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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjToKrNaxVgwlGXk5d4u3h966rGFNqI8ZUafpxljKdsDSlo36rYbYuL9So_gcEu83hW-aFay4xVV4x73q_CkwKELw6QV1wQdV6Hr91G1pja6esAMW8c65KgGczxY0cntw-7BlLmqFn1tgdH/s1600/steve+jobs+1955-2011.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660170092921957186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjToKrNaxVgwlGXk5d4u3h966rGFNqI8ZUafpxljKdsDSlo36rYbYuL9So_gcEu83hW-aFay4xVV4x73q_CkwKELw6QV1wQdV6Hr91G1pja6esAMW8c65KgGczxY0cntw-7BlLmqFn1tgdH/s400/steve+jobs+1955-2011.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 378px;" /></a><br />May the man who changed the world forever Rest In Peace.

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The Sexist Lingerie Ads with Gisele Bundchen that Brazil Wants to Ban.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_D-6ZxNBW8Nn116Ruuh_nmOPMdwy9sjmr9KNaIBGsNY6WW6fFh0zhvkTltqj50dQDMPa3ORptyirIAmf9hrinz5cUjcaLapc4PVku8TbGfEQWkgU2lGkQLS3xprDlD4jO40-IgS8IanGH/s1600/Gisele+for+HOPE.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659037901841544658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_D-6ZxNBW8Nn116Ruuh_nmOPMdwy9sjmr9KNaIBGsNY6WW6fFh0zhvkTltqj50dQDMPa3ORptyirIAmf9hrinz5cUjcaLapc4PVku8TbGfEQWkgU2lGkQLS3xprDlD4jO40-IgS8IanGH/s400/Gisele+for+HOPE.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 575px;" /></a><br /><br />Is breaking bad news to your significant other easier when you're sporting sexy lingerie? That's the message behind Brazilian lingerie brand <a href="http://www.hopelingerie.com.br/ch/index.aspx">HOPE</a>'s campaign - urging women to use 'their natural charms' when delivering less than appealing information to their husbands. Are men really that easy? If you look like Gisele, I bet they are.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VTGp7nPCqFv_KiMlQOY12Yd-nflXeHF6p_bKLFcK7Wrk7hO7XPwKnIfbgRy1dyq6Xakb2siSVtpCMDvWx7KRjEwjOUITt6xmUFqAhBKEZE4GvHmK_wMQ3-FOlgQJte8CcXr3ku3lc_3M/s1600/GISELE+BUNDCHEN+HOPE+ads.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659036137240688098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VTGp7nPCqFv_KiMlQOY12Yd-nflXeHF6p_bKLFcK7Wrk7hO7XPwKnIfbgRy1dyq6Xakb2siSVtpCMDvWx7KRjEwjOUITt6xmUFqAhBKEZE4GvHmK_wMQ3-FOlgQJte8CcXr3ku3lc_3M/s400/GISELE+BUNDCHEN+HOPE+ads.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 442px; height: 501px;" /></a><br /><br />The land of waxed coochies and sexy supermodels is considering a ban on the ad campaign (whose three spots are shown below).<br /><br />Brazil's Ministry for Women called Wednesday for the suspension of a television ad campaign featuring lingerie-clad supermodel Gisele Bundchen, saying it reinforces the stereotype of women as sex objects.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BUZSzlvNpJ0?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="389" width="530"></iframe><br /><br />The agency said in a statement it was asking the state council on advertising to halt the use of the ads with Bundchen, the Brazilian native who is believed to be the world's highest paid model.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mC2NUMTOBUw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="389" width="530"></iframe><br /><br />The ads "reinforces an erroneous stereotype of women as sex objects and ignores the progress made in ending sexist practices. It also represents discrimination against women," the ministry said in a statement.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4nX-xiFj6uc?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="389" width="530"></iframe><br /><br />In the ads for the Brazilian intimate wear brand Hope,"Bundchen is clad in panties, a bra and high heels, in an effort to distract her husband when she delivers bad news -- about damaging the car, exceeding her credit limit, and her mother coming to live with them.<br /><br />The TV ads send a message "that sensuality can melt any man" and "encourages Brazilian women to use their charms... to minimize the reactions of their husbands," the ministry said.<br /><br />The ministry managed to ban a beer ad in 2010 featuring US model Paris Hilton in suggestive poses. <br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Copyright © 2011 AFP. All rights reserved.</span></span>

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UPDATED: A Look At the 9/11 Memorial, Museum and Monument Designs at Ground Zero.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaVt6q6TZgTrtixI3zva_HGhlDvSgC164Nc0rO1CcipCaHK29eP90suTXRaeAeYDkjIvJsTdc97JMZCCQe0HHnEKm1HbJ3oR6R0-HrePXZeIyC-1z1CMQ36ITAW_7l6pAVbYUBpJC5FRR/s1600/reflecting+pool+at+9%253A11+ground+zero.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651198216775114738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaVt6q6TZgTrtixI3zva_HGhlDvSgC164Nc0rO1CcipCaHK29eP90suTXRaeAeYDkjIvJsTdc97JMZCCQe0HHnEKm1HbJ3oR6R0-HrePXZeIyC-1z1CMQ36ITAW_7l6pAVbYUBpJC5FRR/s400/reflecting+pool+at+9%253A11+ground+zero.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 343px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTznOncut9-B5OPb0Z_rqFu1RJob2NIyXZ7YB3a5NKsHS9bcmKSrdc7dv1r5KbrVQOB_5smk95vNGjcIEeOlnteXBOC58xH5D58AStf_LB8VIXBsfrvRI-3K8e37rKTSnkanH8nx3dJahU/s1600/aerial+rendering+1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651086019784385090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTznOncut9-B5OPb0Z_rqFu1RJob2NIyXZ7YB3a5NKsHS9bcmKSrdc7dv1r5KbrVQOB_5smk95vNGjcIEeOlnteXBOC58xH5D58AStf_LB8VIXBsfrvRI-3K8e37rKTSnkanH8nx3dJahU/s400/aerial+rendering+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: aerial view rendering of the 9/11 Memorial</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJswZYuheqhVyXoTPFJ3jWweWz7DGtL9Eue8U8Uu4EcgZlpVnHwYjjaSErxdPVsI37a6w5JZFz0Ui_wmLmw1ra1fbEFNFMMxATeXlgh_4OXaU8s8dflQ-yBzeV3rJ3OIO0C0Q2QQVgGWAj/s1600/pool615x380.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651080460931914034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJswZYuheqhVyXoTPFJ3jWweWz7DGtL9Eue8U8Uu4EcgZlpVnHwYjjaSErxdPVsI37a6w5JZFz0Ui_wmLmw1ra1fbEFNFMMxATeXlgh_4OXaU8s8dflQ-yBzeV3rJ3OIO0C0Q2QQVgGWAj/s400/pool615x380.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 542px; height: 333px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: one of the two 9/11 Memorial bronze name-etched reflecting pools in the foreground and the 9/11 Museum Pavilion entry in the background</span></span><br /><br />Today, on the 10th anniversary of the tragic terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers' twin towers and the Pentagon, there will be several memorials taking place as we honor the victims with moments of silence and reflection.<br /><br />Below, President Obama, President Bush and their wives visit the Reflections of Absence this morning:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvZypUldJ29gc4g8YHxgrqjtj2PAYLyl6IF9IZEQOkMRWJCeS9bR8dzl5AgH-yzrtD2_JZE3C4EWGG-869bTKSwT3otv8YM1MogtADxGbHmkcEu7T80XbgDahs2ZdjRgBF8VQIV1q81Ib/s1600/obama+and+bush+at+memorial.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651187905658959250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvZypUldJ29gc4g8YHxgrqjtj2PAYLyl6IF9IZEQOkMRWJCeS9bR8dzl5AgH-yzrtD2_JZE3C4EWGG-869bTKSwT3otv8YM1MogtADxGbHmkcEu7T80XbgDahs2ZdjRgBF8VQIV1q81Ib/s400/obama+and+bush+at+memorial.