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A Monumental Struggle to Preserve Hagia Sophia
In Istanbul, secularists and fundamentalists clash over restoring the nearly 1,500 year-old structure
- By Fergus M. Bordewich
- Photographs by Lynsey Addario
- Smithsonian magazine, December 2008, Subscribe
Zeynep Ahunbay led me through the massive cathedral's cavernous nave and shadowy arcades, pointing out its fading splendors. Under the great dome, filtered amber light revealed vaulted arches, galleries and semi-domes, refracted from exquisite mosaics depicting the Virgin Mary and infant Jesus as well as long-vanished patriarchs, emperors and saints. Yet the overall impression was one of dingy neglect and piecemeal repair. I gazed up at patches of moisture and peeling paint; bricked-up windows; marble panels, their incised surfaces obscured under layers of grime; and walls covered in mustard-colored paint applied by restorers after golden mosaics had fallen away. The depressing effect was magnified by a tower of cast-iron scaffolding that cluttered the nave, testament to a lagging, intermittent campaign to stabilize the beleaguered monument.
"For months at a time, you don't see anybody working," said Ahunbay, a professor of architecture at Istanbul Technical University. She had directed a partial restoration of the building's exterior in the late 1990s and is regarded by conservators as its guardian angel. "One year there is a budget, the next year there is none," she said with a sigh. "We need a permanent restoration staff, conservators for the mosaics, frescoes and masonry, and we need to have them continuously at work."
Greeting her with a deferential salute, a workman beckoned us to accompany him through a massive wooden door, half hidden in shadow beneath an overhead gallery. Following the beam of his flashlight, we made our way across a pitch-dark antechamber and up a steep cobblestone ramp littered with fallen masonry and plaster. The incline may have been built to enable the sixth-century builders to cart construction materials to the second-story gallery. "There are problems here too," said Ahunbay, pointing to jagged cracks in the brick vaulting overhead.
Visible for miles across the Sea of Marmara, Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, with its giant buttresses and soaring minarets, symbolizes a cultural collision of epic proportions. (The name translates from the Greek as "Sacred Wisdom.") The structure stands not only as a magnificent architectural treasure but also as a complex accretion of myth, symbol and history. The landmark entwines the legacies of medieval Christianity, the Ottoman Empire, resurgent Islam and modern secular Turkey in a kind of Gordian knot, confounding preservationists who want to save it from decay and restore its former glory.
In addition to the obvious challenges—leaks, cracks and neglect—an invisible menace may pose an even greater danger. Istanbul sits squarely atop a geologic fault line. "There most definitely are seismic threats to Hagia Sophia, and they are great," says Stephen J. Kelley, a Chicago-based architect and engineer who consults on Byzantine churches in Turkey, the former Soviet Union and the Balkans. "One tremor and the whole thing could come falling down."
"Conservationists are very concerned about Hagia Sophia," says John Stubbs, a vice president of the New York-based World Monuments Fund, which contributed $500,000 and raised another half million in matching funds for urgent repairs during the last decade."It's an unbelievably complex structure. There's the roof, the stonework, marble, mosaics, paintings. We don't even know all that's in play in there. But we do know that it requires ongoing, vigilant attention. Hagia Sophia is an utterly unique building—a key monument in the history of architecture and a key symbol of the city of Constantinople right through to our time."
Constantinople, as Istanbul was known for centuries, owed its importance to the Emperor Constantine, who made it the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire in A.D. 330. Although an earlier basilica of the same name once stood on the site, today's Hagia Sophia was a creation of the Emperor Justinian, who rose from humble origins to become the greatest of the early rulers of the empire that historians would call Byzantium. During his 38-year reign, from 527 to 565, Justinian labored to bring harmony to the disputatious factions of the Eastern Orthodox Church; organized Roman law into a code that would influence European legal systems down to the present; and set his armies on the march, enlarging the empire until it reached from the Black Sea to Spain. He also erected hundreds of new churches, libraries and public edifices throughout the empire. Hagia Sophia, completed in 537, was his crowning architectural achievement. Until the 15th century, no building incorporated a floor space so vast under one roof. Four acres of golden glass cubes—millions of them—studded the interior to form a glittering canopy overhead, each one set at a subtly different angle to reflect the flicker of candles and oil lamps that illuminated nocturnal ceremonies. Forty thousand pounds of silver encrusted the sanctuary. Columns of purple porphyry and green marble were crowned by capitals so intricately carved that they seemed as fragile as lace. Blocks of marble, imported from as far away as Egypt and Italy, were cut into decorative panels that covered the walls, making the church's entire vast interior appear to swirl and dissolve before one's eyes. And then there is the astonishing dome, curving 110 feet from east to west, soaring 180 feet above the marble floor. The sixth-century historian Procopius marveled that it "does not appear to rest upon a solid foundation, but to cover the place beneath as though it were suspended from heaven by the fabled golden chain."
