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Imagine the situation, you get a message to call someone, your call
gets answered by an automated system which says there may be a few
minutes wait and gives you the bad hold music. You hit the hands free
button on the phone and get on with work while you wait for it to be
Unless you mute the call, the person/system on the other end of the
call could be listening in while pretending to be on hold and
potentially hear all that is going on around you.
It is a random attack vector but it could allow an attacker to pick up
all sorts of information. I thought about it while sitting on hold for
over 30 mins trying to get through to my mobile phone support line
last night. If they had been listening they would know what I had for
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Break Picture Gallery: December 1st 2011 Edition
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 No, it's called being a dimbass lemming.
 She's so open minded her brain fell out.
 i think she's beautiful for not be afraid of being herself
 I'm hooked on her...
I guess she is a good catch...hehe
 nothing sexier than multiple open wounds
 A cry for attention.
 Why?
girls gone wild... gone extreme!
and she got two likes for that?
 It makes me wonder what terrible thing happened to her when she was little to make want to mutilate herself.
 Support Your Local Hookers!
 Reminds me of the crime case in franch polinesiya - a german tourist was eatn by a junter on a island... well i think he will find such hooks at his meal very usefull
 omg
who are you to judge someones choices?
How is putting giant hooks in your skin being yourself, unless your a fish. Ink can be artistic, this is nothing but trying to hard to stand out.
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Miley Cyrus Lashes Out at Critics, Tweets Disturbing Photoby Hilton Hater at . Comments
You go, Miley Cyrus!
The singer/actress has taken to Twitter to send a serious message to her critics, many of whom have recently criticized her weight following the release of this Halloween photo. Be warned: the picture attached to the Tweet is disturbing, but the message underneath it is important...
Amen, Miley? Or too far, Miley? Weigh in now with your take on Cyrus' action. The above photo...
Miley's right! Watch yourself first, then judge others!
miley you are the best happy birthday and you keep making good movies.
Y do u even care about the persons weight it nonya bidness ive been a fan of miley cyrus since i was five now im thirteen when u say something like dat its gonna give them a low self esteem they might even be more nervous then they are to even go on stage cuz of u said worry about yoursself not other ppl she is set on her carreer makin money your not u still go to skewl so calm that shit of urs down and mind ur bidness
Miley you are gorgeous; You are nowhere near fat, you just look bustier, but at 19, that's a good thing! I know you are not letting this get to you because you are a strong person, just remember this too: all those people posting hate comments here are spelling just about every second word wrong. It's probably a group of 11 year old kids who want to criticize others because they have no self-esteem.
who ever is saying mean thing about miley cyrus nock it off.don't u have somthing else to do like HOMEWORK right know. hahahaha
and fore those people that r saying mans about miley cyrus like being fat anf stuff like that i am talking to NEXXY,MINX and al those othere people that r saying mean thing about miley cyrus. helllllo it's called thinking before u post coments people (p.s i'm defending miley cyrus so she is not the only one trying to stop y guys from huring her felling.)
for the person named nexxy u r a bulley hahahahha
does anybody know miley cyruses email if somone does please post it here
Go miley, Go Miley, go Miley.thumbs up for you gal.u seriously rock
I never said she z ugly, lm just sayn she shld watch her weight, fat z unhealthy too! her face does luk puffy evn joe jonas thnks so!
i think it send the right message! people need to leave miley, demi, and others alone. this is how eating disorders happen; by mean people (who dont like their own body) go and critisize on others to make them feel bad. neither miley nor demi are fat...they are both beautiful inside AND out! & justin, minx, & nexxy...what your saying about miley is your own false opinions & its immature. everyone is beautiful in their own way and no one knows what someone might be going through and the reason behind someone being even the slightest bit chunky. for all you know...it could be a health issue that it out of their control. but that doesnt mean just because a person is big that they arent beautiful. everyone is a beautiful individual in their own way. everyone diserves to love who they are with out having to be bullied and picked on about who they are & what they look like.


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When I was pregnant, I was a total animal in the gym. Several days a week I attended a high intensity bootcamp that was a big ole ass whoopin' no matter what kind of shape you're in. The instructor, Raquel, who I totally fell girl-crush in love with, is the hardest trainer in these here parts.
Last summer, I had the baby. Even though I was taking it easy and I was no longer working out, I got back into great shape super fast. I was back into my pre-pregnancy clothes within a few weeks. But it didn't last.
Now I'm Fat
Fast forward to a year later. The toll of sleep deprivation and new-baby-overwhelm meant that my diet went to crap. Over the last several months, I put on 15 pounds.
In an effort to lose weight, I went back to this bootcamp class, but at a different gym with a different trainer. I wasn't losing any weight. I wasn't getting enough sleep and my diet was terrible. I wasn't treating myself well, and as a direct result, I'm looking more like trash and less like royalty.
I walked into my bootcamp class last Tuesday and who should I see there, but Raquel, who was subbing that day for the usual guy. Her class was on a whole 'nother level from what I'm currently used to. It was HAAARD. The warm up alone had me beat.
Diet Advice, Please?
After the class, I approached Raquel to seek some advice. You know how sometimes you just want someone to tell you what to eat? That was my intention when I went up to her.
Raquel didn't recognize me. I jogged her memory, you know, the really pregnant lady who used to take this class at the other gym? She remembered: "Oooooohhhh yeaaahhhhh. Wow. Huh. You look really … different," she said.
Watch the video reenactment of THE FACE she made. Priceless, funny … and painful for me.
Different indeed. I explained that I've actually put on weight since having the baby because I'm not taking great care of myself.
Lose Weight by Shifting Your Priorities
Raquel looked me in the eye and said, "It's hard. It's hard taking care of a one-year-old. It's hard taking care of a two-year-old. A friend of mine is a mother of 13-year-old triplets, and she's still recovering. I'm not sure when it gets better. But here's the thing. The earlier you make yourself a priority in your own life, the easier it is. You have to make yourself a priority if you expect to make any progress."
There was something about how she grabbed me by the lapels with her gaze while she spoke; her words knocked me upside the head. It was clear that her message was super important for my well being, and I needed to hear it.
My Weight Loss Plan
Raquel was right. This is it. This is the week I'm making a huge lifestyle change. I've been more consistent this week than I've been in forever. I finally feel the momentum carrying me, and I've lost a pound or two.
I'm using Tim Ferris' Slow Carb Diet to overhaul my eating habits, with the modification of cutting back on dairy instead of eliminating it entirely. Continuing to eat dairy will slow down my weight loss, but I will be more likely to stick to the plan long-term that way. The slow carb diet is healthy, balanced and gives me energy throughout the day. Tim has been eating this way for eight years, so it's a sustainable lifestyle.
Plus I'm following Raquel's recommendation to attend a BODYPUMP™ class twice a week. I'm still taking my daughter for walks every day — briskly for 30 minutes if I carry her in the Bjorn, or a long slow walk if we use the stroller.
Unlike in the past when I've lost a little weight, I'm not getting too comfortable – and I'm also not getting discouraged at the amount of work ahead of me. As long as I continue to make myself a priority, I know I will lose the weight. This is the inspiration I've been waiting for.