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 543px; height: 351px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3M55xfcZoXiFip15YMXNTCgsPmxL2doJ7v-y8sOnX0b2Nv8L7uwkCh0YM0YSPXQaNFttY50doY7P0ZpmnX86UG_mg6DJ_HbomC8EvEDKgj1NUi1QtqLxqGPtDwVUDd5GcrjNoHI319lDu/s1600/911-47.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651194131623339586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3M55xfcZoXiFip15YMXNTCgsPmxL2doJ7v-y8sOnX0b2Nv8L7uwkCh0YM0YSPXQaNFttY50doY7P0ZpmnX86UG_mg6DJ_HbomC8EvEDKgj1NUi1QtqLxqGPtDwVUDd5GcrjNoHI319lDu/s400/911-47.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 544px; height: 348px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above </span><span style="opacity: 1; font-style: italic;" class="image-caption current">photo by Robert Deutsch-Pool/Getty Images</span></span><br /><br />The 9/11 Memorial will be dedicated on September 11, 2011 (today) in a special ceremony for victims’ families. Therefore, it is fitting that today I share with you photos, renderings, images and information about the 9/11 Memorial; its monuments, plaza and museum at the site of Ground Zero.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B6qzL9ejVQ-lfDXkeXVZQUlxMKppi4qL0iet63sH16Uljug1iOsVuCP2joW5Sb7uOVLV2lja-wyzy3ihWIiwbq_9H7ePpIFKoecLOGSvz3IraFYZwnN7l5GB5OI33PaJekE3d-fbvAr-/s1600/911-23.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651194032979460370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B6qzL9ejVQ-lfDXkeXVZQUlxMKppi4qL0iet63sH16Uljug1iOsVuCP2joW5Sb7uOVLV2lja-wyzy3ihWIiwbq_9H7ePpIFKoecLOGSvz3IraFYZwnN7l5GB5OI33PaJekE3d-fbvAr-/s400/911-23.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 354px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above </span><span style="opacity: 1; font-style: italic;" class="image-caption current">photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFM0JzdJ1IaQaqqKCJ5BEYfvtcGtV8LpmYOTHn34mr0rqqu_DgA8r6D9IqPWccakOoxTnIhl_P0e2jxrVIeKY3s0rEFYQ3zUWj8ree2cd1hyyQohKA9tDSI1go7bnTCpzrGwHCgnhWfxM/s1600/911-25.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651193959738495346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFM0JzdJ1IaQaqqKCJ5BEYfvtcGtV8LpmYOTHn34mr0rqqu_DgA8r6D9IqPWccakOoxTnIhl_P0e2jxrVIeKY3s0rEFYQ3zUWj8ree2cd1hyyQohKA9tDSI1go7bnTCpzrGwHCgnhWfxM/s400/911-25.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 334px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above photo </span><span style="opacity: 1; font-style: italic;" class="image-caption current">AFP PHOTO/POOL/Justin Lane</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflecting Absence</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEIf6l6EB8fv_wy2etlmweyrRDjFEUBc8pOTsc44jadLQMxWrBc31CoqharWgsI1OhrdL88hnfTroVGBr2620T_wJNr3nuVmechf-DXUb7E3MA_XQqtEIqhVZWv7UxCTnVksilXxGMgM_/s1600/National+9.11+Memorial+July+2011+-+Credit+Joe+Woolhead+%252818%2529.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651103053689208978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEIf6l6EB8fv_wy2etlmweyrRDjFEUBc8pOTsc44jadLQMxWrBc31CoqharWgsI1OhrdL88hnfTroVGBr2620T_wJNr3nuVmechf-DXUb7E3MA_XQqtEIqhVZWv7UxCTnVksilXxGMgM_/s400/National+9.11+Memorial+July+2011+-+Credit+Joe+Woolhead+%252818%2529.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 542px; height: 219px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6mRir3vyP6MT1y5WGw_XI6qxyl0ySj_4Ca2lMlz1wsefefGiSoHZToG0ifd0GWFVQkMtZREvLy9Jy1vsqG7lYa9OobsSUwS0m1LMhI7-MHoWoBd52aZAamEvI6XSHL_9apasC2Ix9-Rx/s1600/911+memorial+image.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651066012428623394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6mRir3vyP6MT1y5WGw_XI6qxyl0ySj_4Ca2lMlz1wsefefGiSoHZToG0ifd0GWFVQkMtZREvLy9Jy1vsqG7lYa9OobsSUwS0m1LMhI7-MHoWoBd52aZAamEvI6XSHL_9apasC2Ix9-Rx/s400/911+memorial+image.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 217px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLBTpC0Xf2H2t6zD-bLwuL7hyphenhypheneufr5w_Upl3ET2x9EL6R-a19_8Ha9VuB25-7VL3vFXxOjy9FLdn2In4ilcQdFYI5OGJa8VwhBm6ysCnVMsvSp_CztEd5xQsCWTtDlnwgYaPGE5MJAb12/s1600/Water+Falls+in+the+Memorial+North+Pool+%2528credit+Joe+Woolhead%2529_0.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651064755002902802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLBTpC0Xf2H2t6zD-bLwuL7hyphenhypheneufr5w_Upl3ET2x9EL6R-a19_8Ha9VuB25-7VL3vFXxOjy9FLdn2In4ilcQdFYI5OGJa8VwhBm6ysCnVMsvSp_CztEd5xQsCWTtDlnwgYaPGE5MJAb12/s400/Water+Falls+in+the+Memorial+North+Pool+%2528credit+Joe+Woolhead%2529_0.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 296px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Water Falls in the Memorial North Pool (Photo by Joe Woolhead)<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 9/11 Memorial by </span><a href="http://www.handelarchitects.com/people/partners/michael-arad.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael Arad</span></a> (formally named "Reflecting Absence") is located at the site of the former World Trade Center complex, and occupies approximately half of the 16-acre site. The memorial features two enormous waterfalls and reflecting pools, each about an acre in size, set within the footprints of the original twin towers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7uExkPS4UhGIbRmgnZkmmq1k4M3-X_I5h8K_wsr_YH7Z2KdBOP0aJsN7nMV36Q97saqBgZ3Wm0B8gqipUqsk-SfPqvGtTD2uqW31Pl2xpYkr6xEI5FjkgDXDbpcj0L78biMj1o-POE3E/s1600/911+memorail+aerial.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651066119531995986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7uExkPS4UhGIbRmgnZkmmq1k4M3-X_I5h8K_wsr_YH7Z2KdBOP0aJsN7nMV36Q97saqBgZ3Wm0B8gqipUqsk-SfPqvGtTD2uqW31Pl2xpYkr6xEI5FjkgDXDbpcj0L78biMj1o-POE3E/s400/911+memorail+aerial.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 540px; height: 218px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XLMV_xaczKSKVc7GU7yumoDkwJqFaUBn1VyrLvAO1Lk1sEryknsXIBoc-sOEc-bPtdNETGxPEYt1D4uDnwyEVmIamFpx_V4eAZd5Wo9ZSMzCz8fPUoQLvVahRu1Dgb6o0cv_j7mrk3U0/s1600/one-reflecting-pool-cu.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651185452170109682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XLMV_xaczKSKVc7GU7yumoDkwJqFaUBn1VyrLvAO1Lk1sEryknsXIBoc-sOEc-bPtdNETGxPEYt1D4uDnwyEVmIamFpx_V4eAZd5Wo9ZSMzCz8fPUoQLvVahRu1Dgb6o0cv_j7mrk3U0/s400/one-reflecting-pool-cu.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 406px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: an aerial renderings of 9/11 Memorial Plaza and site</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DM9BNp-33xxm8oQZBidC1BpaOpOtlIXDtP93XKrPesIqMi04upyEq-q1uSpFfR0TqCJUUu8bHAn0_34RBMN7GY-MW8ktBV6TTmOTRW3Kv_efl4WuH389LfAKoICPVZwxB9T4tJ7B7sgD/s1600/9%253A11+memorial+cross-section640x304.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651178930893613778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DM9BNp-33xxm8oQZBidC1BpaOpOtlIXDtP93XKrPesIqMi04upyEq-q1uSpFfR0TqCJUUu8bHAn0_34RBMN7GY-MW8ktBV6TTmOTRW3Kv_efl4WuH389LfAKoICPVZwxB9T4tJ7B7sgD/s400/9%253A11+memorial+cross-section640x304.