I got Glinda mixed up with Glenda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glinda

Many fountains were constructed during the Ottoman period to provide running water but now lie in ruins. The Foundation for the Promotion and Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage (ÇEKÃœL) has begun restoring the Esat Paşa Fountain, which is still used by villagers in the Eceabat area


During Ottoman times, wealthy Muslims built structures as a way of giving alms or performing good deeds for society. As water plays an important and symbolic role in Islam, many built fountains to provide running water to areas that had no water. Generally, an inscription giving the date and name of the person who had commissioned the fountain is visible somewhere on the fountains, honoring the benevolent patrons.

Though many fountains can be found from the Ottoman period, in cities like Istanbul, they are no longer functional. The situation is not the same outside Turkey's main cities. People are more dependent on the fountains that provide water from springs and other water sources, though the fountains aren't necessarily very elaborate. Unfortunately, over time, many of these fountains have been neglected and fell into disrepair, as no one knew how to repair them or the water sources dried up.

One example of this is the historic Esat Paşa Fountain three kilometers south of the village of Yalova in Çanakkale's Eceabat district. The historic fountain, still used by the villagers, has suffered various kinds of damage over time. The pieces that have been decorated with the outline of a crown on the fountain's arch and the moldings on its walls have been destroyed. Because only small repairs have been made to the structure, it remains true to the original, making the fountain even more valuable as a historic remnant.

The project of rehabilitating Esat Paşa Fountain has been taken up by the Foundation for the Promotion and Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage (ÇEKÃœL) in cooperation with the Eceabat district office. In order to identify the repair work that needed to be carried out on the historic fountain, Eceabat's district officer, Muhterem İnce, and ÇEKÃœL Foundation's Çanakkale representative, architect İsmail Erten examined the site.

As part of the repair work, the ruined upper parts of the side walls and the high portion in the middle will be fixed. Additionally, anything added during minor repairs that destroyed its original characteristics will be removed. The environment around the fountain will be straightened out and the landscape will be designed. The use of the fountain and the area around it will increase, allowing visitors from outside the region to enjoy it. Most importantly the Esat Paşa Fountain is part of Turkey's cultural heritage that will be passed on to future generations.

Do you think that the villages in Sicily were located on hilltops to protect from Barbary Pirate Invasions? My husband thinks probably so, because the Barbary Pirates raided close to villages all the time.

Environmental Protection
7 Tree Forests Program

“7 Tree Forests”, which started out as a regular afforestration project, became the leading program of ÇEKÜL for all afforestration and reforestration activities and campaigns. Inspired by the fact that each individual consumes approximately 7 trees in their lifetime, the program aims to increase awareness about deforestration and desertification. At least 7 trees are planted for each participant of the campaign every year. An individualized gift certificate or postcard giving ownership of '7 Trees' are provided to people (whom ÇEKÜL calls ‘participants’) who wish to plant trees or have trees planted as a gift for special occasions such as births, anniversaries etc. Trees are planted with the coordination of ÇEKÜL in partnership with the Ministry of Forestry and Environment on the behalf of each participant. Every year, the participants (gift givers and receivers) are invited to visit the afforestration areas where tree planting festivals are organized. Since the initiation of the program in 1993, afforestration in Istanbul, Marmaris, Antalya, Sivas and Urfa-Harran has been realized with more than 2.5 million trees planted with the participation of around 600.000 individuals. Within the program, awareness campaigns for afforestration and reforestration are also organized (i.e. 122.000 trees in total were planted in Diyarbakir Tigris University campus, also around highways in Istanbul through another campaign).

Rural Environment Development Program in Bahçesaray – Van

The program encourages the locals of Bahcesaray (town of Van in Eastern Anatolia) to get involved in sustainable resource management and consumption. It has been in progress since 1998 with close cooperation and dialogue with the local governorship, municipality and the University of Van. Since then, the project named ‘Revitalization of Walnut Trees’ is in progress to prevent the over-logging of walnut trees, encouraging their conservation through awareness building hence turning them into an economic asset for profit. Bahcesaray has been defined as one of the ‘Important Plant Areas’ on the verge of being designated as an ‘endangered natural habitat.’ To curtail the loss of the native flowers of the region, a project named ‘Revitalization of Geophytes (Flower Bulbs)’ was integrated in 2003. With this project, Fritillaria imperialis and Fritillaria persica bulbs are propagated by the farmers and also school children are informed about the need and are educated on local protection of wild bulbs. Within the program, ÇEKÜL cooperates with local NGOs and professionals; producing various publications and organizing meetings about Bahcesaray and Van Lake Basin’s natural and cultural resources.

Cekul - Cultural Heritage (ÇEKÜL) http://www.cekulvakfi.org.tr/icerik/content.asp?sayfaID=69

http://www.cekulvakfi.org.tr/

http://www.turkey-now.org/default.aspx?pgID=465

Here is Glenda, Alpha:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_or_Glenda

Ankara shaken, people in panic
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=92379


Magnitude 6.5 Quake Hits Off Alaska's Aleutians - USGS
WASHINGTON - A powerful magnitude 6.5 quake hit off Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but it did not immediately trigger a tsunami warning.


The quake, only 20.5 miles (33 km) deep, struck at 2204 GMT 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Nikolski, on Umnak island.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not immediately issue a tsunami warning. (Reporting by Sandra Maler, Editing by Howard Goller)



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Of course, I would assume that the B. Coast area was part of the US-British slave trade

Kafesteki many thanks for nice song!

Greed was inspiration

Although the Barbary pirates were good at instilling terror, they were not waging a holy war against Americans. They were opportunists, historians say. They first declared war against us in 1785 — when Algeria seized two American vessels off Portugal, imprisoning 21 people — and goaded us into combat again in 1801 and 1815.

They considered themselves "privateers," authorized to confiscate ships and crews just as other feuding countries did. Their enemy? Any nation that hadn't negotiated peace treaties with their rulers in Tunis, Tripoli, Algiers and Morocco.

The banditry was rooted, however, in centuries of religious strife between Muslims and Christians. The pirates, nominally subject to the Ottoman sultan, were still battling the descendants of the Crusaders. In 1605, St. Vincent de Paul was among those kidnapped by the Barbary pirates and sold into slavery to Muslims.

One of the enduring lessons of the Barbary campaigns was to never give in to outlaws. In the late 1700s, America paid significant blackmail for peace — shelling out $990,000 to the Algerians alone at a time when national revenues totaled just $7 million.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Turkish_Navy#Famous_admirals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_pirates