the walk on Pietrovska Boulevard! I remember the statue with the round table from the street.
At Warsaw I loved the legend with sirens and the natural park. The squirrel was very nice and funny! The water castle was also amazing! There were a lot of people and we danced waltz on violin rhythms. In the old town of Warsaw everything was perfect and I loved the house with the faces of the three girls on it. Karena bought funny and pink glasses and we took photos. I loved very much when we went to eat together and when we met a Polish television. We had to say hello in our languages. We walk a lot on those days and we had the chance to know better ourselves and each other. In the buss we played a game. We had to answer some questions about Poland and Warsaw. Alex from Italy won this game and he received a nice book about Poland. I enjoyed the visit on the City Hall of Lodz, where we talked a lot about the Polish hosting town. We learned a lot of new things. For the fist time we could be as a politician men, we sit on their chair on the meeting room. After this visit, Paulina and I were to Patricia's house and we eat a lot of good cookies!
Boruta's Castle and all the legends about him was another moment on our programme. We had to act one of the legends and my team acts the legend "Boruta as an owl". We had to write a script about all the legends, and I hope ours was the best! In the last day in Poland we had to observe a chosen lessons. I've choose a Biology class but I didn't understand too much, we just stared at the pictures.After the presentation about ecological problems we had to make a poster about ecological problems from our town. After that, we went to Zoo and there were cold outside! Cristina borrowed me her jacket! Thank you very much Cristina! This was the day when we had to say goodbye and I was very sad!
I spend a very nice time in Poland and I miss you all Comenius people!
Polish Sprit = Turkish Spirit = Comenius Spirit
I'm a lucky person because I had the opportunity to visit two countries like
I saw the similarities and the differences between these countries like costumes, culture, food, and traditions.
In both countries we were received very well, they were the perfect hosts for us. We had the opportunity to taste the Polish apple cake and the famous baklava from
All of us visited
Always I wished to visit a mosque and in
In both cities, we learned history during our visits to the local museums. In Turkey we crossed over the well-knows rivers Tiger and Euphrates which are mentioned in the Bible. We also were to Hasankeyf, to Midyat, to Mor Gabriel Monastery which is an orthodox monastery and we climbed the Nemrut mountain. In the top of the mountain you feel like you can touch the sun . In
The football game and the Turkish bathrooms were a great opportunity to socialize and we felt that: "We are in the same team".
In both journeys we discovered that Comenius Spirit means friendship, devotion and entertainment.