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 219px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuxwjVRe4DGJxJhzvtxE96xTmOD3LWMDmRQQyhPW9giImU6OXI1caS9hLi3HGWtX03ecajUwE-vIycpRCD7rHHUYTMbiqE9git5sNgm7huOYZavU4h9rp9xZdFtFKb_ZPrDBaS21p49tr/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-11+at+12.02.13+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651179505722559234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuxwjVRe4DGJxJhzvtxE96xTmOD3LWMDmRQQyhPW9giImU6OXI1caS9hLi3HGWtX03ecajUwE-vIycpRCD7rHHUYTMbiqE9git5sNgm7huOYZavU4h9rp9xZdFtFKb_ZPrDBaS21p49tr/s400/Screen+shot+2011-09-11+at+12.02.13+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 543px; height: 487px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a cross-section of the Memorial Plaza and the Museum Pavilion and interior</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Pcv7wKiOuJkk1rqqVRlobDaYDoLHixFzDLrU55jR7OLs4XVaxSUdyrnOXCWU1xMLgR7fAvqPaWtr-zNrAlCNvt92x6OrjwFlmYkuCc3aeh9Ah95c1BgsNFDQhZP48EKoUh-8UBprrF-X/s1600/A+Rendering+of+the+Bronze+Names+Parapets_0.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651064565242684386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Pcv7wKiOuJkk1rqqVRlobDaYDoLHixFzDLrU55jR7OLs4XVaxSUdyrnOXCWU1xMLgR7fAvqPaWtr-zNrAlCNvt92x6OrjwFlmYkuCc3aeh9Ah95c1BgsNFDQhZP48EKoUh-8UBprrF-X/s400/A+Rendering+of+the+Bronze+Names+Parapets_0.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 551px; height: 222px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above and below: rendering of the Bronze Names Parapets</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLOOceSWoJ1bdulNaTCy-Eb1LDEHrWmlP770RsWARnmpcoQI_m2ULSkD5WfdIyopq_nYeWDffXzQH5w8ZnlU9GE91rx5H4inS8BRk3fLD5QsjX0iIp6VzzL5MkxmlYnuv93eYxlWlI1YH/s1600/Memorial+Names+Parapet+Day_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab+%25282%2529.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651085274942253138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLOOceSWoJ1bdulNaTCy-Eb1LDEHrWmlP770RsWARnmpcoQI_m2ULSkD5WfdIyopq_nYeWDffXzQH5w8ZnlU9GE91rx5H4inS8BRk3fLD5QsjX0iIp6VzzL5MkxmlYnuv93eYxlWlI1YH/s400/Memorial+Names+Parapet+Day_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab+%25282%2529.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 547px; height: 303px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8J9ED6J-6SIO_4mv3jPDWm2_dsZhh-9T963RJhBPruzv08rGiNR7bGJLgJhRHpGIjujZQk85RfWmk2pQNLzW4VRDdXC1fcVeybNrKQ91IuyeNw6aaleLBUeTfLVQfLl2CHbpEBMUbidD/s1600/Memorial+Pool++Names+Parapet.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651085182573440210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8J9ED6J-6SIO_4mv3jPDWm2_dsZhh-9T963RJhBPruzv08rGiNR7bGJLgJhRHpGIjujZQk85RfWmk2pQNLzW4VRDdXC1fcVeybNrKQ91IuyeNw6aaleLBUeTfLVQfLl2CHbpEBMUbidD/s400/Memorial+Pool++Names+Parapet.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 546px; height: 303px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWaED60AhYWCFpvZxI5WWwr4LoWK63qFlNQ88VyW96FO8N31cFbjFe2WS9nEXsBUfwaEAnkPN1CwwD7IVzIEMrebB6_qqqqSi5Chq-_hOZOkGerdIOteaSVWp8enWI328Pq1Wuy_GN4Lh/s1600/Northeast+Corner+of+the+South+Pool.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651085099877072690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWaED60AhYWCFpvZxI5WWwr4LoWK63qFlNQ88VyW96FO8N31cFbjFe2WS9nEXsBUfwaEAnkPN1CwwD7IVzIEMrebB6_qqqqSi5Chq-_hOZOkGerdIOteaSVWp8enWI328Pq1Wuy_GN4Lh/s400/Northeast+Corner+of+the+South+Pool.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 544px; height: 301px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SZHM5YuBgzOOncsE3mLgvn2SgwMqxethxfuOKmM2EqtfwNDvU6WH-pu_dkc5hcNvY7wTevDE-Ar5IdHgBma9iDx2COD4nc6Ga1fzY6DsbHw29dwgyTPyfXBEhrczztHUOqMBVK0Yw3QL/s1600/Aerial+View+of+Memorial+at+Night.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651070661135036706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SZHM5YuBgzOOncsE3mLgvn2SgwMqxethxfuOKmM2EqtfwNDvU6WH-pu_dkc5hcNvY7wTevDE-Ar5IdHgBma9iDx2COD4nc6Ga1fzY6DsbHw29dwgyTPyfXBEhrczztHUOqMBVK0Yw3QL/s400/Aerial+View+of+Memorial+at+Night.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 547px; height: 220px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a birdseye view of the 911 Memorial Monuments at night<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 2,983 names </span></span><br />The 2,983 names of the men, women, and children killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993, are inscribed into bronze parapets surrounding the twin Memorial pools, located in the footprints of the Twin Towers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHI85DXUY06Nthngp2cjWt2AFk8wwcXugNm1uAI_7LFnWD-KAbrRGt7RFMuTRj6RKWJNHZbXurL69M-dloQgGzTbO5CvqOmz-F1HZIUm3OR6yIM47kTbwzrCpcYaa1_O-uVWabnxzxIoi/s1600/about_page_0.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651064963012794082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHI85DXUY06Nthngp2cjWt2AFk8wwcXugNm1uAI_7LFnWD-KAbrRGt7RFMuTRj6RKWJNHZbXurL69M-dloQgGzTbO5CvqOmz-F1HZIUm3OR6yIM47kTbwzrCpcYaa1_O-uVWabnxzxIoi/s400/about_page_0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 193px;" /></a><br /><br />Every name has a code containing N for North Pool or S for South Pool, followed by a panel number that locates it on one of the Memorial Pools.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMb0VOP5l5hevZeDBFYq4GA79Z9eieYL_TsAUwjGiMne-UvXU2EQw26rdHtLK5UkrrqEPqbDjtZwxpzfVwa-pLNAYwACJrWOro2psBOlyk2K4mz0LaDwx7Q78CKOLJj-EKXwhGC6xZa6jW/s1600/about_page_1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651065102465497266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMb0VOP5l5hevZeDBFYq4GA79Z9eieYL_TsAUwjGiMne-UvXU2EQw26rdHtLK5UkrrqEPqbDjtZwxpzfVwa-pLNAYwACJrWOro2psBOlyk2K4mz0LaDwx7Q78CKOLJj-EKXwhGC6xZa6jW/s400/about_page_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 545px; height: 196px;" /></a><br /><br />Names are placed within nine primary groups.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQfkcjgLRXHQyWZyVTa9ZfX0ykQO_LugrgQKT3mj8WU7haiXNGsbM51BITacUb9tbnDhhv0N6Usqly8Lb5ods1Ty2H8KbSJkLQdKKz0e03KjkufqXaEhB1rQwRxfl5xKHVY7JUsFe1oAI/s1600/memorial+guide.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651078029718947666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQfkcjgLRXHQyWZyVTa9ZfX0ykQO_LugrgQKT3mj8WU7haiXNGsbM51BITacUb9tbnDhhv0N6Usqly8Lb5ods1Ty2H8KbSJkLQdKKz0e03KjkufqXaEhB1rQwRxfl5xKHVY7JUsFe1oAI/s400/memorial+guide.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 281px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Around the North Pool:</span><br />World Trade Center North<br />Flight 11<br />February 26, 1993<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Around the South Pool:</span><br />World Trade Center South<br />First Responders<br />Flight 175<br />Pentagon<br />Flight 77<br />Flight 93<br /><br />Requested adjacencies within these groups:<br />Names are arranged by affiliation, so that the employees of a company or the crew of a flight are together. The next-of-kin of the victims and surviving colleagues made additional requests for specific names to be inscribed next to one another. Some requests were between relatives and friends; others were between people who had just met, but who responded together as events unfolded.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzISuv-TmCwRDnKn47W0vTuF96f963O2ZxTOoolqbqUWBXUkqCW-FSvOdA6Gpsq19-2q1dbG3Atl4MJZUIvS4Rr0PQLSFPJihq0eyqAVM1CluyWkMbI1KuFXnTHggyXAQ28rOWXv8up8pp/s1600/911+memorial_2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651065618235428946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzISuv-TmCwRDnKn47W0vTuF96f963O2ZxTOoolqbqUWBXUkqCW-FSvOdA6Gpsq19-2q1dbG3Atl4MJZUIvS4Rr0PQLSFPJihq0eyqAVM1CluyWkMbI1KuFXnTHggyXAQ28rOWXv8up8pp/s400/911+memorial_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 192px;" /></a><br /><br />This design allows the names of family, friends, and colleagues to be together, as they lived and died. The requested adjacencies reflected on the Memorial make it unique from any other in existence.