Magnificent as it was, Hagia Sophia contained none of its splendid figurative mosaics at first. Justinian may have acceded to the wishes of his wife, Theodora (who reputedly began her career as an entertainer and prostitute), and others who opposed the veneration of human images—later to become known as "iconoclasts." By the ninth century, those who worshiped such images, the "iconodules," gained ascendancy, commissioning artists to make up for lost time. Medieval pilgrims were awed by the mosaics, ranging from depictions of stylized angels to emperors and empresses, as well as a representation of an all-seeing Christ looming from the dome. Many of these images are lost; those few that remain are unique, says art historian Natalia Teteriatnikov, former curator at Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington, D.C., where a center for Byzantine studies is housed. "They cover almost the entire history of Byzantium, from 537 through the restoration of the icons and on up to imperial portraits from the late 14th century. No other Byzantine monument covers such a span of time."
For more than 900 years, Hagia Sophia was the most important building in the Eastern Christian world: the seat of the Orthodox patriarch, counterpart to Roman Catholicism's pope, as well as the central church of the Byzantine emperors, whose palace stood nearby. "Hagia Sophia summed up everything that was the Orthodox religion," says Roger Crowley, author of 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West. "For Greeks, it symbolized the center of their world. Its very structure was a microcosm of heaven, a metaphor for the divine mysteries of Orthodox Christianity." Pilgrims came from across the Eastern Christian world to view its icons, believed to work miracles, and an unmatched collection of sacred relics. Within the cathedral's holdings were artifacts alleged to include pieces of the True Cross; the lance that pierced Christ's side; the ram's horns with which Joshua blew down the walls of Jericho; the olive branch carried by the dove to Noah's ark after the Flood; Christ's tunic; the crown of thorns; and Christ's own blood. "Hagia Sophia," says Crowley, "was the mother church—it symbolized the everlastingness of Constantinople and the Empire."
In the 11th century, the Byzantines suffered the first in a series of devastating defeats at the hands of Turkish armies, who surged westward across Anatolia, steadily whittling away at the empire. The realm was further weakened in 1204 when western European crusaders en route to the Holy Land, overtaken by greed, captured and looted Constantinople. The city never fully recovered.
By the mid-15th century, Constantinople was hemmed in by Ottoman-controlled territories. On May 29, 1453, after a seven-week siege, the Turks launched a final assault. Bursting through the city's defenses and overwhelming its outnumbered defenders, the invaders poured into the streets, sacking churches and palaces, and cutting down anyone who stood in their way. Terrified citizens flocked to Hagia Sophia, hoping that its sacred precincts would protect them, praying desperately that, as an ancient prophesied, an avenging angel would hurtle down to smite the invaders before they reached the great church.
Instead, the sultan's janissaries battered through the great wood-and-bronze doors, bloody swords in hand, bringing an end to an empire that had endured for 1,123 years. "The scene must have been horrific, like the Devil entering heaven," says Crowley. "The church was meant to embody heaven on earth, and here were these aliens in turbans and robes, smashing tombs, scattering bones, hacking up icons for their golden frames. Imagine appalling mayhem, screaming wives being ripped from the arms of their husbands, children torn from parents, and then chained and sold into slavery. For the Byzantines, it was the end of the world." Memory of the catastrophe haunted the Greeks for centuries. Many clung to the legend that the priests who were performing services that day had disappeared into Hagia Sophia's walls and would someday reappear, restored to life in a reborn Greek empire.
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Mehmet II did not spare the Ágía Sofía from his pillage of the City, it was part of it. This Eastern Orthodox Basilica has been defiled and it is heart-rending to see what it has become at the hands of the occupying Turks. It is a blight on the world at large that Constantinople was not restored to its rightful sovereign owners, the Hellenes (it was founded by Greek colonists from Megara, in Attica, and settled by Greeks for over 2,500 years before its capture, and 3,000 years before their expulsion at the hands of the Turkish state). If the Turks had done to the Vatican and St Peter's Basilica what they have done to Constantinople and the Ágía Sofía the Pope would have raised the Ladder of Lucifer from Hell himself, and brought on the Apocalypse, to get it back. Especially because Catholicism has its roots in Eastern Orthodoxy (indeed, Christianity was spread from Jerusalem, through Anatolia and the Balkans, to Europe by the Greeks), it owes it to them (and indeed Pope Pius II attempted) to reclaim the Holy City of Constantinople, and the Ágía Sofía, for Christendom.
