in the case of half & half, for example, the writer based the characters mona and dee-dee on herself and an older half-sister, and plot ideas came from her experience as the youngest child in a blended family. around the environment outside of the castle there are two more round wall rings, each separating one residential area from the next. there are also short stretches of swift water for inner tubing. however like a court it must act independently and cannot give legal advice. the first admitted on the same terms as men are in october 1979. 