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmpmlAND6uq6UtJ81whXWO6z6qodyaX8S53BmJ3535q9DJFjLFK_5o-Kv5HjoWvn9IMHTAV-SgMT8B7OSwBWjkeCYANXDg5snD8RSM3sW4QM9zU4tnYB1U1CMAvs6otnQTU1gMYcTOKGP/s1600/memorial_hall_06-06.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651180845179890386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmpmlAND6uq6UtJ81whXWO6z6qodyaX8S53BmJ3535q9DJFjLFK_5o-Kv5HjoWvn9IMHTAV-SgMT8B7OSwBWjkeCYANXDg5snD8RSM3sW4QM9zU4tnYB1U1CMAvs6otnQTU1gMYcTOKGP/s400/memorial_hall_06-06.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 392px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: rendering of interior of the Memorial Hall, a view of the reflecting pools from beneath</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://names.911memorial.org/" style="font-weight: bold;">You can search for a name on the memorial here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Memorial Plaza by Peter Walker and Partners</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvaHIo39qu70W-clq3c094ySgGq0gF0e5seZuExQqA7ar0QYK6veEqQAGLypqYn7Wz6855m7ZSIvyfAkTQ-rWe4WSiQnzZVQAkNb_QeYSz3asqgkVc1tg3N8yWCOtoCLmPLJHgVaY0Wie/s1600/may2011.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651074138205433394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvaHIo39qu70W-clq3c094ySgGq0gF0e5seZuExQqA7ar0QYK6veEqQAGLypqYn7Wz6855m7ZSIvyfAkTQ-rWe4WSiQnzZVQAkNb_QeYSz3asqgkVc1tg3N8yWCOtoCLmPLJHgVaY0Wie/s400/may2011.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 539px; height: 265px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:85%;" >above: With its grove of trees, the Memorial’s plaza is an actual green roof for the structure housing the 9/11 Memorial Museum (May 2011, Photo by Joe Woolhead).</span><br /><br />The landscape architecture of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Memorial Plaza</span> was designed by <a href="http://www.pwpla.com/">Peter Walker and Partners</a> of Berkeley, CA. and is one of the most sustainable, green plazas ever constructed. Its irrigation, storm water and pest management systems will conserve energy, water and other resources.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODm6yzcro6XyScM0WP4JyOCk1vabGiyxxNUAP0nvWivIoNOAiGye3NgLMgx_VVAvIbclt5xg49-BT17jWdviDdWgUU0lkltXANXUYj__OvOZUmAqKCHl3zsJPDRD_XZvXl_XemLp0YTep/s1600/Memorial+Plaza.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651088019291943586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODm6yzcro6XyScM0WP4JyOCk1vabGiyxxNUAP0nvWivIoNOAiGye3NgLMgx_VVAvIbclt5xg49-BT17jWdviDdWgUU0lkltXANXUYj__OvOZUmAqKCHl3zsJPDRD_XZvXl_XemLp0YTep/s400/Memorial+Plaza.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 297px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjWU9i1kDxZMKXSH2_lWfFjU-s3aSG-orOr-8e3CZWtTeJKURPtbuHTM5nq-IOcFHcqLaKihGND9EaYiXDs_4aOEfQTdBpuKA3djpoHxiW9UF-cA3vUZu7Ant1hRpqZ3NKS84VXUKgJEg/s1600/Allee+Day_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651088195609896642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjWU9i1kDxZMKXSH2_lWfFjU-s3aSG-orOr-8e3CZWtTeJKURPtbuHTM5nq-IOcFHcqLaKihGND9EaYiXDs_4aOEfQTdBpuKA3djpoHxiW9UF-cA3vUZu7Ant1hRpqZ3NKS84VXUKgJEg/s400/Allee+Day_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 298px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: renderings of the 9/11 Museum Plaza</span></span><br /><br />Rainwater will be collected in storage tanks below the plaza surface. A majority of the daily and monthly irrigation requirements will be met by the harvested water.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5s7e2VlCOsCNdCblWsKdvQCkS3RTyCIeK8LfkXhdCHJiBK-NKTuhokOKt76kMGQTLxX3kkJ8pODMLakTcIUpmtxflOVHbUKLMaRLz_wZMQ5Ts0hyphenhyphen3_BNVGn6bVLtw2KVp92v1sJwbF2Q/s1600/The+Survivor+Tree+Blooms+on+the+Memorial+Site+%2528credit+Amy+Dreher%2529_0.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651066315724406386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5s7e2VlCOsCNdCblWsKdvQCkS3RTyCIeK8LfkXhdCHJiBK-NKTuhokOKt76kMGQTLxX3kkJ8pODMLakTcIUpmtxflOVHbUKLMaRLz_wZMQ5Ts0hyphenhyphen3_BNVGn6bVLtw2KVp92v1sJwbF2Q/s400/The+Survivor+Tree+Blooms+on+the+Memorial+Site+%2528credit+Amy+Dreher%2529_0.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 293px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">above: The Survivor Tree Blooms on the Memorial Site (Photo by Amy Dreher)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Memorial Museum </span><span style="font-weight:bold;">and Entry Pavilion</span><span style="font-weight:bold;"> </span><br />The Museum’s entry pavilion was designed by the Norwegian architecture firm, <a href="http://www.snoarc.no/">Snøhetta</a> and the underground museum exhibit space by <a href="http://www.aedas.com/National-Sept-11-Memorial-Museum">Aedas, Museum architects.</a><br /><br />The Mission of the Memorial Museum, located at the World Trade Center site, is to bear solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQznFUitDoqGFJgCUTyBMYaI-Ln7B9I5hMAKMpHgipD-lA6n-1Z_-1T43gEYs8P5qR46V4iqyu4l_rCrpJLim_WngRMiEWGtadWg2OI6qpYVkZtaxxcdb8brcNuqWPvrIx_HfQ6UGmsPG/s1600/Museum+Pavilion+Birds+Eye_+Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651070261210309682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQznFUitDoqGFJgCUTyBMYaI-Ln7B9I5hMAKMpHgipD-lA6n-1Z_-1T43gEYs8P5qR46V4iqyu4l_rCrpJLim_WngRMiEWGtadWg2OI6qpYVkZtaxxcdb8brcNuqWPvrIx_HfQ6UGmsPG/s400/Museum+Pavilion+Birds+Eye_+Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 214px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a birdseye rendering of the Museum’s entry pavilion</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span>Visitors to the Memorial Museum will be presented with a sequence of experiences which allow for individual and personal encounters within an overall context of a historical narrative.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTxK71tLrFxodEYPSiUuUQc85Rr15rqTpzgzCcXKfteRRJGg1fyz-eIuKRVRks0t_OoZIcf7oEP24wMjlkSNDFqzBOYLasLyDW7vWb2Klc05uDTrQ4Vv-22Nsw0Evob2e2eGSJVuGoaTz/s1600/Museum+Pavilion+Sky_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651103203458638930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTxK71tLrFxodEYPSiUuUQc85Rr15rqTpzgzCcXKfteRRJGg1fyz-eIuKRVRks0t_OoZIcf7oEP24wMjlkSNDFqzBOYLasLyDW7vWb2Klc05uDTrQ4Vv-22Nsw0Evob2e2eGSJVuGoaTz/s400/Museum+Pavilion+Sky_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 297px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a rendering of the Museum’s entry pavilion</span></span><br /><br />The nature of the Museum is such that the shell of the space, comprising existing foundations, the slurry wall and other in-situ elements of the site is as much an artifact of 9/11 as the contents of the exhibitions.