July 7, 2014 Monday

Did some weight lifting and lunges this morning.


Luke chapter 9 - This is where Jesus sends out his disciples empowered to teach and heal in his name.  While people were healed of earthly woes, they were taught that they were being healed from sin by Jesus and would live eternally because of him.  The story is still the same.


On this day:
2005 - Most of our days are repetitive, work, school, haircut, water plants, dinner etc.  I always mention in my journal who I talked to or saw on that day.  On this day I talked to Mom (as usual), Waynette and Krissy.  I make a point of calling /messaging/texting someone everyday.  Today Waynette and I are going to the zoo.  Friendship and relationships take time and nurturing and are so worthwhile.  Keep in touch!
On the morning of July 7, 2005, bombs are detonated in three crowded London subways and one bus during the peak of the city's rush hour. The synchronized suicide bombings, which were thought to be the work of al-Qaida, killed 56 people including the bombers and injured another 700. It was the largest attack on Great Britain since World War II. No warning was given. Is there an end in sight to this?  Still going on.


Book Club - Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  It is a Sherlock Holmes mystery, as you might know.  I'm enjoying the classics this summer!


Bucharest Romania:
The Old Princely Court (Curtea Veche) was erected by Mircea Ciobanul, and under subsequent rulers, Bucharest was established as the summer residence of the royal court. During the years to come it competed with Târgoviște on the status of Capital city after an increase in the importance of southern Muntenia brought about by the demands of the suzerain power - the Ottoman Empire.
Bucharest became finally the permanent location of the Wallachian court after 1698 (starting with the reign of Constantin Brâncoveanu).
Partly destroyed by natural disasters and rebuilt several times during the following 200 years, and hit by Caragea's plague in 1813–1814, the city was wrested from Ottoman control and occupied at several intervals by the Habsburg Monarchy (1716, 1737, 1789) and Imperial Russia (three times between 1768 and 1806). It was placed under Russian administration between 1828 and the Crimean War, with an interlude during the Bucharest-centred 1848 Wallachian revolution. Later on an Austrian garrison took possession after the Russian departure (remaining in the city until March 1857). Additionally, on 23 March 1847, a fire consumed about 2,000 buildings, destroying a third of the city.

The Wallachians and Ottomans fighting in Bucharest (August 1821)

In 1862, after Wallachia and Moldavia were united to form the Principality of Romania, Bucharest became the new nation's capital city. In 1881, it became the political centre of the newly proclaimed Kingdom of Romania under King Carol I. During the second half of the 19th century the city's population increased dramatically, and a new period of urban development began. During this period, gas lighting, horse-drawn trams and limited electrification were introduced.^[15] The Dâmbovița river was also massively channelled in 1883, thus putting a stop to previously endemic floods.^[16] The Fortifications of Bucharest were built. The extravagant architecture and cosmopolitan high culture of this period won Bucharest the nickname of "Little Paris" (Micul Paris) of the east, with Calea Victoriei as its Champs-Élysées.

I.C. Brătianu Boulevard in the 1930s

Between 6 December 1916 and November 1918, the city was occupied by German forces as a result of the Battle of Bucharest, with the official capital temporarily moved to Iași, in the Moldavia region. After World War I, Bucharest became the capital of Greater Romania. In the interwar years continued its urban development, with the city gaining an average of 30,000 new residents each year. Also, some of the city's main landmarks were built in this period, including Arcul de Triumf and Palatul Telefoanelor.^[17] However, the Great Depression took its toll on Bucharest's citizens, culminating in the Grivița Strike of 1933.<sup>[18] 


Enjoy the day!  Make it memorable!</sup>