Posted by Pablo on March 13,2013 | 09:00 PM
I see my previous comments have not been published despite their factual accuracy in response to other comments to this article which have been published. 1. Yes, the Ágía Sofía should be rededicated to her original purpose, as the Temple of the Holy Wisdom of God, she is an Eastern Orthodox Basilica, the 'Mother Church' of all Orthodox Churches. Ágía Sofía is Orthodoxy's St Peter's Basilica and Constantinople is its Vatican; the minarets, minbar and mihrab do not belong on Ágía Sofía and her iconography and iconostasis ought to be restored as her original fixtures. If I did to Mecca what the Turks have done to Constantinople, Muslims would go ballistic! 2. To say the Greeks of Constantinople never considered themselves Greek but rather Roman is a obfuscation and betrays the fact that the Roman Empire was really two empires; the West Roman Empire and the East Roman (or Byzantine) Empire, Byzantine being from Byzas, the founding King on Constantinople (then Byzantium) it is a Greek word that refers to Baseiliou or 'Royalty'. Furthermore, the very name Istabul is a corruption of the Greek name for the City, from "stan" and "ople" and also from the expression "eis stin poli" (in the city). So the Turks can't have it both ways, paying tribute to the City's Greek heritage and then saying it was never, in fact, a Greek city. 3. In furtherance to my point above, the fact that the Greeks of Nycaea, Ionnia, Smyrne, Kappadocia and Trebizond were expelled by Turkey in 1923 to Greece and subsequently the Greeks of Constantinople fled in the wake of the 'Istanbul Pogrom' is at odds with Turkish revisionism about their ethnicity. Greeks settled and lived on what is now mainland Turkey for over 2,000 years, Constantinople is the eternal capital of Greece as inheritor of the Byzantine Empire and what's more it is of immeasurable significance to Eastern Orthodoxy. These are undeniable facts, relevantly responding to other comments to this article.
Posted by Pablo on March 13,2013 | 08:29 PM
The article in error. The Fall of the Roman Empire in 1453 was an empire that endured for 1500yrs. Claiming otherwise is Western European revisionist history. The so called "Byzantine" Empire never existed aside from being coined western scholars.
Posted by Daniel Homiak on November 18,2012 | 09:53 PM
Where does all the money go that is collected from entrance feesAt $15 for the millions of visitors each year it would seem that some major continual preservation project could be funded. The same could to asked regarding other nearby monuments?
Posted by Michael on June 12,2012 | 06:16 AM
It is interesting that your article has mentioned the capture of Istanbul by Turks with the use of a lot words putting attention to violence. But when it comes to invasion by the crusaders it only mentions "The realm was further weakened in 1204 when western European crusaders en route to the Holy Land, overtaken by greed, captured and looted Constantinople. The city never fully recovered."
It was well documented that the devastation caused by Catholic christians was no match to that of Turks. So It should have deserved a much bigger mention. Here I mentioned it. With 4th Crusade, Christians invaded Constantinople and have done unspeakable crime. They have murdered, raped, ruthlessly violated the city's churches and monasteries, destroying or stealing many of the ancient works. Venetians were good at stealing while French was into drinking wine, violating nuns, murdering Orthodox clerics and destroying the city. Hagia Sophia was not spared from these vandalizations.
I thought the article wouldn't be complete without it.
Posted by Deveci on November 26,2011 | 04:40 PM
How sad to read some of the commenter's attitude towards the Turkish nation. Hagia Sophia will and should remain as a museum not a place of worship, a great population of Turkish Republic are Muslims. We do not want arguments, all we need and want is a common ground, which is common sense. Wake up people! This is 21st century, and let us enjoy being in this magnificent structure! I love breathing equally in the Sultan Ahmed Mosque and in Saint Sophia, inhale the peace. Hagia Sophia needs tender loving care not conflicting ideas...
Posted by T.G. on May 28,2011 | 07:29 PM
Your post about K.S area schools caught my attention...
since the Turks won Istanbul just as righteously as
any Christian military victory,
it seems wrong to at all expect them to sponsor the
Haga Sophia as a Christian church...especially in light of
how mosques have been treated in the nearby countries
where christian nations retook territory.
Interesting that the Crusaders famously looted
and disrespected the church,
whereas the victorious Sultan personally forbid looting,
desecration, or destruction of the marvelous scred site.
That being said, a joint use idea, where both the
main general faiths with a strong vested interest
historically; Christian and Muslim...
might help with maintenance of the building,
as well as allow for sacred use....
which is what it was meant to host.
The Kansas City Institute of Arts might be a school which
could provide a base of studies,
if you are strongly interested in the architectural
and art aspects, of the Byzantine culture.
It's a great little place,
is the impression I have of the school...
with a richness in how they connect with History.
All The Best...
Posted by Peter on September 15,2010 | 06:36 PM
I support 100% any effort to restore the Hagia Sophia...but NOT as a tourist attraction. The Hagia Sophia is neither secular or Muslim...it is Christian. It rightfully belongs to the Orthodox church! The Muslims stole Hagia Sophia from Orthodox Christians back in the 15th Century, and then profaned and violated it! If Turkey wants to be taken seriously as a potential member of the EU, then they need to give back what was stolen from the Church, so that the Hagia Sophia may be proplerly and lovingly restured and then used for its original purpose...a spiritual center for Christianity! Turkey, if they are truly committed to human rights, and respecing all regardless of ethncity or religion, needs to right this horrible wrong that was committed long ago.
