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© David Kidd 2006
Seventh Edition: 2012
13 Plevna Terrace, Bingley, West Yorkshire
The Plevna MysteryI grew up in Plevna Terrace in Bingley, England and, as children do, never thought about what Plevna meant, until by accident I came across it in an historical atlas. There it was on the map, in Bulgaria, near the Danube River. And it said there had been a battle there in 1877 in which the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians after a siege of 143 days. Since our house in Bingley was built in the Victorian period it seems our street was named after that battle. However, since it was a battle that did not involve Britain at all why was it so named?
Once I thought I'd found the answer in a television
program about Catherine the Great. As ruler
of Russia she was very into making a good impression on Europe,
and thought it would be estimable to conquer Constantinople
from the Moslems and restore it as Byzantium, the capital of the Orthodox
Church. Catherine thought Europe would join her
with great enthusiasm -- like a Christian crusade.
But with very little study I found that was not the case; I was quite a few generations off. Indeed Catherine
did propose a war with Turkey, but the battle of Plevna was
not until 81 years after her death.
FIrst I found a Turkish description of the battle:
"a handful of soldiers of a bedraggled army of Turks stopped cold the enormous forces of the Czar of Russia.... Pinned-down by a huge infantry surrounding them, being bombarded day and night by heavy artillery positions from all sides. They were cut off from all civilization.
"The first Russian-Romanian attack failed.... Europe was electrified by the news of Russian defeat at Plevna. People could hardly believe that the mighty hordes had been defeated by a handful of Turks. The name of Osman Pasha rang throughout the world.... The Czar gave orders for Plevna to be starved into submission. Thousands and thousands of fresh troops were brought to the scene for the purpose of encircling and blockading the little town. Days followed into weeks, weeks, into months. The siege continued. Food and fuel supplies quickly ran out in Plevna.... The living were forced to eat the soles of their shoes to stay alive."
Outnumbering the Turks almost 5 to 1, the Russian-Romanian forces the Turks back across the Vid and wounded Osman in the process. Osman Pasha surrendered his sword to the Romanian General Mihai Cerchez.
"On December 10 the last battle of Plevna occurred. Believing that Osman was dead and not just wounded, the grief-stricken Turkish soldiers were in disarray.... surrendered to the Russians. All Europe was entranced by the heroism of Osman Pasha and his men. All over the continent of Europe, especially in England, hundreds upon hundreds of newborn babes were named after the Turkish general: Osman Pasha the "Turkish Tiger, who tamed the Russian bear." <http://tallarmeniantale.com/plevna.htm>
A Turkish version would obviously favor the Turkish side of the story, but I am sure that hundreds of English babies being named after Osman Pasha is a wild exaggeration?
One of our readers has, however, found a baby being named after Plevna: "My grandmother's cousin was named Plevna Mary Davies. She was born in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales in the last quarter of 1883.
So I can understand that the Russians, Romanians, Bulgarians, Finns and Turks would honor their parts in the battle, but why did England commemorate it? For the Western powers contributed nothing but significantly benefited from this war.
So why was my home was named in honour of the Turks? Had the Russians had fallen out of favour since the passing of Catherine. Or was it partly named in favour of the Russians? I can hardly believe it was named with a double meaning. Can I sort this out: who was being honoured in the naming of Plevna Terrace in England? What quality of the battle was being commemorated by the naming of my home after it? Was it heroism?
For full Russian accounts of the Seige of Plevna see http://www.globusz.com/ebooks/Europe/00000036.htm
In 1913 A. Hilliard Atteridge wrote in his book "Famous Modern Battles" that "Osman Pasha's defence of Plevna showed in the most striking way the value of improvised earthworks held by determined men armed with the new rifle ... It is strange how this confidence in bombardment lives on after a century of failures".
The map shows there were 3 Romanian divisions and only 2 Russian divisions. The battle started with 40,000 Russian troops, but they could not take the city and reinforcements were called in Romania brought 43,000 troups, More Russian reinforcements were brought in at later stages.
Romania entered the war only to gain its independence from the Ottoman Empire, until then Romania had been under Ottoman Empire suzerainty for over 200 years.
That the independence was not a gift to Romania out of the goodwill of the Western powers who contributed with nothing but significantly benefited from this war.
The independence was recognised due to the victories on the battle fields to which Romania significantly contributed.
July 20-December 10 1877
Some of the 1200 power looms in Plevna cotton weaving mills, Finland
It seems as if both sides are proud of this massacre. I came across two places named after Plevna in honor of the Russian side
"Plevna Chapel on St Elijah's Square in Moscow, opened in 1882, commemorates the Russian soldiers who died in the Battle of Pleven."
"A large new factory building, completed in 1877, of the Finlayson & Co cotton mill in Tampere, Finland was named Plevna commemorating the battle and the Guard of Finland that took part on the Russian side."
Funny Street Names
"There was a Plevna Terrace in Haworth, England, built in 1887 by a local quarryman. It seems to have always had the alternative name Stone Street but it was not until the 1960s that the Post Office decided on Stone Street. It is at the bottom of Cold Street just off Sun Street. The Plevna Terrace name is now largely forgotten but is preserved on this original date stone." ~ Steven Wood
I have found five Plevnas in the USA: Plevna Montana MT59344 population 138, Plevna Kansas KS67568 population 99, Plevna North Madison County AL, and Plevna in Missouri MO67568 population 0. In Canada there is a Plevna in Ontario KOH 2MO, population well over 200. In Australia a Plevna Court in Parkwood, Perth,
Why were they so named? It is possible some Plevnas were named by Bulgarians immigrants but all the explanations I've received tell otherwise:
|The residents of Plevna, Reno County, Kansas, say their Plevna's founders were Germans and the town was first mentioned in 1879, so they leans towards the named-for-the-battle theory. Read more
In Canada in 1877 the town of Buckshot had to change its name but there was so much argument about it that a resident said this reminded him of the conflict in Plevna -- hence the name: Plevna Ontario
Some of the people of Plevna, North Madison County, Alabama have celebated leaving it with a tune. Listen here to SlipJig playing "Leaving Plevna" available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/slipjigband or iTtunes
Still my question remains unanswered: why this commemoration of a foreign war? Must we go further back in history to understand the circumstances? For the circumstances that brought about the situation in Plevna we must look back a long way.
How did the Turks get there? In 1300 The Turks were fleeing from the advance of the Mongols when they settled in Asia Minor. And when the Byzantine Empire fell they took Constantinople in 1453. By 1541 they had conquered Hungary and by 1683 had conquered nearly all the land surrounding the Black Sea. The Russo-Turkish border then lay by the Dnieper river in the Ukraine. However the Ottoman Empire then began to decline. Here we go back to Catherine the Great when in 1770 with the aid of English officers her fleet defeated the Turks to conquer the Black Sea, determining Turkey's decline as "the sick man of the Bosphorus". In 1783 Russia annexed the Crimea and Potemkin developed the "New Russia" there, and soon took the entire Northern coast of the Black Sea as Russian, and so it remains to this day.
