Pam Marlin Personal: Married 21 years with 2 kids, 20 and 16, see dmarlin.com
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Physics Department
University of Florida
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History:
My HAWLEY Genealogy
Tapir Challenge Dig Photos
American History
Egyptian Archaeology
European History & Travel
Travel:
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Photos of travel destinations
Currently Reading:
The Children of Henry VIII
The Death of a President (see below)
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TRAVEL

Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest)

Kehlsteinhaus or Eagle's Nest (English name) is a chalet near Berchtesgaden, Germany, that was built by Martin Bormann, a Nazi official and Adolf Hitler's private secretary. More...


King Tut in Atlanta

"Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs," premiered on Saturday, Nov 15, at the Atlanta Civic Center.
CNN: King Tut and 2,000 years in ancient Egypt
King Tut - Plan your visit


The Birdcage

View photos and read about the notorious Birdcage Theater in the old wild west town of Tombstone, Arizona. More...


I'd Like to Visit....

Drayton Hall in Charleston, SC, is the real thing. Instead of being restored to the vision of those who lived centuries after it was built, Drayton Hall is an artifact that has survived the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the earthquake of 1886.


BOOKS

The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln by Kate Clifford Larson On a recent trip to Washington DC, we decided to follow the escape route of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, through Maryland More...


Currently Reading:
The Death of a President, November 1963 by William Manchester This book was a cool find on a recent garage sale outing. It is a minute by minute account of JFK's movements before his assassination and the turmoil afterward.

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11.19.08

Giving Up on God

If a democratic win has done anything this election year, it has produced a barage of articles by the left-wing media-ites bashing the republican party and those who supported it (all 55 million of us). Republicans have been accused of religious zealotry, anti-intellectualism, clinging to their religion and guns, and as the NY Times article, For South, a Waning Hold on National Politics mentions, republicans are poorer, less educated and whiter. Though Sarah Palin does not wear her religion on her sleeve, she's made it clear that her life is guided by a higher power and she draws comfort and strength from that. The media, however, hated that and constantly attacked her for it, making it an issue. Kathleen Parker, of the Washington Post, again, makes fun of Sarah and attempts to give the republican party some advice in her article, Giving Up On God. She writes, "The evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh." She continues, "Armband religion is killing the Republican Party." Armband religion? Is she implying fascist? Kathleen calls herself a conservative, but I think she is seriously confused and alone.


11.17.08

Sarah Unplugged

Photo left: Piper chats with President Bush on mom's cell phone as they prepare to fly from Dallas to San Antonio. The photos were taken by White House photographer, Shealah Craighead, who took thousands of pictures of Sarah and her family during the two month campaign. Craighead comments, "Who you see behind the scenes is who you get out front, which is one thing I admired about her." View photos of Sarah on the campaign trail at Newsweek.com.

11.14.08

Tech Snuffs JFK Controversy

The Discovery Channel has recreated the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy using modern blood spatter analysis, new artificial human body surrogates, and 3-D computer simulations. The team determined that the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository was the most likely origin of the shot that killed the 35th president of the United States. The Discovery Channel will broadcast 'JFK: Inside the Target Car' on Sunday, November 16. Read More at http://blogs.discovery.com


11.13.08

Sarah's Back

Sarah Palin speaks at the Republican Governors Association Conference in Miami, Florida. Even post-election she continues to fill the news. She has been interviewed by Matt Lauer, Larry King, and Greta Van Susteren of Fox News.




11.13.08

Political Contributions

OpenSecrets.org can show you who's making the big political contributions in your state, as well as where the money's coming from (by city, by zip code, and graphically with our "money maps"). You'll also find links to a money profile of your senators and representative, with a detailed look at where their campaign warchest came from.

11.12.08

Granny is moving too

Barack and Michelle Obama herald a new wave at the White House – granny is coming too. The Washington Post also mentions that Mamie Eisenhower's mother, Elvira Doud, wintered there; Bess Truman's mom, Madge Wallace, moved in and relentlessly bullied poor Harry.

11.7.08

From Newsweek.com: Brains are Back!

According to the insulting article by Michael Hirsh, "After eight years of proud incuriosity and anti-intellectualism, we now have a leader who values nuance and careful thought." In referring to Obama, "He'll probably screw up a lot of things, especially at first. These are all risks worth taking after nearly eight years of a president who could barely form a coherent sentence, much less a strategic thought. We can finally go back to respecting logic and reason and studiousness under a president who doesn't seem to care much about what is "left," "right" or ideologically pure. Or what he thinks God is saying to him. A guy who keeps religion in its proper place—in the pew. It's no accident that Obama is the first Northern Democrat to be elected president since John F. Kennedy. The "Sun Belt" politics represented by George W. Bush – the politics of ideological rigidity, religious zealotry and anti-intellectualism-- "has for the moment played itself out," says presidential historian Robert Dallek."

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HISTORY

Osawatomie State Hospital My great-great-great grandmother, Adelaide Amanda Richardson Hawley, was admitted to Osawatomie State Hospital, March 30, 1906 and died there three months later, June 24, 1906. Read about how we discovered she died at the mental hospital, the hospital's history, and patient treatment.
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October 28, 1886

In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, to commemorate the centennial of the United States Declaration of Independence. Grover Cleveland (pictured) was cousin to my 4th great-grandmother Jerusha Cleveland Hawley. More about Grover...


Abraham Lincoln

In a quest to learn more about Abraham Lincoln, our family has visited many sites and collected several books on the 16th president: http://www.dmarlin.com/lincoln


Historical Trivia

As the President-Elect, Obama's family has already been assigned code names by the Secret Service: Obama, Renegade; Michelle, Renaissance; Malia, Radiance; Sasha, Rosebud. In 1960 JFK's code name was Lancer; Jackie, Lace; Carolyn, Lyric; John Jr, Lark.


What I Watch

Amazing Race CBS
Cities of the Underworld History
The Presidents PBS
History Detectives PBS
Secrets of the Dead PBS
Wild West Tech History


UPCOMING:
Herod's Lost Tomb - National Geographic Channel, Sunday, November 23 @ 9pm
Herod's bloody reputation has always hidden another side of one of the Bible's greatest villains - an architectural mastermind of breathtaking proportions. An Israeli archaeologist claims to have found Herod's most intimate creation of all - his tomb.

The Rape of Europa premieres on PBS Monday, November 24
THE RAPE OF EUROPA tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe’s art treasures during the Third Reich and World War II.