Posted by Sabrina on June 27,2010 | 12:58 AM
The Hagia Sophia is, undoubtedly, one of the world's greatest cultural heritage of human beings nowadays.I have learned from this article that the Hagia Sophia was built in the year 537,which means it has such a long history of more than 1400 years. And I think it's a miracle that the Hagia Sophia can suffer from various wars, revolutions and changes in the river of history.Maybe it's no more splendid as what it was, but it's still of great significance to not only the Turk but also the Christians all over the world. I think it's really inadvisable for the debate between the secular Turks and the Christians around whether to bring the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Actually, we should focus on the recovery of the Hagia rather than whether change it into a mosque. As the geographer mentioned in the article, Istanbul sits squarely atop a geologic fault line. "There most definitely are seismic threats to Hagia Sophia, and the potential ganger are great. As a result, what come first should we do is raise the people all around the world to do recovering work to protect this great cultural and historical heritage of humans-the Hagia Sophia.
Posted by YuanPan on December 13,2009 | 01:05 AM
Beautiful"Sophia"Cathedral, really besutiful! In fact, the church set religion, philosophy, aesthetics, literature, sculpture, painting, music, art forms, etc.as a whole. It is that people create and change the world of dynamic activities in the realization of reality, It is also the ctystallization of human wisdom and valuable cultural heritage. But the church was originally created as a vehicle for religion, so they were damaged bu the radical. However,according to historical materialist point of view, the emergence of religion is also a progressive history. The emergence of the church is the physical embodiment of religion.
The Church of Hagia Sophia was built in 537 years, a collection of Roman wisdom, which is a symbol of the Byzantine period, until the Muslim army conquered Istanbul. Then the church became a mosque, and it becomes the Ottoman Empire's most famous mosques.
Needless to say, it is one of the most beautiful buildings in the legacy of history. The great,spectacular, magnificent Sophia Cathedral is the world's only example of religious architecture,is a producct of convergence of Eastern and Western cultures. this great building is one of the survived legacu in the architectural history of mankind.We must protect the legacy of our ancestors.Let our future generations could see their achievements.
Posted by He yanwei on December 7,2009 | 07:31 PM
From the Internet, I know that Hagia Sophia is the starting point passing the torch of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Istanbul. As one of the world's top ten desirable churches, the exterior seems less spectacular than Sultanahmet Camii - another famous structure in Istanbul, but the history of Hagia Sophia is more time-honored that Sultanahmet Camii could never compare with. Thank you for this article!
Posted by Lv Xin on December 5,2009 | 12:36 AM
very good
Posted by hh on December 3,2009 | 09:04 AM
Force of Arms", in latin referred to as "Vi et Armis" or "Armorum VI", in which ownership has always been established by force; originally by the "Force of Arms and latterly by the force of law. We are all descendants and have become the successors in title to the goods taken from our ancestors by "Force of Arms". As stated, the Hagia Sophia belongs rightfully to the Turkish Government and therefore they are under no moral obligations.
Posted by Williams on May 29,2009 | 11:46 PM
"Force of Arms" is a completely legitimate way of transferring ownership of territory,treasure and artifacts etc, even when good guys lose. Just ask the Americans they are experts on "Force of Arms". The Hagia Sophia belongs rightfully to the Turkish Government and therefore they are under no moral obligations.
Posted by Williams on May 28,2009 | 10:27 PM


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Check out Anne (who looks amazing, I might add) in Glamour Magazine this month. She admits that she often struggles with her body image saying:
"Am I thin enough? Am I too thin? Is my body the right shape?"'
'There's an obsessive quality to it that I thought I would've grown out of by now. It's an ongoing source of shame for me.'
It's a good reminder to be who you are and embrace who you are.
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Man Rule: You can't blame everyone else for your mistakes and failures.
Making mistakes and encountering failure is just an unavoidable fact of life, even on Candy Mountain. When you run the sparkly rainbow unicorn right into the neighbor's new car, do you take the walk of shame up to their door and confess and leave a note with correct contact info, or do you slink away and blame those drunken high school kids playing mailbox baseball again the next morning when you see your neighbor at the coffeehouse?
Eventually you run out of people to blame and there is just you. Let's circumvent years of irresponsible behavior and just own up to our mistakes and learn from our failures going forward. One of the great parts of the real world we live in here in the US is that people recognize mistakes are part of life and don't keep score for long, but they do judge and punish those that show no remorse or the inability to see the connection that their actions have caused harm to others.
See: The guidebooks to most major religions, such as the Bible (all versions), Koran, Common Sense for Dummies, etc.
Again, this season's Man Rule infractions are far too numerous and the space allotted by Bravo too small to address all of them.
After some quick research, "The Donald" is my new reality show role model, he pulls it all off brilliantly while maintaining his day job and fully employing all his children, AND still maintains a single digit handicap, much respect to Mr. Trump. Call me if you ever need a 4th to play golf on the Potomac!
RICH, your blog was HILARIOUS, HONEST, AND ON POINT!!! That was a great recap of the reunion. I can only imagine how frustrating it is to share a REALITY experience with a couple that live in "LALA LAND"(no pun intended). To HAVE no choice in dealing with them and not not be able to get ONE STRAIGHT ANSWER had to be draining. I think you guys have a great story, and it's wonderful to see such a fortunate family give back. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!
I knew I was going to love your wife when I saw that she put a lock on her fab closet. I love your family. I agree with last week's comment that your family should have their own show. The Man Rules are spot on.