26,000 British
90,000 French
35,000 Turkish
2,050 Sardinian
killed, wounded and died of disease
100,000 Russian
In 1853 Russia wanted to push further South but by this time England had switched sides. In the 1840s Palmerston and other British leaders expressed fears of Russian encroachment upon its Empire in India and Afghanistan, and advocated finding an opportunity to weaken this threat.
Britain had opposed Russia occupying Constantinople as it feared this would lead to Russia dominating the Near East.
When the Tsar sent his troops into the "Danubian Principalities" the United Kingdom, seeking to maintain the security of the Ottoman Empire, sent a fleet to the Dardanelles, where it was joined by another fleet sent by France. At the same time, however, the European powers hoped for a diplomatic compromise. The representatives of the four neutral Great Powers - United Kingdom, France, Austria and Prussia - met in Vienna, where they drafted a note which they hoped would be acceptable to Russia and Turkey.. [but they did not agree]. The United Kingdom and France set aside the idea of continuing negotiations, but Austria and Prussia wanted to continue the diplomatic process. [Although Austria did not declare war it refused to guarantee its neutrality. Russia feared that Austria would enter the war] The Sultan declared war, his armies attacking the Russian army near the Danube. Russia responded with warships, destroyed the entire Ottoman fleet, thereby making it possible for Russia to land and supply its forces on the Turkish shores fairly easily. The destruction of the Turkish fleet and the threat of Russian expansion alarmed both the United Kingdom and France, who stepped forth in defence of the Ottoman Empire. In 1854, after Russia ignored an Anglo-French ultimatum to withdraw from the Danubian principalities, the United Kingdom and France declared war.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War>
Austria occupied the Danubian principalities. In 1854 British and French Solders landed in the Crimea: siege of Sebastapol [home of the Tsar's Black Sea fleet]. An Allied victory but losses of 150,000 men owing to cholera and the winter cold. 1856 Peace of Paris: Russia lost the Danube Delta, the Black Sea was neutralized, and a European protectorate of Turkish Christians with a guarantee of the integrity of the Ottoman Empire and Danubian Principalities. <The Anchor Atlas of World History p.69>
Crimea showed that Britain lacked an experienced land army. .... During the war, over 26,000 British troops were estimated to have been killed. The result was inconclusive, and... the only major result of the war was to forestall the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire for several decades more. The Crimean War revealed Britain to be an economic and social power, but a rather weak military power...... Thus, after the Crimean debacle, Britain avoided major military engagements with the major powers, relying instead on the strategies of balance of power and spheres of influence to exert her global geopolitical power and influence.... The period that resulted was termed the era of "splendid isolation" wherein Britain avoided major conflicts.
Russia lost prestige as a result of defeat in the 1854-56 Crimean War.... and resented restrictions on movements in the Black Sea, which were part of the 1856 treaty... Russia wanted to send warships through the Bosphorus.... Russia regarded itself as leader of the Pan-Slav movement and thought it had a mission to liberate Balkan Christians from Ottoman oppression.
Finally I stumbled across the historical connection with England:
About 1875 he party "Young Turkey" was formed desirous of reforming the empire on the European model. Two sultans, Abdul-Aziz and Murad, were successively deposed. A new sultan, Abdul-Hamid, proclaimed a constitution resembling the European with a parliament and responsible ministers on 23 Dec 1876; but the reforming grand vizier Midhat Pasha was strangled, and the opening of parliament was no more than a comedy. Europe decided to act, and in 1877 Russia took the lead and sent an army across the Balkans, after the difficult siege of Plevna, and would have entered Constantinople had it not been for the intervention of the English fleet.
So there we have British participation at last, it was the British Navy not the Army who makes our link with Plevna.
The siege had held up the main Russian advance into Bulgaria and captured the world's admiration. The fall of Pleven freed up Russian reinforcements... who decisively defeated the Turks in the fourth battle of Shipka Pass....began to move southeast towards Constantinople. Blocking the route was the Turkish fortress at Plovdiv under Suleiman Pasha. On January 17, 1878 Gourko stormed the city. The defenses of Plovdiv were strong but superior Russian numbers overwhelmed the defenses and the Turks retreated almost to Constantinople. At this time foreign powers intervened and Russia agreed to the Treaty of San Stefano. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plovdiv>
Founded 660 BC as Byzantium [Gk Byzantion]. Renamed Constantinople in 330AD after Emperor Constantine. He had named it Nova Roma, as the new capital of the Roman Empire, but that never came into common use. Sacked by 4th Crusaders in 1204. Re-captured by Nicaean forces 1261. Taken by Turks in 1453. The Ottoman Turks in common usage called the city Stamboul or Istanbul (Turkish: stanbul; contraction of the city's previous Greek name Constantinople, or from the Greek "eis tin poli" (to the city), but still officially used "Constantinople". In 1923 the capital of Turkey was moved East to Ankara. In 1930 Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul.
Today Plevna is spelled Pleven by the Bulgarians. Plevna was
the Russian spelling. It was only a village at the time of the
siege but it now has a population of 138,000.
I wonder do they have any funny street names there? Bingley Terrace perhaps.
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke was an English Liberal Member of Parliament [Chelsea] and reformist politician. Despite being imperialist he was a radical within the party, accomplishing franchise for women, legalizing labour unions, improving working conditions, and pushing for universal schooling.
The Situation in England
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Liberal, was notably a Phil-Hellene, who "dreamed of a new Greece"--a "force of the future instead of a force of the past; a force of trade instead of a force of war; European instead of Asiatic; intensely independent, democratic, maritime." Here, and not in any Slavonic State, did he see the rightful successors to the Ottoman dominion.
"...in May, 1876, after disturbances in Bulgaria had been repressed with appalling [Turkish] ferocity, Mr. Disraeli's Cabinet positively refused to join in a demand for certain reforms to be carried out by Turkey under European supervision... Our Government had refused to sign the Berlin Memorandum on account of a reference in it to the possible need of taking "efficacious measures" to secure good government in Turkey... Meanwhile Servia and Montenegro, feudatory States of the Porte, had gone to war with their overlord; and in order to induce the Turks to grant an armistice, Russia and Austria proposed to England a joint naval demonstration, carried out in the name of Europe, by England and France... Further, at the same moment England again separated herself from the other powers by sending an Ambassador - Mr. Layard - to Constantinople... The effect was to encourage Turkey to count on English support, and Russia, unable to secure concerted action, declared war single-handed. CW Dilke.
Sir Charles himself was in a great difficulty, being as he
says, "anti- Russian without being for that pro-Turk."
Sharing to the full the general detestation of these massacres,
of which the earliest complete exposure had been made public
by him, he held that there ought to be armed intervention. But
he knew too much of Russia's action in conquered provinces to
feel that the matter could be settled satisfactorily by allowing
Russian influence to replace Turkish control. "The world
could not afford to see 120,000,000 of Slavs united under the
sceptre of an absolute despot, holding at Constantinople the
strongest position in all Europe, stretching from the Adriatic
to Kamskatka and the Behring Straits, and holding in Corea the
strongest position in the Pacific." Then he recalled the
record of "that Power with which the Liberals of England
were to strike alliance--an absolute autocracy of the purest
type, the Power which crushed Poland, the Power which crushed
Hungary for Austria." And by what methods! The long story
of violation "both of the public and the moral law".
