American State Capitals

Great Britain is divided into Counties. Some large one have administrative Capital Cities which may surprise. For example the County of Lancashire, contains cities such as Manchester and Liverpool yet it's capital is... Preston.

Similarly, in the United States of America, large States have capitals which are not the obvious. The Cpaital of California is not Los Angeles nor San Fransisco, but Sacramento.

The following are the Capital of the States of America, you may be surprised.

Alabama : Montgomery
Alaska: Juneau
Arizona: Phoenix
Arkansas: Phoenix
California: Sacramento
Colorado: Denver
Connecticut:Hartford
Delaware: Dover
Florida: Tallahassee
Georgia: Atlanta
Hawaii: Honolulu
Idaho: Boise
Illinois: Springfield
Indiana: Indianapolis
Iowa: Des Moines
Kansas: Topeka
Kentucky: Frankfort
Louisiana: Baton Rouge
Maine: Augusta
Maryland: Annapolis
Massachusetts: Boston
Michigan: Lansing
Minnesota: St Paul
Mississippi: Jackson
Missouri: Jefferson City
Montana: Helena
Nebraska: Lincoln
Nevada: Carson City
New Hampshire: Concord
New Jersey: Trenton
New Mexico: Santa Fe
New York: Albany
North Carolina: Raleigh
North Dakota: Bismark
Ohio: Columbus
Oklahoma: Oklahoma City
Oregon: Salem
Pennsylvania: Harrisburg
Rhode Island: Providence
South Carolina: Columbia
South Dakota: Pierre
Tennessee: Nashville
Texas: Austin
Utah: Salt Lake City
Vermont: Montpelier
Virginia: Richmond
Washington: Olympia
West Virginia: Charleston
Wisconsin: Madison
Wyoming: Cheyenne

Twitter versus Blogger

Recently I've discovered Twitter. I've known of it's existence for a year or so but it's somehow passed me by.

I suppose I'm a Newbie in Blogging terms but have gained a great deal of pleasure from blogging and all the bloggers. I decided to see if Twitter provided something similar.

So, I've been Twittering for a couple of weeks.

Thoughts so far:

As a Twitter post (a Tweet) is limited to a maximum of 140 characters there are advantages and disadvantages.

It's quick to post a Tweet and it can be done several times per day if necessary. This allows a quick response to be made to other Tweets that may be of interest. It is also less time consuming. A Tweet takes a minute or so whilst a blog post takes me 30 minutes at least.

One doesn't need many literary skills to Tweet and by necessity much of it is abbreviations or code.

Many organisations and celebrities use Twitter, the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, 10 Downing Street as examples (I'm sure there are other less "establishment" organisations too). Tweet-active people include Stephen Fry, Demi Moore, Suzi Perry and amny others.

I'd very much like to hear your comments as you are bloggers (and maybe Twitterers).

Later, I'll probably post this as a link in a Tweet.

My Twitter is http://twitter.com/SaintSteven

American Airborne Veterans in the UK

During the Second World War, 12,000 members of the 82nd US Airborne Division were billieted Leicestershire. Many lived in a tented village in Evington, Leicester prior to D-Day.

A fifteen-strong group of former members of the Division visited Evington as part of a tour commemorating the 65th anniversary of D-Day and continued onto Quorn where some of them were also based.

The visitors were all in their 80s but still managed to make a long journey to see their bases.

A local man, Deryk Wills, who is 81, is an honorary member of the regiment and he helped organise the tour.

They paid a visit to St. Denys Church, Evington, and saw the American Flag that they left as a gift 65 years ago. It still hangs in the church, togther with a White Ensign which was on a British landing craft during the invasion.

In 1944 they also donated money so that the church could have an extention built.

Howard Comstock, 84, from St Louis, said: "I was with the 504th, staying in Shady Lane and it was rough.

"But there were girls hanging around everywhere and we drank the pubs dry.

"Things have changed a lot, but it's great to be back and see everything."

I met a local man who was a crew member in the very last raid on Germany in the war. He flew Halfax bombers from Pilkington in Yorkshire.