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAej88I4aZ0xuU-skx1dNBHvJEKsFVXMxmyk90k20swldlWZNZqqewPHE1jEfnWSQqaRbgDSVJZxYiT5BOf0fZpJsBF4uXObRxVrGMLiIovohIJGZzSJ9rlk_5Fl4d6LABheyllNw2ZFJ/s1600/Pavilion+Interior+Tridents_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651069228693129474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAej88I4aZ0xuU-skx1dNBHvJEKsFVXMxmyk90k20swldlWZNZqqewPHE1jEfnWSQqaRbgDSVJZxYiT5BOf0fZpJsBF4uXObRxVrGMLiIovohIJGZzSJ9rlk_5Fl4d6LABheyllNw2ZFJ/s400/Pavilion+Interior+Tridents_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 215px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a rendering of the Museum atrium with Twin Tower "tridents."</span></span><br /><br />Visitors will enter through a pavilion that houses an auditorium for public programming, a multi-purpose area for contemplation and refreshment and a private suite reserved for victims’ family members. Two of the original steel tridents from the Twin Towers will be enclosed within the pavilion’s grand glass atrium, standing as references to the past, while signaling hope for the future.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_mFPx2KeMaUBC2Y8DrUY8pxdLSbE7pml3xGWx-HrrCr03lSZdNIo4PqYJmfJpz0AZKunyB2PXUdr7VYZ1-beuRAv1OmoJLbOSa_cZvZTs2hqHolx_4Ek9mtazjCFMDkEHm-zNOuD7-QM/s1600/Memorial+Exhibition_0.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651065761894726322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_mFPx2KeMaUBC2Y8DrUY8pxdLSbE7pml3xGWx-HrrCr03lSZdNIo4PqYJmfJpz0AZKunyB2PXUdr7VYZ1-beuRAv1OmoJLbOSa_cZvZTs2hqHolx_4Ek9mtazjCFMDkEHm-zNOuD7-QM/s400/Memorial+Exhibition_0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 291px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: rendering of Memorial Exhibition in the heart of the museum site</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Memorial Design Exhibition</span><br />The introductory exhibit leads to a gently ramped “ribbon,” toward the core exhibitions at bedrock, the archeological heart of the World Trade Center site.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwlY7ccjr5qqNzGwzP5AlfTKbVyk1DOSzb8iQbfCSWGJ2qn1DbnsoS7xnzdFmJLi68t11hiZjAIu4dxnc0WZ_94H3-guBx4TgsD1uR0sTGGpZ1WOLPYtRIPk_7p5MY5p0M7upxEl9lYLk/s1600/museum_interior.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651181230437676050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwlY7ccjr5qqNzGwzP5AlfTKbVyk1DOSzb8iQbfCSWGJ2qn1DbnsoS7xnzdFmJLi68t11hiZjAIu4dxnc0WZ_94H3-guBx4TgsD1uR0sTGGpZ1WOLPYtRIPk_7p5MY5p0M7upxEl9lYLk/s400/museum_interior.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 393px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: rendering of the interior of the Museum</span></span><br /><br />This descent echoes the ramp that once was used by construction workers to help build the World Trade Center and was again used in the aftermath of the attacks for the recovery and clean-up of the site and by victims’ family members to access bedrock on anniversaries of 9/11.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwAPB0RuuAzPmvdRRE4TBdac3mk2jQWyejlJhO1n6Hmo1l7Vk3s_5kco8ckWuGNJvm8mchlGhuKtByslsZTqw74tNDzWpdXkedLMuZ9TnjUKpuvKo-XMh5zC0eZGI-padKg7W5noYADjN/s1600/large_198928%255B1%255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651087609670347986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwAPB0RuuAzPmvdRRE4TBdac3mk2jQWyejlJhO1n6Hmo1l7Vk3s_5kco8ckWuGNJvm8mchlGhuKtByslsZTqw74tNDzWpdXkedLMuZ9TnjUKpuvKo-XMh5zC0eZGI-padKg7W5noYADjN/s400/large_198928%255B1%255D.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 293px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">rendering of </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">interactive tables and artifact cases</span></span><br /><br />From the ramp, vistas will be created, providing a sense of the vastness of the site and the scale of the original Towers. Visitors will be able to stand between the locations of the original Twin Towers and experience their scale, which will be referenced by two metal-clad, ethereal volumes. The ramp that will bring visitors to the core Museum exhibitions has already been framed in steel and concrete.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNcX5z9oQW0EPAaCGnkwCcSckeFM7we5Z9qqtlZTdllLPaIwVAUvbRXmkbt66LwbKC6xr3Np7jDIcGf67aAOMgsyuGy8RqpDfKiaZJCH2Z2m-ALT3sEWjPIA-ig3VVKAXDiXDu7yojfN3/s1600/large_198929%255B1%255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651087450471049378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNcX5z9oQW0EPAaCGnkwCcSckeFM7we5Z9qqtlZTdllLPaIwVAUvbRXmkbt66LwbKC6xr3Np7jDIcGf67aAOMgsyuGy8RqpDfKiaZJCH2Z2m-ALT3sEWjPIA-ig3VVKAXDiXDu7yojfN3/s400/large_198929%255B1%255D.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 294px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">rendering of </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">space for remembrances</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXLlck3ZBOsCqNLGtzCGSuP6SCmwdJpFvdyGHAAk0adJzVouaEmvneDZCRC_DE0Sa5yfGAy7HZKPhXjR2gpUGsLXfABYgaCsGD5LITMeb5ZKmN8GYLrIfk2DNo-8cVniFm1t7b7zlyr1Y/s1600/NS11MM+Memorial+Exh+4+Thinc+Design+with+Local+Projects.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651087896737838290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXLlck3ZBOsCqNLGtzCGSuP6SCmwdJpFvdyGHAAk0adJzVouaEmvneDZCRC_DE0Sa5yfGAy7HZKPhXjR2gpUGsLXfABYgaCsGD5LITMeb5ZKmN8GYLrIfk2DNo-8cVniFm1t7b7zlyr1Y/s400/NS11MM+Memorial+Exh+4+Thinc+Design+with+Local+Projects.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 296px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: interactive tables and Wall of Faces</span></span><br /><br />The final descent to the base of the site will take visitors alongside the Vesey Street Stair remnant – also known as the “Survivor Stairs,” which was used by hundreds to escape the destruction of the Towers on 9/11.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkZIYn7DC-ieAKsV_dEBhbNjLxekC3mD57aeEF0Bp_i-Zqzf4NHQHSK2nknBLfVUlB14ygxnXGRbTl43-j3xOy65EiCiRQk2msuLLo0nUPg9Lhz7mzQ0xQsOo6lqluoemR5fVSMdYOgmb/s1600/DSC00533_edit.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651183375121397042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkZIYn7DC-ieAKsV_dEBhbNjLxekC3mD57aeEF0Bp_i-Zqzf4NHQHSK2nknBLfVUlB14ygxnXGRbTl43-j3xOy65EiCiRQk2msuLLo0nUPg9Lhz7mzQ0xQsOo6lqluoemR5fVSMdYOgmb/s400/DSC00533_edit.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 395px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: The "Survivor's Staircase" before being moved to the museum</span></span><br /><br /><script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?width=530&embedCode=FmNXB5MTqYRhzplWdpMyQA5-qJ6ROQvB&video_pcode=9zYTg6PGyE33C69K7ff2nzGNwNy7&height=280&deepLinkEmbedCode=FmNXB5MTqYRhzplWdpMyQA5-qJ6ROQvB"></script><br /><br />After today's dedication ceremony the 9/11 Memorial will be open to the general public.<br /><br />This post is in sincere remembrance of those lost in this tragedy. May they rest in peace.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.911memorial.org/" style="font-weight: bold;">More information can be found here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">some images courtesy of the <a href="http://www.renewnyc.com/">LMCD </a>and many of the computer renderings in this post were created by </span><a href="http://www.squareddesignlab.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Squared Design Lab</a></span>

UPDATED: A Look At the 9/11 Memorial, Museum and Monument Designs at Ground Zero.

above: aerial view rendering of the 9/11 Memorial above: one of the two 9/11 Memorial bronze name-etched reflecting pools in the foreground ...