The British Prime Minister 1874-1880 was Benjamin Disraeli, a Conservative. Unlike William Gladstone, Disraeli got on very well with Queen Victoria and she made him a Lord. She approved of Disraeli's imperialist views and his desire to make Britain the most powerful nation in the world. At the Congress of Berlin in 1878 Disraeli gained great acclaim for his success in limiting Russia's power in the Balkans. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRdisraeli.htm>
A diary about Queen Victoria mentions that "In September,
when the war between Russia and Turkey was raging, her Majesty,
Princess Beatrice, the Duchess of Roxburgh, &c., spent a
week at Loch Maree Hotel, enjoying the fine Ross-shire scenery,
making daily peaceful excursions, to which such a telegram as
told of the bombardment of Plevna must have been a curious accompaniment." Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, (Victoria) Vol
Reports reached London that ... the road to Constantinople was wide open. Disraeli again fumed and stormed while Queen Victoria swamped him with a deluge of almost hysterical letters demanding immediate action. "There is not a moment to be lost or the whole of our policy of centuries, of our honour as a great European Power, will have received an irreparable blow! . . . Oh, if the Queen were a man, she would like to go and give those Russians, whose word one cannot believe, such a beating! We shall never be friends again till we have it out This the Queen feels sure of." Even Disraeli was moved to remark, "It is something to serve such a sovereign."
"The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern." Benjamin Disraeli
"You all seem to me to be living in Drowsy Hollow, while
Dizzy is consulting his imagination, and Hartington politely
bowing" CW Dilke.
Early in September, 1876, public indignation was set ablaze by Mr. Gladstone's famous pamphlet, which demanded that the Turk should clear out of Bulgaria, "bag and baggage." Dilke wrote that "Foreign affairs had suddenly risen out of complete obscurity into a position in which they overshadowed all other things, and left home politics in stagnation.... These complications were destined to bring Mr. Gladstone back into an activity not merely unimpaired, but redoubled, and to shake the power of Mr. Disraeli to its fall... In 1878, William Ewart Gladstone [born in Liverpool] came out of retirement to reclaim the leadership of the Liberal party and unleash a lethal rhetorical assault against his archrival, Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. In a series of marathon speeches to crowds numbering in the tens of thousands, Gladstone eviscerated Disraelian foreign policy as a disastrous mixture of vainglorious imperialism, cynical realpolitik and fiscal improvidence. His speech of Nov. 27, 1879, in which he set out his principles of foreign policy, reads amazingly well today [2006, in opposition to George W Bush in Iraq] "The first thing," he argued, "is to foster the strength of the empire by just legislation and economy at home."
Early in May 1876, a revolt against Turkish rule began in
Panagyurishte in Bulgaria. The Turks responded with vicious reprisals
in which many Bulgarian men, women and children died...between
10,000 and 25,000. When news of these events arrived in London,
the Conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, reacted by
casting doubt on the accuracy of the reports, contemptuously
describing them as 'coffee-house babble'... As the Eastern Question
Association organised hundreds of meetings, condemning both the
atrocities themselves and the government's refusal to condemn
them, Disraeli remained unmoved. 'Our duty at this critical moment,'
he said in August, 'is to maintain the Empire of England.'
Disraeli and Gladstone were both politicians of extraordinary ability - but their personalities clashed and they heartily loathed each other.
"The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that I suppose would be a calamity" Benjamin Disraeli
January 5 Battle of Shipka Pass IV.
On February 12 Disraeli again ordered the fleet to steam to Constantinople. This time the orders were carried out, though, on the request of the sultan, the ships anchored on the Asiatic side of the Sea of Marmora; Thus Russian soldiers were quartered at San Stefano, ten miles from Constantinople, while British warships rode at anchor across the Straits less than fifty miles away. Peace hung in the balance in this precarious manner until finally the Turks and the Russians signed the Treaty of San Stefano on March 3, 1878.
Schouvalof, the Russian Ambassador, had on March 4th summed
up the
This map showing the shrinking borders of the Ottoman Empire
is available on the Web through the generosity of the Perry-Castaneda
Library Map Collection, at the University of Texas in Austin.
The source page has a URL of http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
BY JINGOThe attitude of some of the British people of this period cannot better be expressed than by the "Macdermott's War Song" written and composed by GW Hunt in 1878 and performed by "The Great" GH Macdermott at the London Pavillion. Listen here to the tune of the chorus:
The "Dogs of War" are loose and the rugged Russian
We don't want to fight but by jingo if we do.
The Turk has got his faults, of crime he bears the taint,
We don't want to fight but by jingo if we do.
The misdeeds of the Turks have been "spouted" through
all lands,
We don't want to fight but by jingo if we do.
May he who 'gan the quarrel soon have to bite the dust.
We don't want to fight but by jingo if we do.
Verse 1 3 and 4 from Aline Waites and Robin Hunter, The Illustrated
Victorian Songbook, Michael Joseph Ltd., London, 1984; pp. 180-184.
The second verse is from Forbes Stuart's Stries of Britain
in Song (Longman Young Books, 1972, pp. 198-201.
Music-hall singer GH "the Great" Macdermott found this piece immensely popular at the London Pavilion. It became a rallying-cry among those who supported British military action against Russia in 1878. It was said thet the song was inspired by the sending of the British fleet to Turkish waters to block Russia's advance.
George J. Holyoake
The term Jingoes was coined by G. J. Holyoake : "One Sunday afternoon [March 10, 1878] a meeting was held in Hyde Park in support of Mr. Gladstone's [Liberal] policy on the Eastern Question.... and a conflict ensued.... Afterwards a portion of the assembly set out to Harley Street, and broke Mr. Gladstone's windows....I entitled my letter to the Daily News "The Jingoes in the Park."... I had certainly intended to mark, by a convenient name, a new species of patriots who... had begun to infest public meetings.... Their characteristic was a war-urging pretentiousness which discredited the silent, resolute, self-defensiveness of the British people.... The Irish World (March 30, 1878), of New York, gave a cartoon, in which the British Lion, with a knife and pistol in his belt, a revolver in one hand, and a waving Union Jack in the other, is calling upon the Jingoes in the park to follow him to demolish Mr. Gladstone's house....The Jingoes are mainly the habitués of the turf, the tap-room, and the low music halls, whose inspiration is beer, whose politics are swagger, and whose policy is insult to foreign nations." G. J. Holyoake. <http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/holyoake/c_life_7.htm>
The earliest written instances of "jingo" (around 1670) report it as a exclamation routinely used by conjurors who shouted "Hey jingo!" when making an object appear (as opposed to "Hey presto!" when they made something vanish). "Jingo" probably arose as a euphemism for "Jesus," [or St. Gingoulph]... The expression "By jingo!" was very popular from the 17th through the 19th centuries. <http://www.word-detective.com/041798.html>
Another critic of the Jingoes was W. T. Stead, Editor of the Darlington Northern Echo and the Pall Mall Gazette, and founder of The Review of Reviews, who had a pro-Russian stance. "It was during the war, while Plevna was still standing... I had been urging my countrymen daily for a year past to do, in concert with Russia, what her countrymen, at infinite sacrifice of blood and treasure, were now doing alone.... We had one object-the liberation of the Slavs, and one formula by which it was to be obtained-the establishment of good relations between Russia and England. In the face of a public already in the full fierce flush of the Jingo delirium we raised together the banner of the Anglo-Russian alliance, and under that flag we have fought together as comrades wherever and whenever a blow could be struck in the good cause.... I remember as late as Christmas, 1877, being assured... that all fear of English intervention, even to save Constantinople, was entirely out of the question.... Alas, less than two months after that conversation... Lord Derby resigned as a protest against the burlesque Chinoiserie of bringing the Sepoys to Malta, all but the most persistent optimists despaired of peace." <http://www.attackingthedevil.co.uk/reviews/novikoff.php>
Bismarck and Disraeli
at the Congress of Berlin
"... At the beginning of 1878 Parliament was summoned
a month earlier than usual to tranquilize public feeling--a result
not thereby attained, for the Russians, now completely victorious,
were but a short distance from Constantinople."CW Dilke.
