Cranky? Don't be! The original crankybuster web site welcomes you. Prestige Scotland: Blair Castle: Overview The scene is the glorious arena of Highland Perthshire, where surrounding lochs, rivers and glens combine to complement the highlands scenery to perfection, creating both scenic vistas and shimmering sunsets. Like many Scottish castles, Blair Castle has a long and illustrious history, throughout which it has accumulated many fascinating historical artefacts, including antique furniture, art, period dress and arms and armour. Its unique heritage makes it an unforgettable venue for all kinds of functions, from corporate events and team-building activities to weddings and other family celebrations. Blair Castle is one of the most accessible Scottish castles, with a variety of tours available for individuals, families and groups, including special themed castle tours which show off specific elements of the castle and its history.
Apollo Lunar Surface Journal Edited by Eric M. Jones and Ken Glover. Dedication: To Di and HP, the sources of my serenity;and to the memory of my uncle, Leslie M. The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal was inspired by the work of New Zealand historian J.C. This 13 November 2013 release of the Journal contains all of the text for the six successful landing missions as well as many photos, maps, equipment drawings, background documents, voice tracks, and video clips which, we hope, will help make the lunar experience more accessible and understandable. Resources Please don't hesitate to let us know about errors. Page design by Gordon Roxburgh and Brian Lawrence. Regretably, the ALSJ DVD-ROM is no longer available. NASA Host: Steve Garber
Blair Castle & Atholl Estates Blair Castle and Atholl Estates host a huge number of events every year, many of which are sure to entertain the whole family. From Highland Gatherings to International Horse Trials, from Tractor Rides to Guided Walks, from Film Showings to Music Concerts... it's all good fun at Blair Castle & Atholl Estates. Below is a list of current events, for more information visit Atholl Estate's Events Calendar:To see other upcoming events at Blair Castle, click here. (Click on the image above to download a pdf copy) Atholl EstatesBlair AthollBlair AthollPH18 5TH Bash Sub Shells When writing bash scripts you sometimes need to run commands in the background. This is easily accomplished by appending the command line to be run in the background with an ampersand "&". But what do you do if you need to run multiple commands in the background? You could put them all into a separate script file and then execute that script followed by an ampersand, or you can keep the commands in your main script and run them as a sub-shell. Creating sub-shells in bash is simple: just put the commands to be run in the sub-shell inside parentheses. As a somewhat contrived example, let's say that we want to start a "server" and then once it's running we want monitor it in the background to make sure it's still running. Now you could start the server from the main script and then create a second script that does the monitoring and then execute it in the background from the main script, but you can do the whole thing from the same script: #!
Overview of Blair Castle Located in Strath Garry, just to the north of Blair Atholl in Perth and Kinross, a village that served the castle, Blair Castle was rebuilt in 1869 for John Stewart-Murray, the 7th Duke of Atholl (1840 - 1917). The distinctive white-washed edifice in the Scottish-Baronial style was the work of architect David Bryce (1803-76). Blair Castle has undergone many changes since the 13th Century expanding the fortune's of the Atholls and changing its appearance to suit the style of the day. Today, little can be seen externally of these earlier works. A tower was first erected c.1269 by the Comyns of Badenoch during an incursion into Atholl territory while the Earl of Atholl was away. After complaining to King Alexander III (1241-86), the site was reclaimed and has been a home to the Earls then Dukes of Atholl continuously since then. During the '45, Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-88) stayed here briefly on his way south after raising his standard at Glenfinnan.
American Pie by Don McLean Songfacts Songfacts®: You can leave comments about the song at the bottom of the page. According to McLean (as posted on his website), this song was originally inspired by the death of Buddy Holly. "The Day The Music Died" is February 3, 1959, when Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash after a concert. McLean wrote the song from his memories of the event. McLean was a paperboy when Holly died. Talking about how he composed this song when he was a guest on the UK show Songbook, McLean explained: "For some reason I wanted to write a big song about America and about politics, but I wanted to do it in a different way. I thought, Whoa, what's that? This song made McLean very famous very quickly, which was very difficult for the songwriter. Contrary to rumors, the plane that crashed was not named the "American Pie" - Dwyer's Flying Service did not name their planes. The line "Eight miles high and falling fast" is likely a reference to The Byrds' hit "Eight Miles High."
