TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVE!

Having once served proudly myself in the Romanian Army. I pay tribute to our long history of bravery. Overcoming Dictators such as Ceausescu 1989 and Antonescu who sided with Hitler after deposing our King during WWII. I say, keep in mind not only those who bravely joined our Nation together in Union when Romanian Battalions poured over the boarders and retook the Carpathians. But also those who ignored their orders from Antonescu and then turned the tides of war against the Nazis.

Men so brave, they took up arms and against the judgment of the Allied powers, and not only invaded Hungary but subdued it. Smashing it, and taking from it, its greatness that it had once plundered from Romania.

TRAIASCA ROMANIA!

This video pays Homage to those who fought against Hitler and then Stalin.




This Video pays Homage to those that fought for Unification

UFO crashes into MIG in Romanian airspace

UFO Hits Fighter Jet

Defense chiefs are investigating claims that a Romanian MIG 21 Lancer fighter plane was struck by ’strange objects’ after it had a mid-air collision with a UFO over central Europe on October 30, 2007, shattering the cockpit, according to the official report

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Mock-up of the jet fighter and UFO collision. Image The Sun

The Romanian Military went on national TV to report that at an altitude of 6,300 meters/ 3.91464 miles and a speed of 500 mph (800 km/h) their airplane was hit by an object.

All assumptions that could provide a scientific explanation of chance were canceled. Romanian Defense Ministry officials have ruled out all normal types of collision such as bird strikes, ice or small meteorites. Rocket launches and ground artillery shots were also ruled out as possible explanations for the incident.

Birds don’t to fly at the height of 20,700 feet (6,300 meters), and the body of the plane didn’t have any trace of organic matter. The sky was clear with no conditions for water to freeze. Astronomical data confirms no entry of bodies such as meteorites were in the air that day.

There were no civilian flights at any hour that at about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Gherla where the fighter jet was, no exercises with artillery cannons or missiles, no incidents reported to police on missile launching craft and no weapon had been launched or weather balloons.

The National Institute of Criminalistica stated that the hardness of the object that struck the aircraft was greater than the organic glass that was hit.

The object that struck the plane had a motion of rotating around its own axe, with a trajectory towards the aircraft, but rejected the assumption that the analysis had been talking about a projectile.

“We can definitely say what this thing was not, but we cannot say what it was.” Chief investigator Commander Nicolae Grigorie said.

The impact on a training flight above Transylvania took merely 67 milliseconds.

Security and onboard instruments including an on-board camera captured 4 UFO’s which could not be made out on video due to the speed and the impact.

The Pilot announced that he and 1 other airplane were doing a routine exercise about 4 miles (6 kilometers) away from Gherla, Romania when this object along with 4 others — only 1 hit the plane — came from under the clouds and hit his airplane. He was forced to abort mission and land immediately due to his wing and cabin damage.

Although the risk of crash seemed imminent when pilot Marin Mitrica was slightly injured, he managed to return safely to base unit Campia Turzii to land the plane.

Baffled defense chiefs have now passed the UFO incident on to the Security Committee of European Air Forces for investigation.

A similar incident happened in the United States in 1948 when Captain Mantell, of the Kentucky Air National Guard was sent to intercept a UFO that was in U.S. airspace, and was shot down by the UFO.

The Romanian military released a video captured by the plane’s in-flight camera as it was flying above Transylvania the night of October 30th.

Please, I urge everyone to help ban this dangerous chemical

Salut,

Please, I urge everyone to help ban this dangerous chemical




Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide!





The Invisible Killer


Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills
uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are
caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen
monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes
severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive
sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea,
vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become
dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.

Dihydrogen monoxide:

* is also known as hydroxyl acid, and is the major component of
acid rain.
* contributes to the "greenhouse effect."
* may cause severe burns.
* contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
* accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
* may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of
automobile brakes.
* has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.

Contamination Is Reaching Epidemic Proportions!
Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every
stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is
global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. DHMO
has caused millions of dollars of property damage in the midwest, and
recently California.

Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:

* as an industrial solvent and coolant.
* in nuclear power plants.
* in the production of styrofoam.
* as a fire retardant.
* in many forms of cruel animal research.
* in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce
remains contaminated by this chemical.
* as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.

Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can
be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact
on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer!

The Horror Must Be Stopped!
The American government has refused to ban the production,
distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its "importance
to the economic health of this nation." In fact, the navy and other
military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and
designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilize it
during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities
receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground
distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.

It's Not Too Late!
Act NOW to prevent further contamination. Find out more about this
dangerous chemical. What you don't know can hurt you and others
throughout the world.