British preparations for war pressed on until:
But 'At the end of the month (May) the secret agreement was signed with Russia, and revealed to us by the Globe. May 31st... it then appeared that the military preparations of the country must have been intended to keep up the spirits of the Jingoes while their cherished principles were being sacrificed behind their backs. The Daily Telegraph, which was the Jingo organ, said: "If such a compact has been concluded, this country has fatally descended from the lofty position occupied by the Salisbury despatch." What the Government had done was to give up all the points for which they had made their enthusiastic followers believe that they would fight, and at the same time in the Anglo-Turkish Convention to declare that their successors should fight for what was left. This may have been a prudent policy, but it was not a policy which carried with it the necessity for bringing Indian troops to Europe or spending eight or nine millions sterling upon apparent preparations for immediate war.' CW Dilke. < The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W Dilke VI, by Stephen Gwynn chapter XVI>
Due to British pressure and a British threat of war against
Russia, the Congress of Berlin was convened:
Plevna March was written ca.1910 to commemorate Osman Pasha, who led Ottoman troops in the Siege of Plevna.
Sir C. W. Dilke wrote "Those who supported Mr. Gladstone identified themselves unreservedly with the Slav as against the Turk. But by others the demand for ejection of the Turk, "bag and baggage," from Bulgaria was construed as an invitation for Russia to seize Constantinople, and thus as a direct infringement of British interests in Egypt and the Mediterranean. Lord Beaconsfield skillfully played upon this feeling, and there ensued a condition of affairs in which Mr. Gladstone made triumphal progresses through the north of England, and was hooted weekly in the streets of London".
But was the public attitude ambiguous in the North of England where my Plevna Terrace was named? Was it named by anti-Turkish Liberals, or anti-Russian Liberals, or was it named by anti-Russian Conservatives? Or was it named by Jingoes who just wanted to go to war, in "the old facing-both-ways style"?
Or should we look at it a better way? Did the battle not conclude in favour of the Bulgarians, Rumanians and Greeks? For in retrospect it seems the British Government did not really want to give aid to either of the warring sides.
"The real cry for the country is not sympathy with Russia, still less with Turkey, but complete freedom for the Slav and Hellenic nationalities." Randolph Churchill, Feb 7th 1878.
Imagine building something as big as an ocean liner and deciding what to name it. That's not something taken lightly. Not a casual affair. It's just like that with a street, and a street name may last for many hundreds of years.
In conclusion the multiple meanings of the Plevna incident are so contradictory that I can't see why anyone would want to name another place after it. But they did so in at least twenty-two locations, so we may think of it as if there are enough Plevnas around the world to memorialize all aspects of that crisis in history.
Of these places called Plevna it seems to me that they may have been named pro-Russia in 1877 before opinion turned against Russia in 1888. They were named in praise of Russia liberating Bulgarian Christians oppressed by the Turks. And it is recorded that this pro-Russian attitude persisted in many Liberal followers of Gladstone although Sir CW Dilke was for Turkey ruling Constantinople.
However when popular opinion became unhappy about the idea of Russia taking Constantinope it may be that some pro-Russian namers were embarassed and regreted their choice. Or perhaps they stuck fast to their selection to express that their approval of Russian action went as far as Plevna but not as far as Constantinople.
But look at another way, if they were named after 1878, then the Plevna sentiment must have been pro-Turkish, for England had virtually declared war on Russia. So should we just go with Disraeli and Queen Victoria and the Jingoes and go for pro-Turkish Plevna Terrace despite the Turkish attrocities?
No, I'm sorry, I still don't get it. I can't figure it out which side my Plevna Terrace was celebrating in its name. Perhaps it was left ambivalent, so that whether the homeowners were Liberal or Conservative they could memorialize whichever they wanted.
My conclusion is that Plevna was just famous: the newspapers were full of it because it was such a bloody siege. Hence Plevna became a nick-name for any place where there was a protracted jingoistic confllct.
The Danube is the key to Britain's involvement. Russia's goal was obviously to annex Istanbul and control the Black Sea. All of Europe opposed that. Particularly Austria because the Danube's Estury is in the Black Sea, therefore Austria's only access to international trade via the Atlantic is to sail through Istanbul. Britain was involved for wasn't Queen Victoria related to the King of Austria, the Hapsburgs?
This 1852 map of Bingley, Yorkshire shows an un-named road where Plevna Terrace was later built.


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Circulation Policies
UMKC School of Dentistry faculty, students and staff may check out books and journals from the Dental Library. To check out items, present UMKC photo identification card. Other UMKC faculty, staff and students may check out book material only from the Dental Library. Businesses or individuals without UMKC affiliation may purchase a membership to either the Guest Researcher Program or the Guest Borrower Program in order to obtain checkout privileges. Open stacks are self service except for reserve materials.
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Traditionally, current transformers are often used for current measurement in low voltage (LV) electrical networks. They have a large physical size and are not designed for use with power electronic circuits. Semiconductor-based current sensing devices such as the Hall sensor and Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) sensor are advantageous in terms of small size, high sensitivity, wide frequency range, low power consumption, and relatively low cost. Nevertheless, the operational characteristics of these devices limit their current measurement range. In this paper, a design based on using counteracting magnetic field is introduced for extending the GMR current measurement range from 9 A (unipolar) to ±45 A. A prototype has been implemented to verify the design and the linear operation of the circuit is demonstrated by experimental results. A microcontroller unit (MCU) is used to provide an automatic scaling function to optimize the performance of the proposed current sensor.