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A Permanent Reminder Of What Plagues The Planet: The Social Tattoo Project.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvc76DUEBku5xnNMw3ku0tcPQ2xopxTNg8dwL3HufmS6Ur7mw4Lva_g-iKc_wimWzDPugqgFkb_D39u4gJIeLqWviKum7_-DZ5X5M26Zfl2EHpUNiT8juzNVztWn_A3K-E5z6FpQbrRiDK/s1600/social+tatoo+project+hero.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639053559436998706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvc76DUEBku5xnNMw3ku0tcPQ2xopxTNg8dwL3HufmS6Ur7mw4Lva_g-iKc_wimWzDPugqgFkb_D39u4gJIeLqWviKum7_-DZ5X5M26Zfl2EHpUNiT8juzNVztWn_A3K-E5z6FpQbrRiDK/s400/social+tatoo+project+hero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 511px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Let me say, right off the bat, that this doesn't sound like a very good idea to me. But then again, I'm not a tattoo-type of girl. Permanently inking the world's problems on one's body seems akin to tattooing a loved one's name on your body. Things might change... and what seems relevant or important today could very well be obsolete in a decade or so. But kudos to the courageous volunteers who are lending their body as a canvas to advertise their social awareness.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://socialtattooproject.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638682138779600034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiI9w2hANIJftaJHIyM-pGsYwfzuu8hwwgDvphCNdVWIINzfGWlx-wyXoVhfWZq-N0aXJaGHL33647PAMZ4xOa5Oui5Gk8jH_jXwSlW4SsKyNaN3ri24O0zEyAGXBHkuop7VjeDxUvW8C0/s400/258597_138086236269279_137666962977873_266097_7975635_o.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 343px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkw-OQWjF5w6gQUX6hsEh8BW1yBHfPjc1f_la6zsrb05ZHvUIQKPXMwnIEgiUAB5goz_EnLr00t7uJuolIpNXmGWXVAlct9oXRm9D3bLj8VilOLyB3X96A6EgQzu50efJIMWaqW0eXimZO/s1600/270612_142935392451030_137666962977873_283736_7714712_n.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638682004553102418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkw-OQWjF5w6gQUX6hsEh8BW1yBHfPjc1f_la6zsrb05ZHvUIQKPXMwnIEgiUAB5goz_EnLr00t7uJuolIpNXmGWXVAlct9oXRm9D3bLj8VilOLyB3X96A6EgQzu50efJIMWaqW0eXimZO/s400/270612_142935392451030_137666962977873_283736_7714712_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 707px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />That said, the <a href="http://socialtattooproject.com/">Social Tattoo Project </a>is a quest to make empathy permanent by taking today's world problems, such as the recent tragedy in Norway, the earthquake in Haiti or Human Trafficking and emblazing them on your skin. The twist is that those who volunteer to be part of the Social Tattoo Project let Twitterers decide what the actual subject will be.<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7Czh7U9Pgq0?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="331" width="530"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br />For each tattoo, they will post 4 trending topics on Twitter, and the most tweeted trend will be the subject of the tattoo. To vote, tweet #socialtattoo and your #favorite trend of the 4 to @social_tattoo. With your vote and their volunteers’ skin, they can make what the world empathizes with today, what you have to care about forever.<br /><br /><br /><br />Mary gets a #Japan tatt:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xO4-y6Qtvu8?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="331" width="530"></iframe><br /><br />Ulises gets a #Norway tatt:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J28V6Un1xQM?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="331" width="530"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br />A brave volunteer receives a #Haiti tattoo:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrF43rsNhbxuMda9eoQdzdJ7TXuGOeP4C2QYjiyoNf3y-kgoF1MeX7i7IDQ35tUIpR0Zk15sxfAA9X2CGHUkneinizzmBLkc98EpGxDNfcrqy9MWboYaiadQhZEqpXg5_vB2PH9QBlkXdw/s1600/281745_148289038582332_137666962977873_299446_8137336_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638681941392657074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrF43rsNhbxuMda9eoQdzdJ7TXuGOeP4C2QYjiyoNf3y-kgoF1MeX7i7IDQ35tUIpR0Zk15sxfAA9X2CGHUkneinizzmBLkc98EpGxDNfcrqy9MWboYaiadQhZEqpXg5_vB2PH9QBlkXdw/s400/281745_148289038582332_137666962977873_299446_8137336_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 533px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm410jM9pUF9P-Y5fcosHq9viLmzR8dU7qlRe0VLNEzA-EAWMxMJ7rFcTLw3YzZehyphenhyphenPnYcl5WoDdxLGHt6eihe6KgyeQAhCEg7anj9HW678yRFADpvIs2LryvKvqW3uTNR0fma4Vs6bcy2/s1600/282570_148288998582336_137666962977873_299445_5926224_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638681854315967490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm410jM9pUF9P-Y5fcosHq9viLmzR8dU7qlRe0VLNEzA-EAWMxMJ7rFcTLw3YzZehyphenhyphenPnYcl5WoDdxLGHt6eihe6KgyeQAhCEg7anj9HW678yRFADpvIs2LryvKvqW3uTNR0fma4Vs6bcy2/s400/282570_148288998582336_137666962977873_299445_5926224_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 397px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMWbKJZOtDt2wZ1BMmECK7wqJ1R22fje6pKy77yyBXSwJ524UYSwZNOKIjQdIHn2Mcqh1LvLcKvN9QjKUnwDgmANiPu99xW1-kIYdwNa-IXTszyXmdB1jxOr-ChUTPOKklvxCOZgJ32WI/s1600/269106_148286411915928_137666962977873_299434_948969_n.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638682068216488498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMWbKJZOtDt2wZ1BMmECK7wqJ1R22fje6pKy77yyBXSwJ524UYSwZNOKIjQdIHn2Mcqh1LvLcKvN9QjKUnwDgmANiPu99xW1-kIYdwNa-IXTszyXmdB1jxOr-ChUTPOKklvxCOZgJ32WI/s400/269106_148286411915928_137666962977873_299434_948969_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 435px;" /></a><br /><br /><span dir=""ltr"" style="float:right"> </span>And another, a #Human Trafficking tattoo:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMrbQuqYdKZ2JStzxrqL3-g1d_5tyUf8goSBsRDq00s9CW0EVy-rvI1Ugb7bfj_susidl5nDrtb5nOAtWByOhsKP-kE9TuHHLtxO6bRK1dtDmTdR5Vr9ziAZFZWR5FaZNY56hAZDJwDT4/s1600/269048_145065668904669_137666962977873_290430_4922795_n.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638688302352563778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMrbQuqYdKZ2JStzxrqL3-g1d_5tyUf8goSBsRDq00s9CW0EVy-rvI1Ugb7bfj_susidl5nDrtb5nOAtWByOhsKP-kE9TuHHLtxO6bRK1dtDmTdR5Vr9ziAZFZWR5FaZNY56hAZDJwDT4/s400/269048_145065668904669_137666962977873_290430_4922795_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 399px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_tKS-jpg78EoxrmrzuCFVUAvD9Jz0uSr-toZcg7jmkJt-aFhBSnCp80JxWIYKuWZLPwIym6bWvpXMA5pmBPKB-NOV61cMIuER2UfU62w_jY9-uXLhw5ggwkB7XDbp6GE8XB_yHx34CeH/s1600/267465_145065765571326_137666962977873_290432_1108074_n.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638688431901361858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_tKS-jpg78EoxrmrzuCFVUAvD9Jz0uSr-toZcg7jmkJt-aFhBSnCp80JxWIYKuWZLPwIym6bWvpXMA5pmBPKB-NOV61cMIuER2UfU62w_jY9-uXLhw5ggwkB7XDbp6GE8XB_yHx34CeH/s400/267465_145065765571326_137666962977873_290432_1108074_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 397px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrNwOCSQOZQX4YoqtQQv0krlHy4IdqTo6vLLuT-BK6FkiFRZOwhofNRP6hXHz_rdFfJXkuTKAcbloPQRzWSO6Ax1kXEN7JLxlHpoSEh5tVXOkV8RKQre3muhthZ3_eCT_DwZpJJiBoAZV/s1600/267866_145065868904649_137666962977873_290433_8372659_n.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638683619629957794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrNwOCSQOZQX4YoqtQQv0krlHy4IdqTo6vLLuT-BK6FkiFRZOwhofNRP6hXHz_rdFfJXkuTKAcbloPQRzWSO6Ax1kXEN7JLxlHpoSEh5tVXOkV8RKQre3muhthZ3_eCT_DwZpJJiBoAZV/s400/267866_145065868904649_137666962977873_290433_8372659_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 724px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://socialtattooproject.com/">Learn more about the Social Tattoo Project</a><br /><br />

A Permanent Reminder Of What Plagues The Planet: The Social Tattoo Project.

Let me say, right off the bat, that this doesn't sound like a very good idea to me. But then again, I'm not a tattoo-type of girl. P...