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I'm greedy. I'll admit it. I'm the Gordon Gekko of baseball. Greed is good for Red Sox Nation.
When the season started I was in the "let's just be competitive." "Let's try for .500." And all those platitudes designed to convince yourself – the expect the worse and hope for the best.
As this team jelled I stayed on my personally mantra. "Let's see how it plays out." "Let's see if we can give the real teams a bloody nose." "Just finish ahead of the Yankees." This was not even fooling me. There were plenty of us singing the song but expecting the music to stop. It didn't.
I had suffered with this team for 50 years before I and many of my members in "The Fellowship Of The Miserable" were rewarded with about as tasty comeuppance as possible – 2004. I could now die happy. I lied. I wanted more. Greed is good.
Colorado was wonderful in 2007. That was about as confident as I have ever been regarding a Boston Red Sox team. I wanted more…and more. Then it fell apart.
The drift was slow at first. A few unremarkable playoff appearances and then the humility of 2011. Worse September crash in baseball history. Even worse than the Phillie's in 1964. But 2012 completed the nightmare. Best left in the dark place in my mind.
This season brought back greed in full force. I want it all. Sox fans want it all. We want it this year. Greed is good. Heck, the fans to that unmentionable team to the south have made an emotional living off their collective greed. Our turn.
I've reached that point where winning the division and getting to the World Series is not enough. Failure is not winning it all. I'm greedy. I am now a baseball answer to Veruca Salt.
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Portrait of a Community: A Collaborative Youth Leadership Project
When most people think about history they imagine only the past. For one dynamic group of young people, though, they are using history to shape their future. Over the past year GVSU's Kutsche Office of Local History (GAAH), Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities, and the Grand Rapids Public Library have teamed up through GAAH's Cook Library Scholars program to document the history of Grand Rapids' Grandville Avenue community, creating the city's first Latino-focused archive. Made up of 31 K-8th graders from mostly immigrant families, the Cook Library Scholars Program is an after-school opportunity for youth that provides academic support, family engagement opportunities, and teaches leadership skills. A video documentary and exhibition featuring this unique, interdisciplinary collaboration will be unveiled on September 18, 2014 in the Cook Library Center, 1100 Grandville Avenue SW.


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Situated in Berwick-upon-Tweed, this romantic hotel is close to Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Hall, Old Bridge, and Lions House. Also nearby are Barracks and Royal Tweed Bridge.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Kings Arms Hotel features complimentary wireless Internet access. Other amenities include a business center and tour/ticket assistance.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This 3-star property offers access to a business center and a meeting room. This romantic hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance and an elevator (lift).
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- Breakfast fee: GBP 8.95 for adults and GBP 4.95 for children (approximately)
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The Tufts Animal Care and Condition (TACC) Scales were developed in 1997 by Dr. Gary Patronek, with assistance from Lori Donley, MS '97, the Fort Wayne Dept. of Animal Care and Control, and the Law Enforcement Division of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to help cruelty investigators and veterinarians assess cases of animal abuse or neglect that are primarily related to husbandry, as opposed to deliberate acts of cruelty.
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Sometimes the safest response to an infectious disease outbreak is to temporarily close your shelter. It's a difficult decsion, and one with the potential to generate negative publicity. But shelter veterinarians must make it a priority to protect the health of the animals as well as the public, and being transparent about your actions will ultimately build trust. Learn how to cope with an outbreak-and it's aftermath.
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The Road to Happy Returns
To safely trap and transport feral cats for their spay/neuter surgeries, you need more than good intentions. While the business of setting traps and transporting cats from colony to clinic and back isn't brain surgery, there's more to it than some novices think.
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Vaccines play a central role in keeping animals--especially those in shelters and foster care--safe from the spread of potentially deadly disease. But lately vaccines have face greater scrutiny, and their necessity has sometimes been called into question. Learn to separate the myths from the facts so your organization can make informed decisions about who, when, and how to vaccinate.
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Special Agent Forrest (Billy Bob Thornton) finds out that Zapruder (Paul Giamatti) filmed the shooting of John F. Kennedy in this 'Parkland' clip.
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By James Glynn
SYDNEY--The Australian dollar slumped to a fresh 33-month low Thursday, as the U.S. central bank signaled plans to rein in its stimulus program before the end of the year and China's economy showed more signs of a slowdown.
Overnight, the U.S. Federal Reserve upgraded its forecasts for the U.S. economy, and its chairman, Ben Bernanke, said it would be "appropriate" to moderate the pace of the central bank's bond purchases later this year, as long as the economy continued to improve.
The comments by Mr. Bernanke triggered a rise in U.S. bond yields and a strengthening of the U.S. dollar and immediately applied pressure to the Australian dollar. Economists said the outlook was most likely for a further sharp weakening of the Aussie.
"A move toward the end of quantitative easing in the U.S. means more downward pressure on the Australian dollar. Expect it to fall toward $US0.8000," said Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital, one of the country's biggest fund managers.
In Asia, the Australian dollar was trading at US$0.9266, down from US$0.9510 late Wednesday. It has fallen 11% since the start of May, as markets began to anticipate steps by the Fed to wind in its US$85 billion per month bond-buying program.
"The question is does an impulsive run lower gather steam...If anything, the FX market can be counted on to overshoot. So the balance of probabilities is a move lower," said Andrew Salter, currency strategist at ANZ Bank.
Still, Mr. Salter said the Fed's decision to start withdrawing stimulus will be directed by the strength of economic data, and there can be no guarantee that the world's biggest economy is now in a sustainable recovery.
It's a "verifiable fact" that the Fed has been overly optimistic before, and U.S. growth is likely to be slowed by planned budget spending cuts later this year.
"Historically, they have been overly optimistic. And there is always the yet-to-come effect of tighter fiscal policy. If we do get an impulsive move below US$0.90, that's an opportunity to start scaling into long positions," Mr. Salter added.
Later in Asia, the Aussie was hit hard by news that an initial indicator of China's manufacturing activity in June fell to a nine-month low.
The preliminary HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index, a gauge of nationwide manufacturing activity, fell to 48.3 in June from a final reading of 49.2 in May, HSBC Holdings PLC said Thursday.
HSBC announced a downward revision of its forecast for economic growth in China in 2013 to 7.4% from 8.2%, joining other banks that have scaled down their estimates in recent weeks. The bank said China's new leadership seems to have a focus on meaningful long-term reform and is less interested in short-term stimulus measures to bolster growth.
"Three months into the job, Beijing's new leaders are clearly determined to use the reform process rather than stimulus to sustain growth," HSBC said.
The Australian dollar has come under further pressure as economists predict the need for further cuts in interest rates over the coming months.
Australia's mining investment boom is fading, dragging on growth. The resource-rich economy grew by 2.5% in the first quarter from a year earlier, below its decade-long average of 3.0%. Unemployment has been nudging higher since the start of the year.
The Reserve Bank of Australia said earlier this week that activity outside of the mining sector was "subdued" and the Australian dollar, while lower, remains high relative to recent falls in prices for key exports.