That was, by far, the funniest and on-point blog I've ever read on any of the RH series! You and Mary are definately the couple that I could invision carrying around a bottle or two of wine with.
Good looking and funny! What a combination. Rich, you certainly have been well-schooled in Man Rules. Your wife should be proud.
I very much enjoyed watching you and your beautiful family this past season and I hope you'll all be back for another one.
Rich you are right on and hysterically funny too. We never found out what you did for a living, but you must bring a lot of wit and humor to it.
Mary is the Harriett Nelson of our time. You are Ozzie. The show went way off course with the Fruit & Nut scenario but I liked the idea of Mary's honesty even with the closet. She's laid back and doesn't glorify being rich and throwing into fan's faces like Fruit & Nuts. It's refreshing that the two of you have conversations that relate to others and help guide others to resolve issues. Your discussions about Lolli were respectful to one another and the points were valid and a resolution appears to have worked. I hope you and Mary are back next year and we get to see more Take Care and God Bless
Rich, You and your family are awesome! Love the blog! You need to write a book; although I'm not sure on what.
What fun images! You, Mary and your family are awesome. We all need to get over the Salahi's simply because they bask in attention good or bad. I refuse to feed them. I must say, I think Michaele finally found some folks who will say no to her.
Mary's charity got hijacked and after seeing the bonus clip, I am more than sad about it. Reality tv should lift us up, NOT show us the worst of humanity. Fortunately, I think the humanity among the other wives and husbands more than made up for the unfortunate Salahi's.
I think in each comment I've made, I've apologized for being a viewer. C'mon! It's embarrassing to admit to watching reality tv, yet here I am and then reading and commenting on blogs, no less. But I seriously enjoyed most moments, except for the excruciating moments of thinking the Salahis might come around and then realizing that fake people can't find "real."
Someone in Roanoke, VA thinks you guys are really great!
Great comments! Andy should let you be on WWH to dissect the Salahis. Also you're hot! Too bad your wife is gorgeous, a wonderful mother and soul mate, etc. etc., cuz you could have your own bachelor show.
Rich; Your funny and a nice guy. Your wife also made you proud this season, as she conducted herself like a lady. Your also totally correct about the man rules and hopefully Tareq can get a psychologist to teach them to him as he does not have ANY big boy pants. His wife needs a psychologist because she is clearly emootionally ill. Wish you and Mary all the best!
LOVE YOUR 'MAN RULES' and your examples after each(well failed examples since someone doesn't understand these rules or ANY rules for that matter)!!!! I wish you and your family nothing but the best and hope to see you back for Season 2!!! (as well as the rest of the cast except for Bonnie and Clyde! Those two need to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Good luck to you and your family!!
Awwww Richard, now you're just showing off, lol. Where can I get a copy of "Common Sense for Dummies"? If this book doesn't exsist, write it and do it fast. And please send me a bottle of Oasis wine for the idea. I look forward to seeing more of you and your family next season. Watch out for Donny on the back 9. Sincerely, Rachel
Great Blog! Entertaining and on point as well... wonder if the guy (sorry, I can't even qualify him as a man due to his wicked infractions of the man rules) will read this and get a clue? Perhaps we should pitch in and buy him one as he allegedly doesn't pay for his.
Rich, I agree with Patti Lee, you are HOT !!! Your support of your wife and children is awesome a very hot detail! Strong women LOVE strong men! Plus, very nice on the eyes!
Rich, You're so right on with those 'Man Rules'! As a woman, I am so glad you brought them up. Every woman can appreciate a man who has those 'Man Rule' ethics and the backbone to use them. (Rick, please write a book on this!) Regarding Tareq and his fatuous swirming avoidance in answering your Qs: He's probably just uncomfortable because of all the poop building up in his unchanged diaper. Mahalo, Aloha808
Thank you so much Rich for taking the time to 'blog'. I feel as though Mary and Lolly and your kiddoes I do not know are fortunate to have such a caring, intelligent man to be there for them. I am a young 74 yr old Texas woman and you seem to be made out of the same cloth as our guys. Hang in there and try to get the Salachis to understand the difference between lies and truth!! Much respect, Frances
Hilarious!!! You and Mary are really fab together, and hats off to her for coming out of her shell with both barrels last night, it's about time and much overdue. No harm done, just the facts and a little bit of Bam to go on the invaders from whatevah the heck planet they came from. You and Lynda should team up and write a book on all the rules, sort of a Venus/Mars thing, but with humor and wisdom.......just some common sense puhleeeze, this world could sure use a word or two.
You are my favorite real husband! Personally I would like to read more of your clever writing. Maybe you should consider a book (it seems to be a real housewives next step these days!). I would definitely buy a copy. Thanks for making me laugh!
I'm so glad you blogged, I love your take on things. Isn't it frustrating when you can't get a straight answer. Thank=you for a great season!!!
I LOVE THIS BLOG POST!!!!! Your Man Rules are awesome--and most of them are not solely just for men--women could live by these rules, too. Thanks!!!