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UPDATED AGAIN*: Kate Goes With Sarah Burton For Alexander McQueen With Cartier Tiara & Matching Earrings.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HLdyEbCOygpGQiIB7ao3SFO0_lg-0sZhcSPNckpzHQ3mW142OKjVohrdB5l-vfO7yGQeorN_Mr68i69SKOaUwtVgzpdEPCPpv_r206Z5cjpZU9vaKsWgUpVNcQoLcRBd9RBZzqjQcC7h/s1600/katemiddleton-113264901_10.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600964677873133154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HLdyEbCOygpGQiIB7ao3SFO0_lg-0sZhcSPNckpzHQ3mW142OKjVohrdB5l-vfO7yGQeorN_Mr68i69SKOaUwtVgzpdEPCPpv_r206Z5cjpZU9vaKsWgUpVNcQoLcRBd9RBZzqjQcC7h/s400/katemiddleton-113264901_10.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 611px;" /></a><br /><br />*UPDATED PICS now include the cakes, the reception dresses, the ugliest hat and more.<br /><br />The dress was by <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/10/for-alexander-mcqueen-2011-rtw.html">Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen</a>. She donned the <a href="http://www.cartier.com/">Cartier</a> “halo” tiara, which was made in 1936 and given to the Queen as an 18th birthday present. And she's got the wave down cold.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuzCCkebHCHzHPzzOaOaqdPUOYQ6gEj7NKpEOtbhZBNg_z5ihLGePUrUzapL-mLmMOskprme8kFQBi74o4WuEXLedrRwQolReLBkjmcuE256RhoISpVTYK0HGKwrvUsiFjm6ZCOjLwr30/s1600/katemiddletondress-cap5_1_540x405.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600963562049748418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuzCCkebHCHzHPzzOaOaqdPUOYQ6gEj7NKpEOtbhZBNg_z5ihLGePUrUzapL-mLmMOskprme8kFQBi74o4WuEXLedrRwQolReLBkjmcuE256RhoISpVTYK0HGKwrvUsiFjm6ZCOjLwr30/s400/katemiddletondress-cap5_1_540x405.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><br />Her earrings were custom-made by <a href="http://www.robinsonpelham.com/">Robinson Pelham</a> to match her tiara and were a present from her parents. Kate's wedding ring, which seemed to have given William a bit of difficulty in the slipping on, is a band of Welsh gold by <a href="http://www.wartski.com/">Wartski</a>.<br /><br />The Cartier "halo" tiara:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizEd_tPmRtMdIkvMuSH_FxMu6yTH3KQytmcDsnhS-zQVuhYZ8RF5wuXwi9IJeFHFfEGz2AOgTbIMun4IoCDF1s_0X96vLa7i3FviNDRRqbQEULdp5gcYnd7hbjgms-OPtXtn3n8OZG1ls/s1600/kate-middleton-435.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601145177321699010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizEd_tPmRtMdIkvMuSH_FxMu6yTH3KQytmcDsnhS-zQVuhYZ8RF5wuXwi9IJeFHFfEGz2AOgTbIMun4IoCDF1s_0X96vLa7i3FviNDRRqbQEULdp5gcYnd7hbjgms-OPtXtn3n8OZG1ls/s400/kate-middleton-435.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 697px;" /></a><br />As previously worn by the monarchy members before her:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTFCrQmbkkB0zstjtErY8ersQeC9TLPMhRyrM-IL-iTCaZzOWTnYbNbHi-X4EeYp9mYXFCGZQQGZ_eCk99yja9Qkz_CdkHUJ6NE5bqJJO_D0vLJvU8XY0aBx3I4kzAG8iQAERWn81U6cf/s1600/24edd9t.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601147459485552002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTFCrQmbkkB0zstjtErY8ersQeC9TLPMhRyrM-IL-iTCaZzOWTnYbNbHi-X4EeYp9mYXFCGZQQGZ_eCk99yja9Qkz_CdkHUJ6NE5bqJJO_D0vLJvU8XY0aBx3I4kzAG8iQAERWn81U6cf/s400/24edd9t.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 176px;" /></a><br /><br />The earrings made to match the tiara by Robinson Pelham:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNjTqjSydaVrXhps-Po_Fq0n0zwetngwpNtqQyoljG90TDejzWFwAErKeIIdvAaIPIEZyvSeKGyzm-fbsfvSzWwY2OlqOXvTXoc9MEbOIESg9Fx3_KYAbwplGEaqv3HvaVZlMGreiXs3E/s1600/kate-middleton-earing-1-435.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601144625699787314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNjTqjSydaVrXhps-Po_Fq0n0zwetngwpNtqQyoljG90TDejzWFwAErKeIIdvAaIPIEZyvSeKGyzm-fbsfvSzWwY2OlqOXvTXoc9MEbOIESg9Fx3_KYAbwplGEaqv3HvaVZlMGreiXs3E/s400/kate-middleton-earing-1-435.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 697px;" /></a><br /><br />No doubt, Kate Middleton, now being referred to as "Catherine," looked every bit like Royalty as she walked down the aisle.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduN2uRL3pKMoZ0W8PqmRy8r44eX5Vq0iAA-YgLQjVTQk4tapPfSZuQMMVrqF4Jyd56-kvSdZpA3DuDqajWu9zXRFifSGGQOMvzQvCOurPNP81TzzD4VyBQDR_MZCKInL-kuwC59gj0_lZ/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.45.38+AM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600971706834501282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduN2uRL3pKMoZ0W8PqmRy8r44eX5Vq0iAA-YgLQjVTQk4tapPfSZuQMMVrqF4Jyd56-kvSdZpA3DuDqajWu9zXRFifSGGQOMvzQvCOurPNP81TzzD4VyBQDR_MZCKInL-kuwC59gj0_lZ/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.45.38+AM.png" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 526px; height: 767px;" /></a><br /><br />People keep comparing Kate's dress to that of Princess Grace's, but they really were quite different except for the lace long sleeves:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkAhXfmuFlL9KOfmhyphenhyphen7hqmPWHg-M3WCfyCI8k_Uj7lbnoK4buyffiw0vJ2asdk4ATKFc-qjW0Vj8E6Dw3gH63QhenezYqXpx67pFbmNIARwyKk-4jampYEEdZAgQVWI4Z7cnbzfNdswjW/s1600/grace+and+kate.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601080042858749746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkAhXfmuFlL9KOfmhyphenhyphen7hqmPWHg-M3WCfyCI8k_Uj7lbnoK4buyffiw0vJ2asdk4ATKFc-qjW0Vj8E6Dw3gH63QhenezYqXpx67pFbmNIARwyKk-4jampYEEdZAgQVWI4Z7cnbzfNdswjW/s400/grace+and+kate.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 351px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCKlKnY546NdWs6dPGYZYTmwL8lHVv0SAjGUpF9f8nTc09oO3cMWN1oXPLBIGWKCz6yoO49zYxwt5g419mztn1bsm29iFeWKNa_YiUMGPWy33Xl-8LyiCgm9eAnA8RUOoEMUrew51JJNK/s1600/gal_dress_kate_11.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601074775403225202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCKlKnY546NdWs6dPGYZYTmwL8lHVv0SAjGUpF9f8nTc09oO3cMWN1oXPLBIGWKCz6yoO49zYxwt5g419mztn1bsm29iFeWKNa_YiUMGPWy33Xl-8LyiCgm9eAnA8RUOoEMUrew51JJNK/s400/gal_dress_kate_11.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 523px; height: 294px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPblLSFZTXijt6Fw-Zv_0yC1Ia8RVo2NZy7ZMfYPc8bfFzAoHCYVwZbeY6nuMVXy95zEx3U_ConluEiLK30qfOr861D7q-OcrSy3bssVQQJaY7OLQy95HigmHCMP-Kh8ZINaq3DcqrWJdy/s1600/article-1381795-0BD37D7C00000578-734_634x663.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600967577442322002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPblLSFZTXijt6Fw-Zv_0yC1Ia8RVo2NZy7ZMfYPc8bfFzAoHCYVwZbeY6nuMVXy95zEx3U_ConluEiLK30qfOr861D7q-OcrSy3bssVQQJaY7OLQy95HigmHCMP-Kh8ZINaq3DcqrWJdy/s400/article-1381795-0BD37D7C00000578-734_634x663.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 544px;" /></a><br />And, of course, the kiss:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl_S-NlQRBoxkCxHAaY1Ppc4JZo4nhojAJ_1HMeb0zbOfZKkGBm2k7-faDOhKVvBJeioFN4cYCpFPLLjspdaW24a2vDmcyQ2V2YRxVkqqlXiq6jUbCgrOOPD82TLFK0SQG0QEuTeIVoOz/s1600/prince-william-3-660.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601143609022395906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl_S-NlQRBoxkCxHAaY1Ppc4JZo4nhojAJ_1HMeb0zbOfZKkGBm2k7-faDOhKVvBJeioFN4cYCpFPLLjspdaW24a2vDmcyQ2V2YRxVkqqlXiq6jUbCgrOOPD82TLFK0SQG0QEuTeIVoOz/s400/prince-william-3-660.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 394px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGm9wYOPoNFn1yr1IQBRNrc9zwWpD_e5BqjY7gejGktNC0wE9d_gjnYrpBsjdE0jKApp2hG5aPsiRJJCwLlX28fTzzv5bA6naijWkeMe0hLIiTltFKhWOZlDcxR0i0RBph7_xDnZtfWt6/s1600/kate-middleton-hair-660.