Current measurement is essential in modern electrical system applications and different current sensing devices have been developed to cater to various needs. Magnetic sensors have been widely used in current measurements since they are non-intrusive and provide galvanic isolation. Typical current sensors include the current transformer, Hall sensor, optical current sensor, anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR) sensor and GMR sensor [
Many GMR-based sensors have been developed by researchers ever since the giant magnetoresistance effect was discovered in 1988 [
Much research has been done to improve the linearity of GMR. In [
In this paper, the authors propose a technique to extend the linear range of the GMR current sensor and to convert unipolar output into bipolar output so that the GMR sensor can be applied to both DC and AC measurements, mainly for power quality (PQ) measurement in building LV electrical networks. The basic approach is to use the Helmholtz coil to generate a magnetic field to counteract the magnetic flux produced by the current carrying wire/cable. In such a way, the magnetic flux passing through the GMR is reduced and the current range is effectively increased. The polarity conversion is simply achieved by using current biasing. With a sufficiently high gain of the power amplifier, the output current is proportional to the input current. A prototype has been implemented and experimental results demonstrate that the current measurement range can be extended from 9 A (unipolar) to ±45 A. The design is further improved by an automatic scaling circuit controlled by a MCU which minimizes the gain of the power amplifier circuit so as to optimize the frequency response. Compared to previous works, the main advantages of the proposed approach are: (1) with the use of Helmholtz coil, the effect of inaccurate positioning of GMR on the measurement result is minimized even if a magnetic core is not provided; (2) the performance of the sensor is optimized by the automatic gain scaling function.
The paper is arranged as follows: Section 2 introduces some background information of the GMR. Section 3 presents the Helmholtz coil that is used as the feedback coils for magnetic field counteraction. Section 4 discusses the design theory and the transfer function for the sensor design. Section 5 presents the design characteristics. Section 6 presents the detailed construction of the prototype sensor. Section 7 presents the performance results of the prototype sensor. Section 8 discusses the automatic gain control circuit for improving the performance of the GMR sensor. Section 9 presents the detailed construction of the improved sensor circuit design. Section 10 presents the performance results of the improved prototype design and Section 11 concludes the paper.
The GMR effect was first discovered in 1988. Many different applications have been developed subsequently, including current sensors, position sensors, velocity sensors, Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) [
The GMR effect describes that the resistance changes according to the angle between the directions of the magnetization of adjacent layers. Although there are two kinds of inhomogeneous material systems which the GMR effect can occur in, including granular systems [
Compared to the Hall effect sensor and Anisotropic Magneto-resistive (AMR) sensor, the GMR sensor has the advantages of higher sensitivity, wider frequency range, smaller size, lower power consumption and relatively low cost. Despite the advantages, its applications are mainly focused on low-field environments. Therefore, a lot of research has been done to extend the linearity range of GMR sensors, such as through modeling [
The Helmholtz coil was first invented by the physicist Hermann von Helmholtz [
According to the Biot-Savart law, the magnetic field Hs generated by a single wire coil at the center point of the axis is:
When the two coils each contain N number of turns, the magnetic field strength is multiplied by N. As the two coils are placed equally R/2 from the center point of the axis, the magnetic field strength Hx generated by the Helmholtz coil at the center of the axis is:
The uniform magnetic field produced at the center point of the axis of the Helmholtz coil is a very useful feature, which has been utilized for immunity testing [
The GMR sensor adopted in the prototype is the NVE's AAL002-02 [
The two shielded resistors in the bridge are for temperature compensation. The other two resistors are affected by external magnetic field. With increasing magnetic field, the resistance decreases. The bridge output represented by
The simplified circuit diagram is shown in
The block diagram of the proposed system is shown in
According to Ampere's law, the magnetic gain Ae of the generated magnetic strength He due to the input current is:
Since the resistance of the GMR sensor changes with the net magnetic field strength Hh, the resistance can be obtained by the voltage difference across the differential output of the sensor. The gain of the output voltage Vh to the generated magnetic strength is:
In words, the output voltage is amplified by a differential amplifier with a fixed gain of Av. As the output of the GMR sensor is unipolar, it is necessary to bias the GMR sensor to produce bipolar output. Current biasing is used in the design as the current can simply be controlled by a voltage offset Voff. The Voff controls the output voltage of the differential amplifier so as to maintain a constant current in the feedback coil. It effectively creates a magnetic pseudo-zero point for the GMR sensor.
A power amplifier with a gain of Ap is then used to provide sufficient current to generate the counteracting magnetic field. The output current Iout is limited by two components, a series resistor and an inductor (the Helmholtz coil – air coil). A series resistor Rf is used to measure the actual output current Iout and to prevent the current from overwhelming the circuit. The feedback Helmholtz coil is modeled as an inductance L with resistance of Rl. The gain Af of the output current Iout to the voltage output Vp of the power amplifier is given by:
The two identical air coils are configured as a Helmholtz coil and can create a region of nearly uniform magnetic field when they are separated by their radius R. Therefore, when the GMR sensor is placed in between the two coils, the error in measurement caused by inaccurate positioning of the GMR sensor is reduced. The axis of the GMR sensor is parallel to the axis of the Helmholtz coil so as to maximize the cancellation effect.
When a current flows through the two coils, the magnetic field strength is amplified by the number of turns of the coils (N). The gain Af of the feedback magnetic strength Hf to the output current is:
The feedback coils generate a magnetic field counteracting the magnetic field produced by the input current. The net magnetic flux is reduced and in this sense the linear range of the GMR sensor is extended. With a sufficiently high gain, the output current is then proportional to the input current. For ease of measurement, the output current is measured by the voltage Vout across a series resistor. Then the transfer function can be rewritten as
Preliminary experiments have been conducted to study the behaviors of the prototype sensors based on the design mentioned in the previous section. The following characteristics of the proposed GMR sensors are observed:
Larger Ae can increase the sensitivity. This implies that the current-carrying wire should be fixed as near to the GMR sensor as possible. When the product of Af, Av, and N is much larger than the inductive impedance (sL), the inductance has minimal effect on the system and this can improve the frequency response of the design. Ah is the characteristic of the GMR sensor that is not controllable. A high Ah is more suitable for sensing as the sensitivity of the sensor is higher. As long as the product of Voff and Ap remains sufficient to bias the GMR sensor, the exact value of Voff and Ap is not important. However, a larger value of Ap would lead to a smaller cutoff frequency. Therefore, a small Ap is preferred. The combined resistance of Rf and Rl should be chosen carefully to protect the power amplifier from damaging by over-current.
Larger Ae can increase the sensitivity. This implies that the current-carrying wire should be fixed as near to the GMR sensor as possible.
When the product of Af, Av, and N is much larger than the inductive impedance (sL), the inductance has minimal effect on the system and this can improve the frequency response of the design.
Ah is the characteristic of the GMR sensor that is not controllable. A high Ah is more suitable for sensing as the sensitivity of the sensor is higher.
As long as the product of Voff and Ap remains sufficient to bias the GMR sensor, the exact value of Voff and Ap is not important. However, a larger value of Ap would lead to a smaller cutoff frequency. Therefore, a small Ap is preferred.
The combined resistance of Rf and Rl should be chosen carefully to protect the power amplifier from damaging by over-current.