The RBA added that a benign inflation environment "might" provide it scope to cut interest rates further, adding to the seven cuts since late 2011, which have taken the benchmark cash rate to a record low of 2.75%.
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The paterfamilias of the household is astride a chair in the middle of a pleasantly patterned floor. He steals a glance at his wife whose hair is curly and piled high. The end of the year is almost upon him, so the central heating is going at full tilt. This, the most important holiday of the year, is a time to alternate between merriment and repose. His children are free from schooling. Government and business are on hiatus, giving him time off work to honor his God and celebrate by exchanging gifts, reuniting with friends and family, helping the less fortunate and eating, drinking and dancing to excess. Inevitably, he will wear a silly hat.
It is two hundred years before the birth of Christ, and this is the Saturnalia.The Saturnalia was a holy day, or holiday. It was a time to celebrate because farmers could relax after finishing their autumn planting. Nature would be changing from a phase of degeneration to one of renewal.
Saturn, son of Uranus and Gaia, was the leader of the Titans, and an agricultural god. Greek mythology knew him as Cronos. Saturn's rule was the "Golden Age", when there was no crime and no need for farming. Saturn/Cronos was deposed by his son, Jupiter/Zeus, in a war called the Titomachy. Jupiter imprisoned his father in a secret, subterranean location where he sleeps, waiting to return and herald another Golden Age.
Prayers were said to Saturn to protect crops. Being associated with abundance, Saturn's temple in Rome housed the Aerarium, the state treasury.
December 17th is the winter solstice, shortest day of the year, significant to cultures without convenient artificial lighting. The sun would reach its lowest point and appear stationary for a while, before ascending. The word "solstice" originally comes from "sol", Latin for "sun", and "status", meaning "to come to a stop".
A stone circle at Newgrange in Ireland calculated the occasion of the solstice. Built around 3,100 BCE it anteceded both the pyramids and Stonehenge. People without ready access to a neolithic stone circle had to make alternative arrangements, which accounts for the variance of the date of the Saturnalia in extant records. It was, however, always between the middle and end of December.
The Saturnalia came between the other agricultural festivals of the Consualia and the Opalia. The Consualia coincided with the opening of granaries and honored Consus, god of the granary. The Opalia honoured Ops, Saturn's wife, who was linked to the fruits of the earth and is what we now call "Mother Nature". Other festivals around this time were Dies Juvenalis, the Coming of Age for Young Men, and Janus Day at the beginning of the calendar year. Juventas was the god of male youth and the two-faced Janus was that of beginnings and gates.
The last god commemorated was Mithras, whose religion started in Persia in the 15th century BCE. "Mitra" meant "sun" or "friend", and Mithras was a sun god who merged with the Roman sun god Sol Invictus, itself a Syrian creation. Mithras was worshiped by the military and the upper classes of Rome. The Roman Emperor claimed to be an incarnation of this god, and Mithras eventually became the official, main religion of the confusingly polytheist Roman Empire. Mithras was born of a virgin on December 25th, the date that became Dies Natalis Solis Invicti – Nativity of the Invincible Sun. Mithras had twelve followers, promised immortality, refrained from sexual intercourse, performed miracles, and rose again three days after dying to redeem mankind. Followers of Mithras marked his passing with a sacred meal of bread and wine. The bread represented the flesh of Mithras, and the wine, his blood.
During the reign of Caesar Augustus (27 BCE – 14 CE), Titus Livius, aka Livy, wrote a history of the Roman Empire. He said the onset of the Saturnalia was marked by a sacrifice of young pigs at the temple of Saturn, followed by a public banquet, a tradition which began in 217 BCE. The banquet was open to everyone, including the poor and the homeless. At the end of the banquet, the attendees would shout, "Io, Saturnalia!" – pronounced, "Yo, Saturnalia!" and equivalent to "Merry Christmas".
In the time of Cicero (106-43 BCE), Saturnalia lasted for seven days. Since government and business didn't function over this period, Augustus tried to limit the Saturnalia to three days. Caligula, reigning from 37-41 CE, generously extended this to five days. Both were ignored, and people took a week off anyway.
The Saturnalia was marked by the giving of gifts: wax candles representing the new-born sun, fruit symbols giving a nod to nature, strenae (boughs hung with sweetmeats or cakes) and earthenware dolls known as sigillaria. Sigillaria are still given in the traditional Christmas market of Rome's Piazza Navona.
The Saturnalia was a time when usual strictures were relaxed. Lucian of Samosata, the Syrian satirist, had Saturn saying, "When I was king, slavery was not". Saturnalia was a symbolic return to the Golden Age of Saturn. Men wore clothes less formal than togas: the long, tunic-like synthesis. Transvestism became briefly acceptable. No similar concessions to women are recorded. Gambling, usually punishable by a fine of four times the stake when conducted outside of a racetrack, was legal during the Saturnalia. Slaves were granted time off. At dinner, Roman masters served their slaves, who wore the masters' clothes. This tradition has been heard of recently in the British military. At another time of the year, a disrespectful slave was once asked if it was December yet.
The writer Libanius said of the Saturnalia, "The impulse to spend seizes everyone". It was the tribune, Publicus. who suggested that because the Saturnalia was such a strain to the finances of the poor, nobody should give anything more than a wax taper to someone richer than himself.
Within families, dice were used to choose a Saturnalian King. The commands of this "Lord of Misrule" had to be obeyed. His decrees might see people singing, dancing, blackening their faces or being thrown into cold water. Loaded dice are thought to have gained Nero this position. He compelled Claudius' son, Britannicus to sing, humiliating this unfortunate lad whose singing voice was terrible.
The general public also had a Lord of Misrule. The winter solstice marked the death and rebirth of the sun king, Sol Invictus. Instead of killing a real monarch, a Lord of Misrule was appointed for Saturnalia, usually a criminal or slave. He was given royal robes and feathers or ass ears. He was honoured as a true king until the end of the festival, whereupon he was killed on the altar of Saturn. The mocking ("mock-king") of Jesus by Roman soldiers in the run-up to his crucifixion would seem to have been inspired by this.
Emancipated slaves wore a felt cap called a "pilleus", but during the Saturnalia, everyone wore them.
The ideal party had an attendance of "more than the graces" (three) but "less than the Muses" (nine).
The feet of the statue of Saturn in the Roman Forum were normally bound, but were untied over Saturnalia. Punishments were suspended and wars had to wait until later. This behavior carried down to the level of individuals, who put grudges aside and did not chastise their slaves for the duration.
The poet, Catullus, described the Saturnalia as "the best of days" – optimus dierum. Not everyone agreed. Seneca said, "the whole mob has let itself go in pleasures". The historian Pliny the Younger turned his back on his household and escaped to his room. Worse killjoys were at large: Commodus, considered to be one of the worst Roman Emperors and the model for the emperor in the film Gladiator, was murdered in his bath during the Saturnalia of 92 CE.
Cicero's Saturnalian hospitality was stretched to its utmost when Julius Caesar turned up on his doorstep unannounced with half his army in tow, expecting Cicero to entertain his party. Cicero rose to the occasion, but spent future Saturnalias in the countryside, removed from trouble.