Well said...BRAVO! I wished we were able to see more of the Amons instead of the foolish behavior of the Salahis.
Rich, You hung in there very well and survived the experience. Everyone, in their less viewable way & with less chance of friends seeing it, experience weird, lying, cons artists to a lesser or greater degree. We become strangely attracted and constantly confused by them. What I love about your season was that a really BIG con artist snuck into your lives and you all were strangely attracted and constantly confused by the two of them. This helped me put my own life experience in perspective in that if it could happen to all of you guys, then, of course, it did happen to me. The best that can be said of them is nothing at all. My rule #1: If you can't say anything nice about someone, try to say nothing at all. Congrats on a great season - you and your family are terrifically real.
I waswatching the reunion. Did Tareq really just say he threw a glass of wine in Linda's face because his wife has MS? Whatin the World!
Thank you for your comments. You brought out some really good points. I hope they will be taken to heart by certain people and they can move forward and in the future be better people.
BRAVO ! BRAVO ! BRAVO !...Your the MAN! WOW what a reunion, everyone showed their true colors. Wish I could have been there in person so I could share my thoughts and opinions about all of the shameless actions that took place during the show. Just as well, at my age of 79 years young I would not have been very polite or been able to behave myself. Take good care Barbara Oh, tell Mary I remember Arthur Godfrey I use to watch his show, he was the greatest entertainer , also I can see a resemblance .
Dear Rich, I love your blog. You are a breath of fresh air and your messages are entertaining. I have really enjoyed getting to know your family. Love Mary and Lolly. Wish our families could hang out. I thing it would be a blast. Looking forward to next season.
I AGREE,"..eventually you run out of people to blame and there is just you". AS reprehensible as the Salahis are, and make no mistake they are strange and criminal, your family joined the show knowing their history. While severe damage came out while filming, it seems to me that Mary was game enough to sign up for the show, Salahis and all. Their reputation preceeded them, and you have no one to really blame other than yourselves for being part of the DC show, highjacked and all.
So funny and entertaining, it's nice to see someone not take life too seriously, relax and enjoy whatever you can take from it. It was very impressive how you handled yourself in what was a really pathetic spin of circling from two very self absorbed lost in la la land people. They really deserve each other, but it is sad that they do not recognize how much mental health care they need. Body language is very telling and one could sure tell by their faces, they did know they had been caught, so they just kept spinning.
It appears you and Mary have a strong marriage and support each other as well as being good role models for your children. Good job! When someone is doing harm to you, making a choice to remove yourself from them is the best decision. Hope the next season, should there be one, is minus 1 couple and some highlights can be put on living a "real" life filled with "normal" events, rather than what they added or imploded into the show. All the best to you and your family.
Another honest and funny/real blog! Well done! Your family is wonderful and I love the interaction between you all. You showed us a "real" family (not the Candy mt. kind) and for that we fell in love with you all. I thought it was only right that all of the "men" (and the one little smudgy elf) got to be on the reunion shows because you were all very much part of the season. Also I loved you guys being there as the protectors of your women.
You maintained your family dignity and rose above the sparkly muck! Well done! Hope your family is on again next season and that it is a NON sparkly season!


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This is the best wet saw I ever used including one I used to rent for $100 per day. If you are a professional or avid tile installer you would want to own this wet saw. There are only two cons regarding this wet saw and they are minor. The pump tube (1/4 inch clear plastic) can kink from time to time when inserting the pump assembly into the water tray. (I might replace this with a PEX tube over time.) Also The Motor arm on the left gets in the way of rip cuts for large format tiles. I learned to use the right side to avoid this issue. Extremely powerful and with the use of a premium diamond blade and the optional stand it's a bargain.
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Ratings well deserved A+..
By rogerf1970
from central fl
About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
Comments about Chicago Electric Power Tools Professional Series 2.5 Horsepower 10" Industrial Tile/Brick Saw:
I did my research and was still skeptical about this brand. I believe you get what you pay for. I bought this on sale and have used it for a week. So far its the best I have ever used. I remodel homes for rentals, Super clean,precise,accurate cuts. I did get a pearl blade and what an amazing combo. I am looking for other jobs that I can do just to use the saw.
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Great saw!
By B
from Maryland
Used this saw to do several patios and retaining walls as a part time gig. it hasnt given up yet in 3 years of hard work and i dont go easy on it. Have used it in the rain, in 100+ degree weather, and always spray it down directly with a hose while/after operating and have had 0 issues. Only downside i would say is that if you try to push pavers through it instead of just letting them go through slow and steady it will bog it down/stop it. If you take it easy though it will cut all day long. I would def recommend this for anyone! simple to use and performs great. I did crack the pan that holds the water this year. anyone know where/how to get a replacement?
It would be hard to beat this saw
By GW
from Charlotte, NC
I needed this saw to re-tile a house we were flipping, and the cost was less than three days rental of a comparable saw. I figured if I got four days out of it, I'd be ahead of the game.That was four years ago, and it has done several houses, walls, a pizza oven, a fountain and was loaned to a professional mason for awhile. Still going strong.I really have nothing to complain about. You can't lose with this saw.