Blair Castle Tour Information Last Updated on Thursday, 21 February 2013 17:32 Find Scotland Tours that visit Blair Castle. Blair Castle is one of the most impressive castles that you will find in Scotland. It’s got everything you could expect or want to find in a Scottish Castle except a moat! We highly recommend this attraction. Blair Castle is the ancient seat of the Dukes of Atholl and the current Duke still retains his own private army, the Atholl Highlanders. Inside the castle you can visit 30 rooms, which are fully preserved with their original furnishings and fittings. Blair Castle also has extensive landscaped gardens which date from the Victorian period and are really quite ornate. You find your own way through the rooms in the castle, but guides are on hand to answer questions and to make sure you don't steal anything. In the summer season, a piper plays at the entrance to the castle at 11am, 1pm and 2:30pm.
Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game ‘Nail sick’ Blair Castle to get new roof ROOF REPAIRS can be a nightmare for any homeowner, even more so when no work has been done for more than 250 years. Age is starting to take its toll on parts of Blair Castle, but fixing a leaky roof is no mean feat. Due to the listed nature of the grand building, planning policy states that traditional materials must be used where possible. Unfortunately, in the case of the 13th century Highland Perthshire castle, slate used on the roof is no longer available, as it was originally sourced from the now-defunct Birnam Quarry. Records from the Blair Atholl Estate archive show that the work was first carried out in the 1750s, when the castle was de-fortified and as part of a remodelling exercise. Now, more than two centuries on, the roof covering the great drawing room can no longer be repaired. A report submitted by Jonathan Gotelee of Purcell Miller Tritton, who previously worked on Blair Castle to repair the iconic clock tower, revealed that it was “nail sick”. sgray@thecourier.co.uk
Write Your Name in Elvish in Ten Minutes Write Your Name in Elvish in Ten Minutes You want to write your name in Elvish, but every place you go seems to make it harder than it ought to be. Elvish writing looks beautiful and mysterious, but does it really have to be impossible to understand? Why doesn't somebody just spell out the alphabet so you can simply substitute the letters and get straight to the result? Here's the alphabet. That's it. Generally the vowels go above the consonants, but sometimes, in the case of Y and silent E, they go below. The straight line underneath is just one way to make one character do the work of two. The line above a consonant means that a nasal N or M precedes the consonant in question. Here's one last example with two different letter combinations. I am often asked how to handle double vowel situations. That's all you need to get started. Please be aware that there are many ways to write English words in Elvish. Good luck! Ned Gulley Want an Elvish tattoo? Want an Elvish t-shirt?
Site Record for Blair Castle Atholl Estate; Blair Castle PoliciesDetails Details Alternative Names Atholl Estate; Blair Castle PoliciesSite Type COUNTRY HOUSECanmore ID 25802Site Number NN86NE 5NGR NN 86577 66186Council PERTH AND KINROSSParish BLAIR ATHOLLFormer Region TAYSIDEFormer District PERTH AND KINROSSFormer County PERTHSHIREDatum OSGB36 - NGR Canmore MappingView this site on a map Architectural Notes Architect: J Macintyre Henry 1903 alterations Joseph Mitchell 1860 new lodge at West approach R & R Dickson 1840 designs for new entrance hall and tower Roger Morris 1742 designs for the top of the broomknowe, coachhouse & stables Abraham Swan design for bridge, lodges and great stair Henry & Maclennan 1908 new porch George Steuart (?) NMRS REFERENCE letter from John Stirling Maxwell "William Adam never worried about appropriateness. NMRS REFERENCE Dining Room " finest room in Scotland" Lorimer Sir John Stirling Maxwell Fairlie Mss EXTERNAL REFERENCE SRO Fortification Draught plan of the fortification intended at the Blair of Atholl. c. 1690 GD 26/9/113
Sharing files with wdfs and FUSE Keeping one set of files means never worrying about synchronization and merging. Changes never get unknowingly overwritten, and I have a single, simple backup strategy. WebDAV is the Distributed Authoring and Versioning extension to HTTP. But I'll skip explaining the WebDAV server setup; first of all, plenty of excellent information is out there already, and second, the beauty of wdfs is that the FUSE module abstracts the details away. Insert your own "light the fuse" joke here To start using wdfs, you must first install FUSE. FUSE uses the fuse group to determine which users are allowed to mount and unmount FUSE filesystems, so add yourself to the fuse group with sudo usermod -a -G fuse yourname. If your Linux distribution does not provide a wdfs package, you can grab the latest tarball from the project's Web site. With wdfs compiled and installed and the FUSE module loaded, make a local directory in which to mount the remote WebDAV share. wdfs compared