Changing the direction of the coils does not affect the functionality of the sensor. This is because the magnetic field generated by the Helmholtz coil is counteracting the magnetic field of the input current when the gain of the sensor is high enough. Depending on the direction of the coils, the negative voltage offset drives the sensor until it is stable at the pseudo-zero point close to either point A or point B shown in
A prototype current sensing circuit is implemented. The NVE AAL002-02 GMR sensor unit [
The geometric parameters and the electrical parameters are shown in
A series of tests has been conducted to evaluate the performance of the prototype GMR sensor in linearity range, frequency response and power consumption. They are discussed as follows.
The linearity range of the proposed GMR current sensor is important since the design is expected to produce accurate measurement results over the useful working range. In order to evaluate the linearity range of the prototype sensor, a high power resistive load is used for the testing. The current through the sensing circuit varies from −45 A to +45 A and the corresponding output voltages are measured. The result is shown in
A gain-phase analyzer, Agilent's model 4194A, is used to study the frequency response of the prototype current sensor. By comparing the input current and output current, the gain and the phase between the two signals are obtained. The cutoff frequency of the sensor is at 10 kHz as shown in
The power consumption of the prototype current sensor
In the current design, although the linear range of the prototype current sensor is extended significantly, neither the frequency response nor the power consumption are optimized. One obvious reason is that a sufficiently large current is needed to sustain the gain to counteract the magnetic field under measurement so that the linear range can be extended.
To optimize the frequency response and the power consumption, an intelligent control is implemented to adjust the gain of the prototype sensor so that the linear range of the current sensor is fully utilized. One advantage is that the sensor does not need to provide the same high power if the input current is small. In this way, the product of gain and bandwidth is fixed which results in a wider frequency bandwidth and a lower power consumption.
In addition to optimizing the frequency response and the power consumption, a frequency-compensated inductor is added to the circuit to compensate for the decrease in current caused by the Helmholtz coil at higher frequencies. The block diagram of the improved design is shown in
The transfer function of the improved design can be written as:
As the operating point of the original design is determined solely by the current driven by the DC offset, the operating point would be changed if the gain is changed. Therefore, a permanent magnet is used to offset the GMR sensor and the DC offset is only used to prevent a net current from feeding back to the GMR sensor. The magnetic field Hoff of the permanent magnet and DC offset Voff are adjusted as:
The permanent magnet offsets the GMR sensor to the midpoint of linear range so that the full linear range can be utilized. Then the transfer function can be simplified to:
Another improvement to the design is that the dynamic control of the gain Ap of the power amplifier is controlled by a MCU. The MCU monitors the output of the GMR sensor via an Analogue-to-Digital Convertor (ADC). When the output is out of range continuously, the MCU changes the gain by adjusting a digital resistor via I2C. The circuit for the power amplifier in the improved design is shown in
In this design the gain of the power amplifier can be adjusted according to the linear range required. When the output is equal to or below 90 % of a particular range, a lower linear range can be chosen, and
The feedback current is then changed to:
By choosing L′, and R1 and R2 correctly, the inductor L′ can compensate the current Iout as the frequency of the input current increases. R1, R2 and L′ should fulfill the following two conditions.
The transfer function is simplified to:
It can be seen that the output current is independent of the frequency of the input current. And by controlling the constant C via the digital resistor R2, the output current can be adjusted conveniently. As the output current is dynamically changed by the MCU, the output signal should be adjusted accordingly so that the output signal can represent the true value of the input current. Therefore, the output voltage Vout is adjusted by an amplifier with digitally controlled gain Ao as:
The improved design of the current sensor is implemented with an independent MCU incorporated. In practical applications, the MCU of a PQ meter / smart meter can be configured to control the current sensor accordingly. The MCU adopted is the Texas Instrument model no. TMS320F28335. The MCU has a built-in 12-bit ADC. The two digital resistors that operate on 10-bit from 0 Ω to 20 kΩare Analog model no. AD5293. The MCU communicates with the resistors using I2C protocol. As the two resistors are connected in a daisy chain, the change of the resistance of the two resistors can be triggered simultaneously. Therefore, the time taken for the two resistors to stabilize after a change of gain is minimal. Additional electrical parameters of the improved design are tabulated in
It can be seen that the improved design still has a linear range extended to ±4 5 A, as shown in
The improved prototype GMR current sensor can measure up to a cutoff frequency of 12 kHz (20% increase as compared to the original design) as shown in
This paper presents a circuit design technique to extend the current measurement range of a GMR sensor from 9 A (unipolar) to ±45 A. By using a Helmholtz coil, a magnetic field is generated to counteract the magnetic field produced by the current carrying wire. In addition, an automatic dynamic scaling function is implemented by using a microcontroller unit to control the counteracting gain so that the frequency response and the power consumption can be optimized. This is very useful in high power electronic circuit designs requiring current measurement, such as power inverters and distribution circuit current measurement in LV electrical network for future building microgrid applications.
The authors are very grateful for the support offered by the Centre for Smart Energy Conversion and Utilization Research (CSCR), City University of Hong Kong.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Geometric arrangement of the Helmholtz coil.
Wheatstone bridge configuration.
Offset output of the sensor.
Photo of the prototype current sensor.
Linearity of the current sensor (
Power consumption
Block diagram of the improved design.
The circuit of the power amplifier.
Control Logic.
Linearity of the improved design.
Frequency response of the improved design.
Power consumption
Main parameters of the sensor and the amplifiers.
|Saturation field
|Linear Range
|[119 836]
|[37.7 53.8]
|Operating Frequency
|DC to 1
|Nonlinearity (unipolar)
|Hysteresis (uniploar)
|Cutoff Frequency, Av = 10
|Max. DC current
|Gain Bandwidth Product
Geometric parameters.
|Distance r
|Number of turn N
|Radius of Coil R
|Distance between Coils
Electrical parameters.
|Gain Ah
|[0.679 0.950]
|Gain Ap
|Gain Av
|Inductance L
|Resistance of Inductor L
|Series Resistor Rf
|Voltage Offset
|Power supply
Additional electric parameters.
|Resistor R1
|Resistor R2
|Inductor L′


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Soft track lighting blooms across the exposed brick, potted plants, and floor-to-ceiling artwork at La Peau Day Spa. The scents of sea mud, milk, and honey fill 15 private treatment rooms in the 3,000-square-foot facility. Aestheticians wield those and other paraben-free, natural ingredients beneath shelves of Le Mieux, Dermalogica, and G.M. Collin elixirs. Green-tea baths soak feet in antioxidants, releasing steam that hints at crushed herbs, open fields, and the only food teddy bears know how to prepare.


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Tirana (AFP) Nov 14, 2013
Several hundred people protested on Thursday in the capital Tirana and number of other towns across Albania against the possible destruction of Syrian chemical weaponry on its soil as requested by Washington.
"The parliament will not make any decision that could endanger lives and the well-being of (Albanian) citizens and the country," Ilir Meta, chairman of the assembly, told protestors in front of the parliament building in Tirana.
"Every decision will take into account Albania's future," Meta said, as the crowd shouted "No to chemical weapons".