Well worth the money
By smars4444
from Newburyport, Ma
Just used this saw for a brick walkway and it performed flawlessly! I bought a quality blade, and feel this saw will last a long time. Mine was shipped without the required bolts and nuts.. the local Harbor Freight exchanged it for a new one. Very happy with the customer service.
great saw
By kromagnonman
from arkansas
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cut many small tiles, many angles. with a decent blade this machine just did a great job. one slight problem with the water pressure that was caused by a twist in the hose just behind where it comes out of the back of the blade housing. easy to control the feed and what a cut.
Fantastic saw regardless of price
By Addadada
from Cle Elum, WA
I used this saw to build a brick pizza oven. I can say that this saw saved me at least 40 hours of work over using other saws and conventional method. The saw is powerful enough to cut through very hard and heavy 2.5" thinck fire brick. I highly recommend the rolling stand as I did not buy it and had to lug it from garage to work site.
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Awesome saw
By Vince Reed
from Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico.
Bought this saw to do 1000 sq ft of tile for a home renovation. Got it out of the box, not much assembly and had the tools to put it together. I bought a top of the line blade due to previous sub-standard blades from HF. Worked awesome, alot of power, perfect cuts, nice rollers on the table. One big feature I loved is that you can use this as a chop saw which for horseshoe cuts to make a tile fit around a wall works great. I cant believe how great this worked for me. The blade is a must if you want the total package. Great saw and great price.
grest product for the price
By handyman
from Oyster Bay,NY
easy to use and good quality
Pleasantly Surprised
By rainman
from san jose
I bought this on the web special to do a marble fireplace. Assembly was easy and it even would not let me install the table backwards :) Even includes the tools needed for assembly. Incredibly accurate right out of the box. I bought a high quality blade and even used it with a 6" bullnosing blade after making a fixture to raise the marble to the right height. The adjustable depth setting allowed perfect bullnosing. This saw performs better than the high end conractors saw I used to borrow for projects. A little noisy because of the direct drive. Make sure you also buy the stand.
(4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Purchased along with the bast stand
By Poindexter114
from Las Vegas, NV
I purchased this saw over 2 years ago and it is still going strong. I have had no problems or any part of the saw or base go bad or fail. Good blade is the answer to a smooth easy job.
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Body of Brockport soldier returns home
Posted at: 12/26/2012 3:16 AM
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The body of a Brockport soldier killed in action returned home Wednesday.
26-year-old Army Staff Sergeant Nicholas Reid was killed on December 13 after a bomb attacked his unit in Afghanistan. This was Reid's second deployment to Afghanistan.
Every flag on every flagpole in Brockport was at half staff Wednesday. Most flags in Rochester are too. It's a day of mourning for a lot of people on this day after Christmas.
Despite what law enforcement and firefighters in Rochester and Webster are going through, they showed up Wednesday. They performed their duty for Sergeant Reid. The Patriot Guard also performed their duty as they always do for military members.
The family wanted to keep things very private, so the media was kept outside the hanger where Reid's body was brought. The procession of family, police officers and EMS officials and others took Sergeant Reid's body to Fowler Funeral Home in Brockport.
Patriot Guard members said every job they're called to has meaning and purpose, but given what's been happening in our area and around the world, hearts were extra heavy during the procession Wednesday.
Tim Yetter, Patriot Guard Ride Captain, said, "Between the kids in Connecticut a week ago and we knew Staff Sergeant was coming home today. But then the tragedy of the firemen Christmas Eve, it's just heightened the feelings the sorrows of the community as a whole."
Calling hours for Sergeant Reid will be held Friday from noon until 3pm at Fowler Funeral Home on West Avenue in Brockport. The funeral will be held on Saturday at The Father's House in Chili at 11:30am. Sergeant Reid will be buried at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Coretta Scott King Award for Older Readers
The Coretta Scott King Book Award is given to books by African-American authors and illustrators for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions.