Evergreen plants were associated with immortality, a concept hailing from the mythology of Nimrod. When Nimrod died, his wife (also his mother) said an evergreen tree sprouted immediately, and his soul visited it every December 25th. This is where Christmas trees come from, despite tree worship being condemned by the Bible (Deuteronomy 12:2-3, Jeremiah 10: 1-5).
Another evergreen plant used as decoration at Christmas is mistletoe, associated with healing, fertility and opening locks, and used by druids in their ceremonies. When warring factions found themselves 'neath mistletoe, they put aside their weapons and kept a truce until the next day. These days, we just kiss.
Other pre-Christian decorative vegetation included holly and ivy, representing male and female, like yin and yang. The song "The Holly and the Ivy" is a pagan ditty telling of the struggle between the two for control of the household.
Roman Saturnalian celebrations grew so uninhibited the word "saturnalia" became synonymous with "orgy" to Christians.
The Saturnalia spread as far as Roman rule. The transformation of the Saturnalia to Christmas began when Constantine, reigning from 306-337 CE, replaced Mithras with Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire. Constantine chose Christianity because he'd ordered the execution of his wife and eldest son, amongst others, and Christianity was the only religion that would forgive him.
The first Christians attached no significance to Jesus' birthday, being interested in the man, not the boy. Their principal festival was Easter, at first celebrated at the time of the Passover but later moved to the vernal equinox, when the suns crosses the celestial equator, and day and night are of equal length. After the vernal equinox, nights get longer and the sun "dies".
The purpose of Christmas was to appropriate Saturnalia, making Christianity more attractive to converts who wouldn't have to forsake their favorite festival. Like Mithras, Christianity is essentially sun worship. Replacing celebration of the birth of the sun god with celebration of the birth of the Son of God was a small leap of the imagination. The paganism of Christmas disgusted the Christians of Syria and Armenia who correctly accused their western co-religionists of sun worship.
At first the "Mass of Christ" was called the Feast of the Nativity, held on December 25th. It made its first appearance in history in the calendar of Philocalus in 354 CE. It spread to Egypt by 432 CE, to England by the end of the sixth century, and all the way to Scandinavia by the end of the eighth century. Until then, the Virgin Mary was on a par with the saints, but with the celebration of her son's birth, she was elevated to Queen of Heaven. Originally, decoration of houses with greenery was prohibited for its pagan connotations, but as the Roman Emperors had already found, people couldn't be reined in at this time of year.
The 17th Century Puritan campaign to outlaw the "antichrist-mass, idolatry, abomination" of Christmas in England made much of the fact that the Bible doesn't mention the date of Jesus' birth. But we can take a guess.
According to the Gospel of Luke, "…there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night". They weren't doing that in December.
Per Luke 1:24-27, Jesus was six months younger than John the Baptist, son of Zacharias, a priest in the temple of Jerusalem. Priestly service was divided into courses, listed in Chronicles 24:7-19. According to the 1st century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, courses lasted a week and the pattern began in what the Hebrew calendar called Nisan, in early spring. The courses were repeated and during Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles, the priests served together.
The Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:23, 24) says John was conceived after Zacharias had been active in the temple. If we work out when Zacharias was available for purposes of fertilization, add nine months of pregnancy and the six month difference in age between Jesus and John, we can ascertain Jesus' birthday as mid-September, the time of the Feast of Trumpets, now Rosh Hashanah. The Feast of Trumpets would explain why Jerusalem was packed and there was "no room at the inn". Further, the Romans were conducting a census, and the best time for this is when people congregated in cities at the time of a pilgrimage.
Other Christmas fixtures are also pagan. The yule log is a phallic symbol honoring the Scandinavian pagan sex and fertility god Yul. Scandinavians still wish each other merry Christmas by saying, "God Yul" or "Good Yule". So a yule log is a cock. Children make these at basic school! It was common for pagans to worship a hearth god dressed in red who descended chimneys and collected offerings left for him on the hearth or the mantle. Hearth gods dressed in red are still worshiped in India and China, while the Western world has Santa Claus.
Santa employs elves. Elves were originally tree demons worshiped by pagans, who blamed their mischief when an object seemingly appeared in a place other than that where it was left. Elves like imps, hobgoblins, djinn, gremlins and gnomes were outright evil, not just mischievous, and derived their power from Old Nick himself.
Christians often lament that Christmas is losing its connection to Jesus. Originally, it never had a connection to Jesus. Surely that's a good thing. We don't need to manufacture an African festivity like Kwanzaa. The Chinese call the winter solstice Dong Zhi, "the arrival of winter". Jews call it Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. Native Americans celebrate the winter solstice, as do Pakistanis, Tibetans and Iranians. The end of the year and the lengthening of the day are the only reasons you need to feast and give presents, whatever your creed. We're all Pagans on December 25th
Let's do Christmas the old-fashioned way, and keep Jesus out of it.
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Does Rick Warren have more influence than the Pope? While stories of protests from liberals and LGBT groups have been making headlines here, comments today by Pope Benedict XVI (aka Joseph Ratzinger) have been somewhat inconsistently reported in the US media. In a speech yesterday given to Catholic dignitaries who have gathered in Rome to celebrate Christmas [...]


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We continue our look at some potential free agents the Magic could sign by looking at this highly active power forward. Please note: not all of these players have been linked to the Magic, but we feel as though they could have some fit with the team.
Trevor Booker:
- Age: 26
- Height: 6'7 Weight: 240 lbs
- College: Clemson
- NBA Experience: 4 years (WAS) 105 career starts
- Career Averages: 6.4 PPG 5.1 RPG
- High motor, high physicality player
- Great activity on the offensive glass (career 3.1 ORB per 36)
- Very good athlete (Shown here and here)
- Very good finisher at the rim (Shot 71.1% last season)
- Doesn't have ideal size for a power forward (6'7, 6'9 wingspan)
- Not a good shooter (37.8% on jump shots, 61.8% from the FT line)
- Poor defender (allowed opposing PF a PER of 18.1. Wizards were 7.3 points per possession better with Booker on the bench)
- Doesn't have any position versatility; limited range for a 3, too small to play 5
Fit for the Magic
Trevor Booker is the kind of role player that nearly any team can use. He works his tail off for the limited time he's out there and brings energy to his teammates. On the flip side Booker's upside is limited greatly due to his lack of size and defensive ability. I question his fit with Orlando's current roster, as the Magic already have an undersized power forward in Tobias Harris and with Booker's shortcomings I do not see him as an effective starter next to Nikola Vucevic. Booker is a player that is best served to come off the bench and bring energy. If the Magic were to sign Booker to a deal — think around 4 years $18 million — I think it'd signal an end to Tobias' run in Orlando.


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Today I'm reviewing a play doll I've come across recently and thought worth sharing (because they are adorable and the attention to detail is fabulous!) What are Lottie Dolls? Lottie are adorable play dolls developed with a positive take on childhood in mind. She does not wear makeup, jewellery or high heels. She loves to dress up in pretty clothes but is equally happy to be active, outdoors and getting muddy. The creators … [Read more...]
