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Skip to comments.Crocodile Attack: 'Human Remains' Found
Posted on 11/18/2012 9:36:54 AM PST by george76
Australian authorities searching for a seven-year-old girl have found what appears to be human remains inside a 3m crocodile.
An extensive search began at first light for the girl who was last seen swimming at the natural pool at an outstation about 210 miles (340km) east of the city of Darwin on Friday afternoon.
The girl was swimming with other children and an adult at the time.
"Witnesses have told police that a crocodile attacked the male adult before pulling the girl under water,"
Saltwater crocodiles, which can grow up to 7m (23ft) long and weigh more than a ton, are a common feature of Australia's tropical north.
They have been protected since the 1970s and their numbers have increased steadily since, along with the number of human encounters.
An average of two people are killed each year in Australia by saltwater crocodiles
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
wonder when they'll have the same classification for humans?
Why in the hell would you bring your kids to swim in crock infested waters? If they were in this country they would have voted obama.
Maybe they did.
Oh Lord! The poor little child.
A dirtbag here in FL is on death row. He kidnapped a little girl and then kicked her out of his car in a swampy area of Palm Beach County. When LEO found her body, the ME determined that she was still alive as the gator was eating her.
Well, it did happen about 210 miles (340km) east of the city of Darwin.
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Marvel Pinball is one of those downloadable games that keeps on giving. People keep playing so there's always action on the leaderboards, and developer Zen Studios keeps churning out DLC. Earlier this week, we found out that the new DLC pack Vengeance and Virtue would include a Ghost Rider table, and today at New York Comic-Con, Zen announced that an X-Men table will also be part of the pack.
A brief trailer was shown teasing that the theme of the table is Professor X assembling the team -- Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and more -- to take on Magneto. Once the villain is summoned, he uses his powers to tear the table apart and change its appearance.
The Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue Pack is set to be released this winter. It'll include four tables, so keep your eyes peeled for the two unannounced tables here on IGN.
Zen also announced that Marvel Pinball is coming to iOS devices, Android devices, PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS.

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Anybody having problems connecting to certain sites? I can't connect it EQ, EQ Players, CN Website and various other websites while others are working fine. It seems a local main hub in Vegas is down. I'm guessing that is the problem, but shouldn't the shit route elsehwere when one goes down?
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While we've yet to see BBM for Android pop up on any top lists in Google Play, its looks like it's well on the way. The Google Play store is showing BBM installs in the 1 million to 5 million range - which is pretty damn awesome. Google doesn't show the exact number of downloads so BBM could sit anywhere in that range, but it's crazy to see that it's hit over 1 million installs in under 24 hours. As of now, BBM has nearly 87k reviews and over 60k of those are 5 stars. Not too shabby.
It's also good to note that, according to our buddies at Android Central, BBM doesn't work on roughly 30 percent of existing Android devices and only runs on Android 4.x, which makes up around 69 percent of active devices.
Some pretty crazy numbers here and it looks like they aren't slowing down yet. We'll do some more recon in the next few days to see if we can pin down some more exact numbers.