This is a common household item found worldwide, (scroll down)















Ready for this? lol





Its WATER!

Water is made from 2 hydrogen and one oxygen atom, giving the name
dihydrogen monoxide.

Hahahaha hahahah hehehe haha!



Ciao,

A stranger in the garden

You stand before your sink chopping onions all the wile just beyond the back door lurks a stranger. you set the knife down and walk out onto the back porch drying your hands with a cloth. Peering out the screen door you see movement but think nothing of it. Little do you know just beyond the shrub stands a killer.

A prehistoric killer. This killer, so deadly it has been stalking its prey for over fifteen million years. Yet still deadly enough to be responsible for the deaths of more than fifteen humans a year. In fact, in 2002 alone, more people were killed by this silent stalker than by sharks in over 100 years. I'm not talking about the African killer beeor a poisonous plant. This beast has a sense of hearing is more than ten times more acute than a human’s, and can sense frequencies of 30,000 times per second.

He smells you coming long before he sees you because its evil snout with its amazing sense of smell is more than 100,000 times stronger than that of a human’s. He can out run you, follow you, track you, and when he pounces, his rows of sharpened teeth, 42 to be exact close on you tearing flesh from bone with 150-450 pounds of pressure per square inch exerting from his jaws. Yep, you guessed it. ............................



















This beast is also known by its Latin name as Canine lupus familiaris, or your very own family dog!

Garden as of June 8th

Not much colour, save for the weeds!

MARK TWAIN HOUSE, HARTFORD

Today I chaperoned a small field trip to the Mark Twain House Museum in Hartford at 351 Farmington Ave Hartford Connecticut 06105. http://www.marktwainhouse.org/

All in all, it was a pretty good tour and there is plenty to see. However, The place, although it looks like they just spent eighteen million dollars on a renovation project, is seriously strapped for cash and is facing bankruptcy.

Samuel Clemens aka Mark twain, was an amazing author who wrote such works as:

The $30,000 Bequest by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

A Connecticut Yankee by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

Pudd'n'head Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

Tom Sawyer Detective by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (fiction)

What Is Man? by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (essay)

The sad thing is, its such a great place and the font of the biography of one of America's leading literary giants.



you too can help

PLEASE DONATE:

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Romania wants Dracula’s castle back

The Transilvanian castle that inspired Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula should be returned to the State by its present owner, the Romanian Parliament ruled yesterday.

Bran Castle, near the historic city of Brasov, central Romania, is the country’s most popular tourist destination because of its link with the 15th-century Prince Vlad Tepes III, who went down in history as the Impaler for his preferred way of executing opponents. Historians are split over whether he spent several days or years in the castle.

The formidable 14th-century fortress had belonged to Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, Queen Marie of Romania, but in 1956 it was seized by Nicolae Ceausescu’s communist regime, which turned it into a museum.

Last year the castle was given back to Queen Marie’s descendant, Archduke Dominic Habsburg-Lothringen, of the Austrian house of Habsburg, under a restitution agreement that included a pledge to keep it open as a museum for three years even if the property were resold. The 69-year-old Archduke, a New York-based architect and designer who lived in the castle briefly as a child, has since put the property on sale for a reported £100 million.

A group of politicians are trying to prevent him from selling the castle, which they consider an inalienable part of their country’s legacy. Their campaign resulted in yesterday’s parliamentary decision, and it is now up to the Constitutional Court to make the final call on whether authorities can repossess the property.

Corin Trandafir, the Archduke’s legal representative, told The Times that the decision to renationalise the castle was a political move and that his client would be suing the Romanian State for €150 million (£105 million).

My Bucuresti

Basic Bucuresti city map.



My beautiful home, the capital city of Romania serves as the Cultural epicenter in Eastern Europe. The picturesque gardens, well arranged lakes, handsomely designed avenues, and strategically laid out grand boulevards lead you to narrow cobble stone roads and pretty corner shops as well as historic places of interest. The spacious parks are surrounded by imposing museums and palaces of old. Opera houses along side well appointed Mansions and looming Military monuments give way to rows and rows of Communist style housing blocks. This is my home town, this is Bucuresti!





Ceausescu's Palace


The Palace of Parliament - also called the House of People or the House of Ceausescu has been built between 1984-1989 and it represents the grandest administrative construction in Europe. It has hundreds of offices, halls for receptions or for other events (scientific, cultural, social-political), dozens of conference rooms. It covers 265.000 sqm interior surface, being the second biggest in the world after the Pentagon building in Washington.