Why do My Kids love the Octonauts so much?
Never, has a children's television series captured the imagination of my children more. "Get ready before the Octonauts start," has been a wonderful motivator on a school morning. HA! As the familiar music begins, I hear their voices chime in. "Barnacle!" "Kwazii!" "Peso!" "Explore!" "Rescue!" "Protect!" Why I like it What I like most about The Octonauts is it lights up my children's imagination. It's like I can see the … [Read more...]
Microsoft Office 2010 Features: Giveaway
I'm writing a review of Microsoft Office 2010 from my own experiences. Below are four of my favourite features. 1. SmartArt: I love you SmartArt! SmartArt is an automatic graphic program. In less than 5 minutes, I was able to create four different relationship charts in relation to my post on discipline. I'm a pictorial learner and writer so I love this tool. Due to the ease of changing graphics, I can test different graphics and … [Read more...]


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Very clever and so original ha
need quicker updates -please
True settlers fan..come on let's make it…
Remember losers of Superbowls rarely make the playoffs the following season, except for the Patriots
we need a stop
not going to happen
LOL @ Ochocinco comment. Thanks for your work (whoever is writing these updates.
the commentaters of this game are so so bad dont know how they keep their jobs
Do you like…know how football works? It's not inconceivable for the Pats to win.
Unlikely, but you can't call the game just yet.
Love it!!!!!!!!
Thats 4 yards per second!
Bury 'em!
Way to go Brady! Way to go Pitt! Yes!!!!
wishing pats could pull through!
Eat manure Belichick.
You and Brady just got handled like a drunk debutante in a biker bar.
Good night ladies ……and Brady too!
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main floor has a cathedral ceiling with two stories of glass windows
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Entering the house you are met with a breathtaking living room and
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Well, the brother asked me to post this... he lost his [B]VARIO TOPCASE[/B] on the following route. The route he took was Rt 94 in Sussex County NJ to Rt 519, to 57 West, into Easton PA, Then 611 South to Route 113 to 309 south. 309 into I-276 west to I-476 south to US 1 west to Glen Mills. He reversed the route on the return but was unable to find the case.
How do you lose a Topcase... I'll need to talk to him but, I'd guess he didn't latch it on completely and then check it.
If anyone should find it please send a PM. Thanks to all. :wave
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This is just so utterly perfect.
Colonel Chris Hadfield is about to come home from his time onboard the International Space Station, where he's spent the last five months as an ambassador to planet earth. He's a regular presence on Twitter, filming educational videos and sending back a ton of fantastic images of our home planet throughout his five month stay in space. Now, he can add up rock star to his resume before he's back on solid ground: he's filmed the first ever music video shot in space, covering David Bowie's fantastic song 'Space Oddity'.
We can't think of a better song for him up in orbit. He'll be returning home today, and will be replaced by cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov as Expedition 35 comes to an end. But first, can we can an encore?
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Treatise on Friendship
You lun (Treatise on friendship), also entitled Jiao you lun (Treatise on making friends), is by the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), who also added a Latin title, De Amicitia. Written for the general non-Christian Chinese reader, it elaborates on the concept of virtuous friendship and reflects Ricci's efforts to bring Renaissance and humanist culture to China. According to Si ku quan shu ti yao (Annotated bibliography of the Imperial Library), the work was recommended by Qu Rukui (born 1549), a member of a noted family of officials ...
Snippets on the Three Calendars
Presented here is a manuscript copy of a Song edition of a collection of calendars, issued in the late-Ming dynasty by Jiguge, the largest private publishing house established in the late Ming. The work has three parts. Part one contains supplements on the auspicious days in each of the 12 months for the following activities: weddings, marriage proposals, gift giving, travel, boarding a ship, taking office, starting construction, scaffolding a house, digging the ground, moving into a house, burial, wearing and taking off a robe, filing a suit, opening a ...
Map of Jiangxi Province with Explanations
This lively and colorful volume contains a collection of 37 maps of Jiangxi province from the Ming dynasty: a general map (26 by 56 centimeters) and 36 maps of individual prefectures and counties (each 28 by 26 centimeters). The work is the earliest extant map of Jiangxi province and constitutes a valuable resource for researching pre-modern Chinese maps and the geography of Jiangxi. It also shows the quality of traditional cartography in Ming China. The maps employ traditional Chinese drawing methods to depict in precise detail mountain passes, rivers, lakes ...
Anatomical Fugitive Sheets of a Skeleton, Male Figure and a Female Figure
These woodcut anatomical sheets of male and female figures, published in Germany in 1573, reflect the state of anatomical knowledge at that time. The explanatory texts on each sheet are in Latin, with some names of anatomical parts also given in Greek. The sheets use movable flaps that can be raised to show cut-aways of the viscera attached beneath. The sheets have accessory figures that depict various parts of the body, with corresponding explanatory texts.
Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture
The album, by an unknown artist, contains twelve illustrations depicting Yangzhou Prefecture and the eleven counties of Jiangdu, Guazhou, Yizhen, Qinxing, Gaoyou, Xinghua, Baoying, Qinzhou, Rugao, Tongzhou, and Haimen. Each illustration is followed by an essay on the history of the county depicted. Situated along the Grand Canal and close to the Yangtze River, Yangzhou had been a leading economic and cultural center and major trading port since the Tang dynasty. This work provides both textual and visual testimony to its place in history. The information in the county histories ...
The Imperative Doctrines for Human Nature and Longevity
This work has been attributed to the disciples of Yinzhenren, the Daoist immortal, who narrated his doctrines to them. It was originally part of the collection of Tang Xin'an and was printed by his nephew, Wu Zhihe. The woodblocks later were acquired by the Di Xuan Ge workshop. The content suggests that it is a Ming work, possibly by Tang Xin'an himself. Wu Zhihe was a native of She Xian, Anhui province, who hired the famed engraver Huang Bofu of Xin'an. These vividly executed illustrations are considered ...
Memorials to the Throne of Our Glorious Dynasty
This work was one of the banned books in the Qing dynasty. Book banning and destruction have a long history in China and became especially prevalent under Emperor Qianlong (reigned 1736–95) of the Qing dynasty, when the encyclopedia of the Si ku quan shu (The complete library of the four treasuries) was in progress. Some 3,100 works, about 150,000 copies of books, were either burnt or banned. Books on Ming history, biography, philosophy, literature, and even some works on science, technology, and economics that were regarded as ...
Compendium of Materia Medica
Printed during the Wanli period, Ben cao gang mu (Compendium of materia medica) is a work on an encyclopedic scale, in 52 juan of text with two juan of illustrations, in 25 volumes. It was compiled by Li Shizhen (circa 1518–93), a native of Sichuan, who was one of the greatest physicians, pharmacologists, and naturalists in Chinese history. After serving for only one year in the prestigious Imperial Medical Institute, Li returned home to work as a doctor and to begin writing this book. The work and its three ...