For the full listing of winners and honor books, see the Coretta Scott King Award website
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Adoff, Jaime Jimi & Me After his father's tragic death, twelve-year-old Keith James moves from Brooklyn to a small Midwestern town where his mixed race heritage is not accepted, but he finds comfort in the music of Jimi Hendrix and the friendship of a white classmate. [2006 John Steptoe Award for New Talent] 2005 Teen Fiction Book | |
Bond, Victoria Zora and Me A fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood with her best friend Carrie, in Eatonville, Florida, as they learn about life, death, and the differences between truth, lies, and pretending. [2012 Steptoe Award for New Talent] 2010 Children's Fiction Book | |
Davis, Tanita S. Mare's War Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, independence, and courage when they are forced to take a car trip with their grandmother, who tells about growing up Black in 1940s Alabama and serving in Europe during World War II as a member of the Women's Army Corps. [2010 Honor Book] 2009 Teen Fiction Book | |
Draper, Sharon M. Tears of a Tiger The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school. [1995 John Steptoe Award for New Talent] [Hazelwood High trilogy, book 1] [Forged by Fire (book 2) won 1998 Award] 1994 Teen Fiction Book | |
Draper, Sharon M. Copper Sun Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves. [2007 Winner] 2006 Teen Fiction Book | |
Flake, Sharon Who Am I Without Him? : Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives Sharon Flake takes readers through the minds of girls trying to define themselves while struggling to remain relevant to the boys in their lives. This is a complex, often humorous, always on-point exposition of black youth resolving to find self-worth . . . any way they know how. [2005 Honor Book] 2004 Teen Fiction Book | |
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Grimes, Nikki Jazmin's Notebook Jazmin, a fourteen-year-old Afo-American girl who lives with her sister in a Harlem apartment, finds strength in writing poetry and keeping a diary. [1999 Honor Book] 1998 Teen Fiction Book | |
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Grimes, Nikki Dark Sons Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in New York City, as they try to come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their younger stepbrothers. [2006 Honor Book] 2005 Teen Fiction Book | |
Hughes, Langston Langston Hughes A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children. [2007 Honor Book for Illustration] 2006 Children's Nonfiction Book | |
Johnson, Angela The First Part Last Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter. [2004 Winner] 2003 Teen Fiction Book | |
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Jones, Traci L. Standing Against the Wind As she tries to escape her poor Chicago neighborhood by winning a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, shy and studious eighth-grader Patrice discovers that she has more options in life than she previously realized. [2007 John Steptoe Award for New Talent] 2010 Teen Fiction Book | |
Lester, Julius Day of Tears : a Novel in Dialogue Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce Butler wants to cash in his slave assets, possibly including Emma. [2006 Winner] 2005 Teen Fiction Book | |
Magoon, Kekla The Rock and the River In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party. [2010 John Steptoe Award for New Talent] 2009 Teen Fiction Book | |
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Morrison, Toni Remember : the Journey to School Integration "On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregated schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. This pivotal decision ushered in an emotional and trying period in our nation's history, the effects of which still linger...[Here is] a fictional account of the dialogue and emotions of the students who lived during the era of change in separate-but-equal schooling." --BOOK JACKET. [2005 Winner] 2004 Children's Nonfiction Book | |
Myers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam. [1989 Winner] 1988 Teen Fiction Book |
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Hail to the Sheath: Reporters Wear This Season's Best Silhouette
The seven newswomen on these pages are casting an eye on the candidates this election season. But scrutiny is a two-way street: even brilliant writers and reporters have to look good. Here, they wear fall's best sheath dresses, pairing some style with their substance
by Susan Swimmer • Fashion Features Editor
Originally published in the October 2012 issue
Obnoxious American09.28.2012
Wow guys, you couldn't find a single conservative political reporter? Not one? I could name 5 off the top of my head, all residing in NYC, all glamorous.
See that ladies? The liberal media establishment thinks you're all equal, so long as you adhere to their group think. Stray from their specific belief set, and you're persona non-grata. I'm blown away by the tolerance and open minded-ness of the left.
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Pencil Sharpener Desk Tidy
Fee fi fo fum. We stole this enormous sharpener from a passing giant. Sadly, we couldn't lift the pencils, but regular sized ones, pens, scissors and other paraphernalia fit in just fine, making your office cutting edge and tidy.
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Presenting When You're Not in the Room: Conference Calls, Webinars, & Video Conferences Recertification Credit: 1.25 general creditsWorkplace Application: This session will provide practical tips and applications to help you dramatically improve your ability to deliver remote presentations.In today's fast-paced global workplace, everyone needs the ability to captivate an audience and present ideas to successfully persuade people — in person, over the phone, and online. In this session, you will hear the inside tips and techniques you need to deliver animated remote presentations and convey a strong, clear message. Best practices are shared for using webinars, conference calls, and video conferencing to recruit, train and communicate effectively.Presenter: Brad Karsh, president, JB Training Solutions, Chicago, Ill.
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Day 1: Nuweiba- Aqaba - Wadi Rum (L.D)
Early morning Pick you up from your hotel transfer to Nuweiba port take the fast ferry from Nuweiba. Arrive Aqaba Port. Meet and Assist and after finishing the visa formalities you will be transferred to Wadi Rum. Enjoy a 2 hour jeep ride and lunch. Check in your tent dinner and over night in Wadi Ram
Day 2: Wadi Ram -Petra (B)
After breakfast Transfer to Petra (2hrs drive).
Today you should wear good walking shoes to enjoy your sightseeing tour in Petra - this wonderful ancient Nabataen city. We ride a short way on horsebacks and continue by feet through the 1,5km long famous "Siq" until our eye first catches the imposing treasury "El Khazna". Petra reaches over a total area of 40qkm - look at all those hundreds of old rose-red buildings, facades, baths, temples and unforgettable drawings.
check in your hotel in Petra overnight.
Day 3: Petra-Dead Sea (B)
After the breakfast check out from your hotel, On completion of your tour you will drive north to your hotel in Dead Sea where you will enjoy a free evening. overnight at your Hotel.
Day 4: Dead Sea- Aqaba- Nuweiba
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