The Athaeneum


The Romanian Athaeneum - one of the most representative buildings of the capital, erected in 1886-1888 following the plans of the French architect Albert Galleron. The necessary sums for the erection of the building were raised through public subscription. The exterior architecture represents a combination of styles: neo-classic, baroque, ionic, etc.




Arch of Triumph


The Arch of Triumph - inaugurated on 1st December 1936, glorifies the bravery of the Romanian soldiers who fought in the First World War, celebrating at the same time the 1918 Union of Romanian provinces. Designed by the architect Petre Antonescu, the monument is 27 m high.

Bucuresti Military Statue



Thank you for taking a moment to view my beautiful city.

The STINGING truth!

Ive been working all sorts of hours lately. Seems like three days since Ive looked online. Wednesday, I was pulling weeds and I uncovered a Hornets nest. BAMB! I felt a burning on my knuckle and figured I had caught it on a briar. As I glanced down I noticed a hornet digging his stinger into me in the same fashion as an Alaskan oil driller, drills for black gold. Last time I was stung I was eight and still living in Romania. I had a terrible reaction to it and was hospitalized. (clearly an over reaction to it by a British Mother in a Communist country with limited medical access) Now, my allergic reaction seems to have faded over the years, because other than the burning, no ill effects were felt. So I have since, abandoned that patch of soil and moved on as they say to "greener pastures"!

Disturbing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next terrorist, or its next intended victim? This is a disturbing thought, yes?

This afternoon a friend of mine brought to my attention that ANYONE could be a terrorist. He not only told me how easy it is to buy explosives and bomb parts but he sent me a link on where to buy them!!!!!!!EBAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will not share the link nor the items themselves but I was disgusted by the ease in which anyone could buy them. I didn't see so much as an age restriction!

Our children are the real victims. They are either the ones who wind up getting their hands on the stuff or saddly the intended victims!

Gas prices!

This guy has the right idea. He traded in his Porsche for a pony!




Well, I'm as pissed about the gas prices as the next guy but we need fuel to drive. Should we go the way of MASS TRANSIT? Okay, if GLOBAL WARMING hasn't frightened you into not wasting gas, the prices sure will! I myself paid $4.19 today and that was after I passed a place where it was $4.29. Right now, why wife in Bucuresti tells me that its well over $5.00 a gallon. What will we do??????????????????????????????????????????

THEN CAME THE RAIN

I was out this afternoon trying my hardest to get my yard looking better. I bought about $100.00 worth of flowers at three different places. It was a beautiful sunny and hot day. On my way home it began to get dark, then darker still. I unloaded my flowers and set off to work. Crouched, I stabbed my trowel into the earth and BOOM a thunder clap! Then came the rain. Sprinkles to start the a roaring torrential down pour! The rain seemed evil, seemed angry as the dusty lawn turned to a raging torrent and the street turned into a river. A flash flood of small proportions if there ever was one.

Sebastian early spring 2008

Duck hunting!

Sebastian, early spring 2008

Sebastian plays out in the garden, early spring of 08. the beds are bare but he has a good time trampling on the seedlings and shoots anyway.

A MOMENT OF REFLECTION

Memorial Day Reflections


Memorial Day is a good time to reflect on the sacrifices and services of the our soldiers and veterans that make up the men and women serving in the militaries of the US, ROMANIA, and GREAT BRITAIN. Our militaries have, and always will recruit the best and finest of the crop of young men and women of their said countries, and we will continue to shower them with appreciation, support and prayers, as we have always done. Memorial Day is just an opportunity for us to express the special places they have in the hearts of our citizenry and more by honoring the people who work in the various branches of the military. The horrific tragedy of September 11, 2001, has stirred all and reawakened the spirit of patriotism in all hearts and unity and oneness binds all Americans in a special bond. The words 'United We Stand' , 'God Bless America' , Traiasca Romania, Noi suntem poporul , God save the Queen, Long may she reign, still hold the power to stir out hearts on this very special day. Let the feelings of true patriotism and love for all those who have risked their lives for the sake of our families and very freedom show by putting up American, or Romanian, or even British flags in front of your houses, have parties with patriotic themes to honor military and ex-military men and women in your neighborhood and community. It is a good idea to coax them into telling more about their experiences with the military and on the warfront and you may get an opportunity to hear some exceptional real tales that you may have not even imagined about.

Absinthe sold stateside.

Absinthe. "It leads straight to the madhouse or the courthouse," declared Henri Schmidt, a French druggist urging his own countrymen to outlaw the green liquid in the early 1900s, which they did.


AND NOW ITS LEGAL IN THE US!

Please read more here:

Absinthe Is Back - TIME