Treatise on Diagnoses and Treatments of Zang and Fu Organs with Illustrations of Human Body
This printed edition, in eight juan, with two juan of supplements, in six volumes, was published in the 34th year of the Wanli reign (1608). The work has some characteristic features of Ming printing, its woodblocks being cut with extreme care and precision, the typeface mostly cut in square shape, and the binding stitch-bound. The author of the original work is unknown. The preface dated 1606 by Qian Lei, a Ming dynasty physician from Siming (present-day Ningbo Shi, Zhejiang Province), states that he had acquired a book entitled Zang ...
Expanded Edition of the Collected Works from the Lotus Studio
This is a printed edition of writings by Yang Yikui (flourished 1592–1607), possibly printed in Zhejiang Province. Si ku cun mu (Catalog of books not included in the general catalog of the Si ku Collection) lists the original title as a work in two juan from a private collection in Zhejiang, one consisting of poetry and the other of essays. As the title indicates, this is an expanded edition in nine juan and in four volumes, published during the Wanli period, in which Yang's later writings were added ...
Factual Records on Huaiyin
Huaiyin, also known as Huai'an, was a prefectural city in Jiangsu Province, situated on an ancient section of the Grand Canal and the Huai River, major waterways for transporting grain. The Huai linked the Yellow River and Yangtze River, and, like them, originally ran from west to east, flowing directly to the sea. In the 12th century, Jin and Song armies, using flooding as a weapon of war, changed the course of the Yellow River so that it flowed south into the Huai. The Yellow River sediment gradually brought ...
Gazetteer of Yicheng
Gazetteers provide in-depth information and sources for the study of Chinese history, geography, local economy, culture, language and dialects, biographies, as well as the administration of local government at a given period. This local gazetteer of Yicheng County, Shanxi Province, in 12 juan, in six volumes, is one of the many editions issued over the centuries, beginning with the Jiajing reign (1522–66) and continuing until the Republican period in 1920s. Yicheng was famed for its rich history, culture, art, and trade. Among its famous natives was the mother of ...
Miscellaneous Works of Zou Deyong
The author of this work was Zou Deyong, a native of Anfu, Jiangxi Province, grandson of Zou Shouyi (1491–1562). The elder Zou was one of the exponents of the school of Wang Yangming, the Neo-Confucian philosopher, who was a leading figure in Ming Neo-Confucianism and a proponent of education. After receiving his jin shi degree in 1616, Zou Deyong served as a censor and later as supervisor of censors at the Bureau of Revenue and the Bureau of Rites. He later was removed from office for displeasing the emperor ...
Collected Works of Wang Yu'ai
This collection consists of works by Wang Huai, a native of Xiuning, Anhui Province, a poet and calligrapher, whose style name was Yu'ai. The work has eight juan in six volumes and was printed during the Wanli reign (1573–1620) of the Ming dynasty. The eight juan contain Wang Huai's verse in various formats, including poems in folk song style, poems in five-character or seven-character lines, pentasyllabic and heptasyllabic verse or quatrains, and long regulated verse. His poems followed the style of the so-called former and later seven ...
Collected Works Compiled and Printed by Ye Zigu
This volume is a collection of works, in various literary forms, written by unknown writers of the Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368), selected and compiled by Ye Zigu during the Wanli reign (1573–1620) of the Ming dynasty. The inscription on the cover states that it was printed, using the original Anhui woodblocks, by Sizhiguan, a printing workshop owned by a man named Yang Jin. The selected verses and essays lean towards humor and include some doggerel. Other similar collections of that period were identified by their authors, but ...
Poems and Essays of Master Qiongtai
This work is a collection of poetry and essays by Jiang Mian (1462–1532; commonly known as Master Qiongtai), a child prodigy who, in 1477, at the age of 15, achieved the highest score in the provincial civil examination. Together with his brother, he received his jin shi degree in 1487 and was selected as a compiler of the Hanlin Academy. A Hanlin compiler's tasks included drafting imperial orders and decrees, compiling and editing historical works, interpreting the classics, and nurturing and training students. Jiang assumed a number of ...
Random Notes from the Xiaoxin Pavilion
The author of this work was Gu Xiancheng (1550–1612), a late-Ming grand secretary and renowned educator. In 1604, together with his brother and a friend Gao Panlong, Gu revived a defunct Song institution named Donglin Academy at his native Wuxi, which became a locally based educational institution that held lectures attended by thousands. Later it extended to loosely associated groups in other cities. The Donglin's opposition to the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian resulted in the closure of the academy in 1622, but it reopened during the early Qing ...
Teachings of Li Jianluo
This work is a collection of writings by Li Cai (1529–1606), a native of Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province. Li Cai, also called Jianluo xian sheng (Master Jianluo), received his jin shi degree in 1562. He worked in various positions, including in a military post during the campaign against Burma in the Wanli reign. He enjoyed a series of promotions, but also suffered imprisonment. He was chiefly known as a philosopher, a Neo-Confucian, and a teacher. His biography is recorded in the 227th juan of Ming shi (The history of Ming ...
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Freshman Cassie Ferlitch thought she was going to go Greek.
Ferlitch began to rush last semester. She attended the events and socials the sororities held, but when it came time to pay, she said she just couldn't do it.
"I didn't like what it was all about," Ferlitch, a nursing major, said. "There were a lot of good things but when it came down to it, I couldn't pick one sorority that I could find myself being a part of."
Ferlitch decided not to join the 11 percent of campus that is involved in Greek Life.
For Ferlitch, it was about the labels.
"You just had to be a part of one of those girls who grouped," she said. "I felt like people just wanted to wear the same thing and that people looked at you different…as, 'Oh that girl is in that sorority,' and I didn't want to be labeled with the letters."
Others never give Greek life a chance, electing to remain unaffiliated.
"I don't understand the point of it," junior Nick Sporgitas said.
But Nicolette Macchiaroli, president of the Panhellenic Association, an administrative body that oversees 10 sororities on campus, said that all it takes to understand is an open mind.
"People who are not affiliated…see Greek life as a negative stereotype rather than a great opportunity," Macchiaroli said in an email.
The opportunities presented by Greek life include participation in community service, leadership roles and sisterhood or brotherhood, Macchiaroli said.
"Each fraternity and sorority offers their own set of core values that teach you how to be a woman and a man," she said.
Junior Jeffrey Cusick is a founding brother of Theta Chi, a fraternity that was founded in 2011 based on its set of values.
"We were researching different fraternities and found that one was closest to our values. Their motto was 'an assisting hand,' the benefit of all members and to help others as much as we can," Cusick, vice president of the IFC, said. "Their maxim is 'Alma mater first and Theta Chi for alma mater' because we are here for school so, school has to be your highest priority."
And Cusick said since its inception, it has seen success, its brothers holding an average of a 3.04 cumulative GPA, higher than the all-male average.
Similar numbers are seen across the board, Nicholas Lawler, President of IFC, comprised of delegates from each recognized fraternity chapter and an executive board, said.
The IFC had a GPA of 2.83, which is higher than the all-male number.
In addition to striving for academic excellence, Lawler said Towson's Greek Life works to develop well-rounded students.