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601144840724850914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGm9wYOPoNFn1yr1IQBRNrc9zwWpD_e5BqjY7gejGktNC0wE9d_gjnYrpBsjdE0jKApp2hG5aPsiRJJCwLlX28fTzzv5bA6naijWkeMe0hLIiTltFKhWOZlDcxR0i0RBph7_xDnZtfWt6/s400/kate-middleton-hair-660.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 390px;" /></a><br /><br />Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88Sf5BJ3NOa73WeY0alerhnyITwzgCQq4lhBUVX40fVocOwjpLAegXbCk7XK0UlpwD4nbnuDE0uVQASwK-kfq3f6-oHt3vhTWLTBSpXKyB12ZNE_A_Ib955mn8vPGLDy0OtS9hyphenhyphenX8QXHO/s1600/Duke-and-duchess.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601164375564230626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88Sf5BJ3NOa73WeY0alerhnyITwzgCQq4lhBUVX40fVocOwjpLAegXbCk7XK0UlpwD4nbnuDE0uVQASwK-kfq3f6-oHt3vhTWLTBSpXKyB12ZNE_A_Ib955mn8vPGLDy0OtS9hyphenhyphenX8QXHO/s400/Duke-and-duchess.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 518px;" /></a><br />And they drove off in an Aston Martin:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkDrNx-ZnxKbSdSumDrjTvcRruPzrlvgGj2V2V9G9COOP-7B2Iuuttg7RPxaGzw4mj9oNhUAPiqGh5CepJWObN8pw6Mp_7heVEa4HtcWnZ1bJzGRX-WJ5CKj3Ifbqd_CoGU7gNaTW_R7S/s1600/prince-william-8-660.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601145029414689522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkDrNx-ZnxKbSdSumDrjTvcRruPzrlvgGj2V2V9G9COOP-7B2Iuuttg7RPxaGzw4mj9oNhUAPiqGh5CepJWObN8pw6Mp_7heVEa4HtcWnZ1bJzGRX-WJ5CKj3Ifbqd_CoGU7gNaTW_R7S/s400/prince-william-8-660.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 396px;" /></a><br />The Cake, made by Leicestershire-based cake designer Fiona Cairns :<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjoMC3cKhfWBK1UVdQxwOuPL6RbGN28hZ7At1VtbFmH_MUdErun0goLAdhl9ind0fnbo1Sl97AXLGOEZFuUml8bvuTmiQHvz5p1Q4FbNwVryQWqIjiAb7JxHdZUBCKP3uuTvb1QNoMpjr/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.49.28+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601164942738499602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjoMC3cKhfWBK1UVdQxwOuPL6RbGN28hZ7At1VtbFmH_MUdErun0goLAdhl9ind0fnbo1Sl97AXLGOEZFuUml8bvuTmiQHvz5p1Q4FbNwVryQWqIjiAb7JxHdZUBCKP3uuTvb1QNoMpjr/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.49.28+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 509px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjja90jjPVwTwN1U-wevfKH1ZD1dul-B7glpWkL6lKJizT546kKgJZMyrJSEqE0LwvDXdYKwP2AeGcGzIpvNB1fblzeOrw_ViQm9d8v4d0aEUg6HHtXMaLdE90jW8GfoogfvXFFmFN___Vv/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.51.05+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601168050759009122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjja90jjPVwTwN1U-wevfKH1ZD1dul-B7glpWkL6lKJizT546kKgJZMyrJSEqE0LwvDXdYKwP2AeGcGzIpvNB1fblzeOrw_ViQm9d8v4d0aEUg6HHtXMaLdE90jW8GfoogfvXFFmFN___Vv/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.51.05+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 468px;" /></a><br />the chocolate McVitrine's cake for the recption:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkL4bgC5U51l7pe6Zd0Ag8vZlBdXy0i1K7BLBHE4EMDx7OeQlN0nFlGJpgfW5H325AoW38drXQ8aPBdLz0F8uI1CU5U_WMhtPYaHOH77_5TM71tsm9zR3yk_O_b-5kCUyPZ_K63BluqXM_/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.54.26+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601167801632709634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkL4bgC5U51l7pe6Zd0Ag8vZlBdXy0i1K7BLBHE4EMDx7OeQlN0nFlGJpgfW5H325AoW38drXQ8aPBdLz0F8uI1CU5U_WMhtPYaHOH77_5TM71tsm9zR3yk_O_b-5kCUyPZ_K63BluqXM_/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.54.26+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 576px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO31M2DYuCjpTGSoqV1xwGpAu7YeCvMi9TXJ_rS4E_SbGzsq6TK0FEorJUmy0DwcAJ0rJo-rpeFSdEA5VzfMtdbcjUq5ejw6oq1ZQqhtSiiNERaq10MEG2EHx2UsrH2pbRNc0JLtvBTu5/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.54.36+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601173211569610594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO31M2DYuCjpTGSoqV1xwGpAu7YeCvMi9TXJ_rS4E_SbGzsq6TK0FEorJUmy0DwcAJ0rJo-rpeFSdEA5VzfMtdbcjUq5ejw6oq1ZQqhtSiiNERaq10MEG2EHx2UsrH2pbRNc0JLtvBTu5/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.54.36+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 438px;" /></a><br />The Sarah Burton for Alexader McQueen reception dress for Kate:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02GtZN4VGMuLcIExaILZDfhVG8OIZx1dFYLgdobkpfz6GckqydM7Vsl7zKcVHX014GjVFZq3Nw-UWxoaRA8__T4L2UBcmZJkywaI6WWgUDQsYhXQE2tn2NdNPmF8ZE23GtSqZiCVInKew/s1600/042911_kate_pippa_44_113276828_110429221305.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601166944337508514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02GtZN4VGMuLcIExaILZDfhVG8OIZx1dFYLgdobkpfz6GckqydM7Vsl7zKcVHX014GjVFZq3Nw-UWxoaRA8__T4L2UBcmZJkywaI6WWgUDQsYhXQE2tn2NdNPmF8ZE23GtSqZiCVInKew/s400/042911_kate_pippa_44_113276828_110429221305.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 487px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBv45ll_scfjpk9fgJIg7xkrTudYVyXqSAHKBNsLsqcGUncoe_xI0aW7wiZejINPWgtQev4DjHR9KPW_17zuG98OmMtfXMVaSgqUCAotA1EhmUnDqnhPzY4NE5MVNHUOn1t9dxC13QhO8l/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.58.09+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601167146985157106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBv45ll_scfjpk9fgJIg7xkrTudYVyXqSAHKBNsLsqcGUncoe_xI0aW7wiZejINPWgtQev4DjHR9KPW_17zuG98OmMtfXMVaSgqUCAotA1EhmUnDqnhPzY4NE5MVNHUOn1t9dxC13QhO8l/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-29+at+4.58.09+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 487px;" /></a><br />and sister Pippa's reception dress:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnaQew-N5x94xx8MLFLzCzKIo2n-A_tntoLxQVfXTelXz16AGMHP4rEdXvze-gAJG8YyFpDvKscl0VZusQqzs-cPj7iuzktqK_2PWZZTSZVaFZIrdpOiQXyQt-LbEiQMnN7cZVjV5ygWia/s1600/042911_kate_pippa_43_110429h9_middleton_b-gr_02_110429221302.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601167641715952466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnaQew-N5x94xx8MLFLzCzKIo2n-A_tntoLxQVfXTelXz16AGMHP4rEdXvze-gAJG8YyFpDvKscl0VZusQqzs-cPj7iuzktqK_2PWZZTSZVaFZIrdpOiQXyQt-LbEiQMnN7cZVjV5ygWia/s400/042911_kate_pippa_43_110429h9_middleton_b-gr_02_110429221302.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 786px;" /></a><br /><br />I would be remiss if I did not include a photo of the most talked about hat (it even has<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Princess-Beatrices-ridiculous-Royal-Wedding-hat/203705509669392"> it's own haters facebook page</a>) at the event, worn by Beatrice:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsA6M-LJ-u4Zk-IaAyEjYoRlXPmG3nmSclnwsRU2i-WlUdDwe0DokIg_r4jY68wDXlDHnIQyFQQRTZ2bzoA4P_61AlplEcZ6H4Pib4C9DARJz2ZzPJl3woLcHNLevSrq7U_3T7GNc2DHyV/s1600/beatrice-435.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601172304436596866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsA6M-LJ-u4Zk-IaAyEjYoRlXPmG3nmSclnwsRU2i-WlUdDwe0DokIg_r4jY68wDXlDHnIQyFQQRTZ2bzoA4P_61AlplEcZ6H4Pib4C9DARJz2ZzPJl3woLcHNLevSrq7U_3T7GNc2DHyV/s400/beatrice-435.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 698px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">images courtesy of Getty, The BBC, The AP, The PA and The British Monarchy</span></span>

UPDATED AGAIN*: Kate Goes With Sarah Burton For Alexander McQueen With Cartier Tiara & Matching Earrings.

*UPDATED PICS now include the cakes, the reception dresses, the ugliest hat and more. The dress was by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen . ...

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