Albania, along with France, Belgium, have been mooted as possible sites for the dismantling of Syria's entire chemical arsenal, estimated at about 1,000 tonnes.
The Balkan country's right-wing opposition also called on the Albanians to keep up with the protests.
"It is unacceptable for any chemical weapons to be destroyed in Albania," said opposition leader Lulezim Bashac.
He urged the government to call a referendum for the people to decide on the issue.
"We are not going to accept any chemical weapons in Albania, the Prime Minister has humiliated the Albanians," said former prime minister Sali Berisha who joined the protestors with the deputies of his Democratic party.
Berisha claimed that Prime Minister Edi Rama has already decided the Syrian chemical arsenal to be destroyed in Albania.
But Rama said on Wednesday that no such decision have been made yet.
Under a UN Security Council resolution passed in September, Syria's weaponry has to be destroyed by June 30, 2014.
Six years ago, it was confirmed that Albania had destroyed its own stockpile of chemical weapons, a leftover from the communist period.
Norway, another country where it has been suggested the destruction of Syria's weapons could be carried out, has refused to do it.
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- About AmethystEEVEE
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- I do 3D animating, play video games (such as Pokemon, which is my favorite series), and draw.
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- Infront of a computer screen.
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- Female ♀
- Occupation
- Catching Eevees
- Nature
- Relaxed
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How come all male pokemon trainers get to do whatever, but almost all female trainers have to wear skirts, own cute pokemon, and have unnaturally colorful hair? Well, I guess the last two are okay... But still!
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"If you're really scraping it around on a hole that's a driver and a 6-iron," Azinger says, "you might want to hit the 6-iron off the tee and the driver out of the fairway."
"At least you can hit the ball out of the rough around the green," he explains. "You might not do that in rough along the fairway."
In an era when pro golfers' skills and high-tech equipment have made a course's length almost insignificant, the PGA of America has given the world's best players rough so thick and long that it could feed a horse if he didn't choke on it.
Don't expect to see any players hit an iron off the tees and then a driver off the fairway, but there will be plenty hitting irons and fairway woods in an attempt to avoid the rough. It's ankle-deep everywhere, and eight inches deep in some spots. The rough, coupled with the tree-lined fairways, moved Azinger to say, "This place is claustrophobic."
"Any time you miss the fairway with the tee shot, you know you're not going to make it to the green on the next shot," says Azinger, the 1993 PGA champion who shot 73 Thursday. "You can advance the ball maybe 50 yards."
Some other names are in deep trouble because they found themselves too often in the rough. Tiger Woods hit just five fairways in regulation and shot 74. British Open champion Ben Curtis was in trouble from the start, made four consecutive bogeys to start the round and shot 75. Defending champion Rich Beem shot 82, the highest score ever posted by a defending champion in the PGA.
"It didn't matter what club I hit off the tee — I couldn't keep the ball in play," says Woods, down to his last chance to win a major this year. "It's frustrating. I didn't get the ball in play and on a course like this you have to get it in play. I kept putting a lot of pressure on my game."
Woods' 5-for-14 in fairways led to more trouble on the greens, where he hit only seven of 18 in regulation. Mickelson, in comparison, hit nine fairways and 14 of 18 greens. Co-leader Rod Pampling said he missed the fairway only twice and noted that's one reason he didn't make a bogey.
"The rough is brutal," Pampling says. "If you hit it there you're chipping it out. If you drive it well, you can definitely shoot a low number."
The course is wet from this week's rain, and with dry weather predicted, it might become even more difficult to keep the ball in the fairway and on the greens this weekend.
When Jim Furyk won the Open in May at Olympia Fields near Chicago, he shot three rounds in the 60s, then just survived the last day with a 72. He expects much the same scenario this weekend at Oak Hill.
"This course is going to catch up with you," says Furyk, who shot 72 Thursday. "You might take advantage of it for nine holes or 18 holes, or a couple of days. Eventually, it's going to wear you down."


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You would never imagine how small changes in your posture can affect your overall mood and your life. By developing the habit of keeping your back straight while sitting or walking you will reap lots of benefits, all of which are discussed in this article.
By adjusting your car seat and your computer seat so that you force yourself to sit with a straight back you will be able to develop this new habit of keeping your back straight within few days.
Below are some of the benefits of a straight back:
Noticeable change in mood: Keep your back straight for few minutes then compare your feelings to the ones you were experiencing earlier and you will notice that a noticeable change in your mood has occurred.
It makes you more attractive : The taller you appear to be the more attractive you become. In my book, How to make someone fall in love with you, I explained how maintaining a straight back can increase your chances of making someone fall in love with you. The straighter you keep your back the taller you will appear to be. This doesn't mean that if you aren't tall you won't appear to be attractive but it means that the more you keep your back straight the more attractive you will become.
It makes you more confident : Not only will a straight back give others the impression that you are confident but it will actually make you feel more confident too.
Preserving your back : back injuries are among the worst injuries that people can suffer from; keeping your back straight will make you less likely to get your back injured.
You appear more dominant: A straight back can make you appear much more dominant. Many people wonder how to look like alpha males. One of the ways to look like an alpha male is to keep your back straight.
Makes you feel more in control : If you found yourself losing control try to keep your back straight and see what will happen. You will find that, within a few minutes, you felt more in control.
Less likely to be mugged: One study has shown that people with straight backs are less likely to be targeted by thieves and thugs. People usually choose the easiest path and the same goes to criminals. When criminals find someone who looks dominant they consider avoiding him.
Less likely to be bullied: Bullies usually target those who are weaker than them. A typical bully would go for the weak person and avoid the one who seems strong. A straighter back can make you seem stronger and so can help you avoid bullying.
What was your response to this article? Is your back still curved? If it is then stop now and adjust your seat so that your back becomes straight. Why would you want to lose all of these benefits when all you need to do is only a slight adjustment to your habits?
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Love Explosion!
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This improvisation show is free in every sense of the word and open to people of any experience, included non at all. We will be celebrating collective courage and love of the game in an open stage succession of improvised scenes with interlaced improvised music.
The way it works: Everyone puts their name in the hat. The host pulls two names out. Those two people get up on stage. If they want, they can choose a suggestion offered by the audience or they can go dry. Lights go out. A Beat. Lights go up. The play begins, then unfolds through a series of offers and responses. Two minutes - lights out. Scene over. New names. New scene. And so on.
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Tallulah Gorge Whitewater Release
Tallulah Falls, GA 30573
Join us for the first two weeks of April and first two weeks of November. Watch as the dam is released and the Kayakers brave the rapids. This is one of the most spectacular events you will see on the river. The North Rim will be open. Watch from Overlook #1 or Inspiration Point for the best views. You will not be able to get to the suspension bridge during the release.
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2017 is the 25th Season of the Port Townsend Summer Band
Karl Bach's 17th year as conductor
25 years Entertaining Port Townsend
Click the > arrow in the player below
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'Port Townsend March' by Karl Bach
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Thanks from our audience:
Summer Band
On a Sunday July afternoon
My friend Karl Bach conducts
Such a medley of songs
But "Carousel" is so touching.