"Greek Life is a stepping stone for a lot of other things," Lawler said. "All but two presidents since 1825 have been Greek. The majority of our SGA right now is Greek…It develops your leadership. It develops you culturally."
Greek life organizations must go through what is called the Chapter Assessment Program, which examines organization's commitment to academics, chapter management, member development and community service.
"You do community service and you do co-sponsorships with chapters not only in your council, but the other councils," Lawler said. "The [Unified Greek Council] is a multicultural council, [National Pan-Hellenic Council] is historically African-American. IFC members historically are Caucasian, so we work with them and we learn a lot about not only their fraternities and sororities' histories, but also their culture. And our culture, they pick up different things that we do."
But with all the positive aspects of Greek life, Lawler said he sees many people with misconceptions of the Greek community.
"Everybody's seen 'Animal House,' everybody's seen 'Dazed and Confused,' 'Old School,'" he said. "Everybody's seen those so that's where a lot of the stuff comes from. You see a lot of people comment like, 'oh that kid's wearing Sperrys' or whatever. But, yeah, there are fraternities that look like that…but for the most part, I think a lot of the misconceptions are misconceptions."
Popular culture, Lawler said, is to blame for many of the stereotypes of Greek Life, including hazing.
"Towson University has a zero hazing policy, so does the IFC," Lawler said.
"We do not stand for hazing of any sort. Any hazing incident found by the IFC is turned over to the Office of Student Conduct."
In the past, organizations that have been found hazing or violating Towson's policies have been suspended from campus, the most recent being Alpha Epsilon Pi, which was suspended in November of 2013.
These organizations feed into the stereotypes as well, Macchiaroli said.
"These conceptions come from fraternities and sororities that do not live out their creed and core values and choose to act irresponsibly, which can give Greek life a stigma," Macchiaroli said.
But not everything from the stigma is completely false, Lawler said.
"Fraternities and sororities do have parties," he said. "They're called socials and we do them at third-party vendors. We try to minimize as much risk to every individual as we can."
Each of these socials must follow the Fraternity and Sorority's Procedure Guideline, however. This means that a portion of each organization is sober at each event, everyone is ID'd, safe rides are ensure and food is provided. In addition, each fraternity and sorority has standards boards and risk management committees to hold members accountable.
But at the end of the day, Lawler said, it isn't about the partying.
"No matter what, you've got every person in your sorority or fraternity there to back you up, no matter how wrong they think you are sometimes," he said. "That really is the benefit of brotherhood. A lot of fraternities bicker just like siblings because that's essentially what we are. You get that close-knit."
For some, the closeness of Greek communities is a turn off.
"I don't think I'm the right type of person," Kristen Magnani, a senior, said. "I don't think I'm outgoing enough."
The recruitment process may seem intimidating, but Cusick said it shouldn't be.
"What people probably don't understand is that people are just as nervous to meet the new people as the new people are to meet them," Cusick said. "It's tough, you know. You are both putting yourself out there and saying, 'this is what we offer to you' and they are saying, 'this is what I offer to you,' so you are really hoping they both align."
And Lawler said that when you really break it down, recruitment isn't all that scary.
"They're all like middle school birthday parties, basically," he said. "Some of them will do paintball, there's nights at restaurants…a lot of chapters did the SECU Arena for basketball games. When I was going through, I just went to a few events, a bowling night, things like that, and just met people."
Naturally, students don't have to go Greek to find a community, Cusick said.
"I try to say get involved in other opportunities like clubs and stuff that can bring you similar experiences," Cusick said.
And though there may be some animosity between independent students and Greek affiliates, it is something Towson's campus can overcome, Lawler said.
"Obviously, sometimes one bad apple in a fraternity or sorority can change some minds, but overall fraternities and sororities are good things," he said. "And I don't think it's an overwhelming feeling among non-affiliated people on campus."
In fact, Cusick said he has observed only a small group exhibits animosity toward Greeks.
"I think it is the isolated people, the people in Greek life that don't necessarily have unaffiliated friends, and unaffiliated people who don't necessarily have friends in Greek life," Cusick said.
And Lawler said that Greek life still has to work on getting the word out about all of the good things its members do in the community.
"In the past, there's been, through administrations and different groups on campus, bad PR for Greek life," Lawler said. "And Greek life never did a really great job of making sure that we were getting out the good things that we did, really putting that out there for people to see."
This is a problem that stems from many aspects of our society, Cusick said.
"The problem is people don't like to hear about the good things," he said. "It's not exciting. When you write an excellent piece on how well this one student group did, it's not a good as when someone gets caught for hazing. It's scandalous. It's the society we live in today."
But now it is time to focus on the community's contributions, Lawler said.
"If you look at TigerTHON, the majority of TigerTHON's money was raised by Greeks," Lawler said. "A lot of marathons across the country are run by Greeks…Greeks completed over 13,500 hours of community service in 2013…We just haven't done the PR work and we haven't been willing to work with others, and now we are."
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My house was built in 1949 and we have a septic system, gravity fed. When the pump comes on which pumps the crap to the septic tank the toilet flushes, it is below the toilet in the basement and they share the same vent. My feeling is that it is a clogged vent pipe so I got on the roof and tried vacuuming it out with my shop-vac by shoving the tube down as far as I could (about 6 feet) and then took some fish tape and running it down to try to loosen anything while sucking. I did get some stuff out because I have a lot of pine trees and the vent stack is a 2 1/2 incher so it could collect debris. I have since covered it with a wire mesh but I still have the problem.
Does anyone know of a situation like this that could impart some wisdom? I hate the smell when the toilet empties like that!
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Okay, if you have a pump the septic or, at least a portion of it is not gravity...
I would suspect as you do a blocked vent or, the float switches on the ejector pit being set improperly where the line foor the toilet is flooded then when the pump comes on the toilet is sucked dry because the higher than normal level interferes with the venting...
Additional troubleshooting is required and flooding of the drain for the toilet should not occur...
Gee ya got me on that one, it is NOT completely gravity fed, I confess, sorry for being so misleading /snark off :p.
Really though, thanks for taking the time to respond.
Now from what I can tell you are saying something about a level that is obtained in the transfer pump station (sump pump? not sure what to call it, please don't hit me) that is somehow drawing from the toilet because it is too high. Hmm, I have never opened that up since it's sealed and there is only one pipe coming out of it that I can see, but maybe there is a float in there and if it's like the ones in a Ford PU, they can get a hole in them and they end up sinking giving a bad reading or in this case triggering the pump later than it should because the level is too high rising above the vent... is that what you mean? It sounds plausible but I have to see a drawing to get a better idea of how to combat the problem.
I'm going to go take a good look at it and get a name and maybe find a septic forum and try to figure out where they vent it and if there's a float, yada, yada, yada. Maybe I can blow the vent out if the problem ends up being a clog?
Thanks for your help!
This diagram should help explain the proper levels in a sewage ejector pit....
You may not have an alarm but it the inlet pipe is flooding the pit emptying can cause the toilet to empty...
The inlet would be right above the level where the alarm turns on...
I do have an alarm on it so shouldn't the high level trigger it?
Would blockage be the issue or maybe the float is not floating?
I guess it's under the cover...
Here are some pics:
You may have a rubber grommet that can pull out where the wires enter and you can shine a flash light in and make sure the float switches are clear and clean then watch the waste water level while you run water to see it cycle.
If it seems to cycle properly then look for the clogged vent....
Try to avoid pulling that cover unless you see something wrong...
Trust me it will take a few days for the smell to depart the sinuses...
I'll put a clothespin on my nose.
Thanks for the tips!
You didn't say how tall your vent stack is. Six feet of shopvac hose doesn't seem near long enough to reach a clog, which may be down by the pump. And a fish tape isn't going to clear it.
I do recommend professional grade equipment preferably with a seasoned expert attached to it for any drain cleaning job...
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In 1878, the Francotte patent Martini System was granted utilizing a detachable mechanism fitted without the Cocking Indicator. Revolutionary at the time by compartmentalizing the mechanism for quick disassembly, it only lasted 10 years as the latest technology. It was replaced in 1888 with the .303 caliber Lee Metford bolt action rifle's introduction into the British Military System. Although this European improvement was never embraced by the British, these "improved system rifles" saw much service on frontiers all over the World. The Martini Short Lever Rifle saw tremendous and valiant service in the British Army worldwide. It's most famous appearance was in the Zulu Wars of 1879, memorialized in Hollywood epic movies and countless books and articles over the years.
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condition. Each Rifle is offered totally as found, completely un-cleaned and un-refurbished. The only service performed has been to ensure none are still loaded! Totally covered and caked with dried on grease, dirt and rust, these can be displayed as found or be the subject of winter nights of TLC to restore them to their former glory. All appear to be complete but no guarantees as to what use or damage may be found after more than 100 years of neglect and storage. There is a $10.00 additional shipping & handling charge with item, cannot be shipped USPS.
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usually show rust & pitting and be covered in dirt as originally stored. Otherwise they may not operate because of seizing or could be otherwise incomplete. Plus there may be additional cracks, missing chunks, old repairs.
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on 10/4/2014, said:
I really did not know what to expect before it arrived, but had followed the advise in another rating and paid for the hand select. Turns out I'm glad I did. When it came...it was dirty and how! The butt plate was off, but everything was all there. I spent about 2 weeks refurbishing & repairing the old girl and it now looks great! Decided to replace a couple of small parts and made them myself in my work shop. Actually, the most frustrating part was not getting the action apart and cleaned up, but putting it back together again with no drawings or instructions. This project was indeed a treasure hunt and sometimes tried my patience, but all in all, it was fun and I definitely got my monies worth. I didn't get screwed at all.
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on 7/31/2014, said:
Most effective and reliable rifle on the 19th century , before emergence of modern Mauser.
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on 7/20/2014, said:
I must say that I was expecting a train wreck when I ordered her, but too my great surprise she came in quite good shape, a lot of elbo grease and careful disassembly and cleaning and oiling and despite some wood rot that I able too dig out and repair, when I reassembled her, she looked pretty good for aprox 136 years. My only thing is that I received a non original butt plate, the one that came was new made,did not fit (not by a long shot) could be made to do so, but I ordered a original( and bayonet ) I got lucky getting a good one. The action : spring,firing pin,ejector,and all pins&screws in really good shape and barrel despite some pitting had good groves. Very pleased with her. R. J. White. (Her new caretaker)
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on 6/9/2014, said:
I received my "rifle" last July, I am just reviewing it 11 months later as I just got over the shame of having it. 40% of the wood around the barrel, forearm, was rotted and crumbling. All steel found under any wood especially the under side of the barrel was badly pitted. They sent the wrong butt plate. over all a rip-off deal. I spent some 18 hours cleaning it so it could be hidden in my closet without dirtying my clothes. This gun is worth maybe $60 as a hysterical artifact. -Todd H.
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on 4/18/2014, said:
The wood on mine was in decent shape. Only a section the size of a dime in the stock was rotted. Some acraglass and sawdust fixed that. The internals was a mess. The lever was held in place by a wooden dowel(no joke). Firing pin was broken (common)and the firing block assembly was hit with a hammer at one point to dissasemble. Luckly I have a mini lathe and was able to manufacture missing/broken parts. The brass butplate provided is not original and even says made in India Enfield (lazer etched),at least they sent one. With some anealing and grinding I was able to make it look decent. The rear sight was shipped off the rifle and I TIG welded that on too. My intent for this rifle was always a wall hanger and although little pitting under the bore, I would hesitate to ever shoot it. Unless you are very resourcefull and have plenty of shop tools Do Not buy this gun.
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on 10/11/2013, said:
I own two of these, They are good trainers to work on for a British Martini Henry or a spiffy wall hanger but metal was poor and firing block design and clearance is not good. If you MUST fire be sure to sting (remote) fire as many fail, some don't. Your call
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on 8/16/2013, said:
complete junk every part in it is broken I think it must have been put there from broken junk parts what a waste of 180.00 bucks so sorry i bought this thing I surly expected some good parts cleaning and some rust and pitting but I basically i got nothing
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Ordered a Select...arrived in 3 days. Heavy grease and coatings. Butt plate off...one provided along with 2 screws, stock loose, from what I can see....nice markings/carvings underneath grease, 2 cracks (1-about 4" and the other about 6")in front of the receiver by trigger guard, another 4" crack forward by the sing attachment. Haven't checked barrel/bore yet....there does not appear to be too much pitting along the barrel & wood stock....only hold my breath...till? Action functions, don't think there will be a problem there. Rod is in fine condition & not frozen in stock, all hardware there. In general, I'm very happy with this one. Will take some time to clean; hand cleaning with equal parts of lineseed oil, turpentine & alcohol mixed together...spray on, wait 5-10 min. wipe grease off with paper towels, once in morning..once in afternoon, begin all over next day until clean, slow process...yes but no wood damage. Thanks AC. C.GREEN
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on 8/19/2012, said:
The Martini Henry Francotte I received was in very good shape. One long crack along the forestock, dings and dirt. The metal parts were in great shape after a thorough cleaning and oooo steel wool rub. The rifle looks amazing. I recommend paying the customary "hand select" fee, it is money well spent. Take your time removing the wood furniture, its a 100+ years old. I would not shoot it without a gunsmiths approval, its just too old. Thanks ACC for a great product at a fair price!
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on 3/6/2012, said:
This gun is filthy as described...however it is complete, the action still works, and I was able to field strip it with some difficulty after about 30 minutes. I knocked off the first bit of grease tonight on the wood with Easy off and some 00 steel wool. I will definitely need to do it again. As far as the metal pieces, I plan on taking everything down to my local garage and using their parts cleaner, and then probably soaking everything in mineral spirits. I have high hopes that I will be able to restore this gun to its former glory, and will be ordering another one after I finish this one.
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on 30-06-2011 09:06 AM
hi i was wondering how to remove my bank card from my sky account. there does not seem to be anyway to do this on mysky. thanks in advance.
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on 30-06-2011 03:27 PM
Hi billy1969,
To do this you may need to contact our Customer Help team as we are not currently aware of any method that allows this to be done online.
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