It brings tears to my eyes,
So poignant,
So restrained, so romantic.
This consummate musician
Leads the band in a wondrous series of songs.
As I survey the summer scene:
Cargo-carrying ships passing,
Sailboats, a kayak,
Ferries back and fro,
And above me towering douglas firs and lacy western red cedar
In this lovely temperate summer sunshine
It is the closest thing to heaven.
I'm surrounded by families,
Children funning forth with their hair streaming behind
Old folks tapping out the time to melodies.
Thank you maestro and your fellow musicians
You make Port Townsend the community it really is:
People all assembled together
To enjoy the outdoor summer
Which blesses our peninsula on a peninsula.
Malcolm Hepworth
Port Townsend, Washington
July 30, 2012
"Karl, The band is such fun, and so much a part of what makes Port Townsend special! I thank you."
Barbara - September 1, 2016
"Dear Mr. Bach, Thanks for having the Summer Band - a winner for all: Old, young, player, audience. It's always a pleasure to be part of this tradition. "
Yours truly, Dottie Kemp - June 27, 2016
"Dear Karl and PT Summer Band Members. I write to congratulate you on your "two in a row" concerts so far this summer - Chetzemoka and the Legion. Stirring selections done with enthusiasm and precision under your most capable direction and inspiration. Your new piece "Saturday Afternoon March" is inspired and delightful. I imagined walking the sidewalks of P. T. enjoying the vistas and hearing the music. . . . Thank you all for your continued passion and expertise!"
Sincerely, Beth Mackey - July 5, 2015
"A belated thanks to Karl and all of the band for the terrific Independence Day concert at the American Legion Hall. The band has never sounded better, and the selections were perfect. We appreciate all that you do in our community.
Thanks so much,"
~ Mike and Shelly Reiss
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About the Trust
The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust was set up in May 1969 by the late Leslie Sell to provide financial assistance to the Scouting and Guiding movement.
This independent Trust Fund makes small grants to Groups to help with the cost of making repairs, or purchasing sundry items of equipment. It also gives assistance to groups and individuals when they make trips in the UK or overseas.
Unfortunately the Trustees are unable to consider applications for trips submitted within three months of your departure date.
Peter Sell Annual Award
The Trust set up a new award in 2011 in memory of one of the trustees, Peter Sell. This new award is intended to help Scout and Guide groups to widen engagement and involvement in the movement. You can find out more on the Peter Sell Annual Award page.


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HONOLULU (AP) — University of Hawaii scientists say a disease outbreak at Hanalei Bay on Kauai's north shore is killing coral at an alarming rate.
Hawaii News Now reports Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology coral expert Greta Aeby and her team are trying to stop the spread by covering coral with marine putty, to cut the disease off from healthy coral.
She says the underlying cause includes overfishing, pollution and sewage spills. Aeby says coral is the "foundation" for the ocean ecosystem, and without it the ecosystem will fail.
Information from: KHNL-TV, http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/


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Not Disney...: Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review by Seanie210
Overall Member Rating
Not Disney...
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Bayonne (Cape Liberty)
Childrens programs: a bit second rate. The staff are very nice and helpful, but almost everything takes place inside. Teen program is good but anything younger and its more of a low cost daycare than anything Else.
Food: Main dining room food is very good and staff are as well. Windjammer food also good, though a bit repetative after a few days. Dismayed to learn there was only one specialty restaurant on ship as it appeared originally that we would have a few to choose from.
All in all, people were definitely trying hard to please you but the ship has had its day. Needs an upgrade. It IS family friendly but seems like the family friendliness is recent, that they are used to the More typical chubby food oriented Americans and not people with kids, young people who dont drink and smoke and gamble all that much and kids. Smoking was VERY surprising to be found all over the place. Being Canadian we arent used to this. It was good, but not great. We wont be on RC again except maybe one of the newer bigger ships.
Pools: Smaller, sloshy in bad weather, small hot tubs closed for maintenance whole trip. Clean.
Room: it was a suite so larger than we had previously, though a bit weird in its layout.. Why do we store clothing in "kitchenette" area? Otherwise good enough. Needs upgrade.
General ship appearance: Good, needs upgrade.
Ship issues: A water bottle filling station would be nice as you cannot use pop machines and taps in bathrooms do not get cold. Sporting gear and gym is showing wear and tear. Not much to do if you dont wish to gamble or drink. Less
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Cabin review:
Port and Shore Excursions
More a 3.5 than a 4. "Waterpark" was in quite deep water, no shark net. Did NOT realize that parents had to be in water with kids but given the depth it made sense. "Special" barbecue for suite guests was not all that special. Beach was crushed coral mostly and the snorkling was not good at least near beach. Too stirred up. Didn't dare venture out farther because of jetskis.
very poor. Very un-fun. Did not even wish to get off the ship but did. Should instead stop at PP or SD or somewhere larger. My son called it "sketchy". and I agree.
Gorgeous city. Arrived too late in day to properly experience. Shoudl have been highlight of port days but instead relegated to a quick stop.
Another gorgeous stop. Could have spent three days there . Beach was small but excellent (Morningstar). Would have enjoyed visiting a few more. Stores reasonably priced and friendly.
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Omi Restaurant 243 Carleton Street, Toronto Ph: (416) 920-8991
On my last visit to Toronto during another cold, snowy spell, we visited Omi Restaurant in its old location on Church Street and had our first introduction to their Omakase meal. Omakase essentially is a chef's selection of dishes based on high quality fresh ingredients available on that particular day. On that first visit we were so impressed that we actually went back a couple of days later to try it...
Lift Bar and Grill 333 Menchion Mews Vancouver Ph: 604 689-5438 or Reserve Online Heading off to a play at PAL, the Performing Arts Lodge, I looked for a restaurant in the vicinity. I remembered that I had passed Lift on several occasions while strolling around Coal Harbour and wondered each time whether the food would be as good as the view. This was the perfect time to try it out....
Villa del Lupo 869 Hamilton Street, VancouverPh: 604-688-3058
I was recently invited to dinner at Villa del Lupo, an elegant Italian restaurant in a heritage building on Hamilton. Although I have dined there several times, it has to be more than ten years since my last visit. It retains the old-world European ambience with comfortably sized tables, spaced far enough apart to allow quiet conversation.
For a change this dinner was not a prelude to a theatre outing...
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I am new here from New Orleans. I cant wait to learn about updating my 2002 330i. I would rather keep my car than buy a new one. It has about 85000 miles on it. I have not had any major issues with it so why get rid of it..so i am going to give it a facelift.
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My 330i is all factory except i recently changed the grill to all black. My next step is to change the headlight and sidelights. I like the way your retrofit came out.
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Teaching as Performance
While none of our faculty members would say that teaching is purely entertainment, many would argue that an engaging teaching persona helps energize learning in the classroom.
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Carol reveals the performative elements in her own teaching style and how they open a space for student engagement.
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Christine discusses the function of her teaching "character" and how it advances the learning of the students
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Stephen describes how his physical presentation enhances both the affective learning of students as well as developing their awareness of more bodily ways of "knowing."