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WESTPORT, Conn. -- The theme is "earth" for this year's Maker Faire in Westport where innovators and inventors showcase their ingenuity.
The popular fair draws thousands to the downtown area. The 2017 event is on Earth Day Saturday, April 22. In keeping with the celebration, makers are asked to espouse the theme of earth in their ideas.
The faire now in its sixth year has become a catalyst for tinkerers, artisans, engineers, artists, woodworkers, builders, musicians, people who sew, comedians, jugglers and more.
It draws wide participation from schools, libraries, companies, and communities.
"This year will definitely be the best yet," said Alex Giannini, Manager of Experiential Learning at the Westport Library and a faire co-chair.
"Each year we are amazed by the growing impact Maker Faire Westport is having in our community. This year will definitely be the best yet."
"Every year, we see the best, most creative people in the area at Maker Faire Westport," Mark Mathias, founder and co-chair said.
"We expect to see even more amazing makers and their creations."
All ages are welcome to participate in the faire. It runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Westport Library on Jesup Green. Attendance is free.
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Tickled Pink Event– As I wrote in last month's recap, I was honored to be one of the influencers for the Tickled Pink event. This year's event was a HUGE success and I have to say, a total blast! I had no clue that over 2,000 people attend this event each year! Everything was fantastic from the delicious food, fun cocktails, great entertainment and more so, a sense of community to work towards a mission of preventing breast and ovarian cancer. So many people in attendance have dedicated their time and energy to this mission and it was really awesome to be a part of that. I really hope to get more of you to join me next year at this event because it was such a great time for such a great cause. Stay tuned and let's go have fun in the name of a giving back as well!
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PILESGROVE — When most people think about spring training they think of bats and baseballs. Grant Harris thinks of bulls and cowboy hats. Each spring Harris, the fourth generation owner of the Cowtown Rodeo in Salem County, allows rookies and veterans alike the chance to ride bulls.
The event gives both the bulls and the staff a chance to warm up for the official rodeo season starting in May.
The Cowtown Rodeo started in 1929. The professional rodeo is held on Saturday nights from late May to late September. Competitions include bull riding, bareback bronc riding and steer wrestling.
On a recent Sunday more than two dozen people paid $20 for unlimited rides.
While most riders live locally some drove as much as five hours for the opportunity.
"It's a mental trip to Texas without leaving New Jersey", said Steve Bacque of Cranford. A little too old for riding bulls Bacque made his rookie appearance as rodeo announcer. "Even in my 50s I can't get away".
Sam Mosher made the long drive from Hudson Falls, New York but a hard landing on his first ride aggravated an old injury, "I'll sit out a little bit but it's not going to stop me".


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agreed, however, instruct the others as well to leave religion out and if they include it to at least be accurate or non-deceptive.
If they write me, Why should I remain silent.
no, there is a Jesus Christ, there is God and there is Satan. This is the reality.
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I only read the first paragraph and already I'm turned off by the holes in your logic. 99.9% empty space. Incorrect. Room to expand: incorrect.
Define empty space and then rename it because no space is empty, space itself is a substance and always full of itself.
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Now here's the problem with 99.9% of the people in this World... Preconceived notions about what is.
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Originally posted by Americanist
Now here's the problem with 99.9% of the people in this World... Preconceived notions about what is.
Statistically speaking then, you are mostly likely just speaking from some preconcieved notion
You're a rather patronizing and condescending fella arn't yah
So, what Truth have you ultimately taught us? I am willing to take hits to my ego for this.
Originally posted by Americanist
Now what if I had the inclination to change all that... To promote this connection. To inform others on how it's done
How does magnetizm explain the even more quantum, subtle theories? Such as the Zero Point Field?
It is believed that an electromagnetic field exists in a vacuum even when the temperature of the surrounding material is reduced towards absolute zero
Originally posted by Americanist
So, what Truth have you ultimately taught us? I am willing to take hits to my ego for this.
For starters... Sovereignty is in the flesh. It's also been said we are all God's creatures... Well, if you can prove there's a structure to the Universe, this leads you straight to truth. Energy and consciousness are products of magnetic current. Combine this web of magnetic currents, particles of matter to form reality, and the diligence to plan out our fate... Truth be told... We are connected as One. The only distinction between you and me is the frame of reference in which we experienced life in this go-around. Now what if I had the inclination to change all that... To promote this connection. To inform others on how it's done. We wouldn't live in the dark would we? There wouldn't be room to divide and conquer as what's been done for several thousand years. A shift would take place... From the standard of living, to the economy, and conscious awareness as a whole. Our accomplishments would refresh at such a rate we'd be set on the course of Enlightenment.
Therein lies the motivation I have.
I did hear that there would be a cosmic event that is mean't to raise our levels of consciousness. A higher frequency pulse that will effect everybody and everything living on Earth. I do believe as well that we are connected as one. That would include God would it?


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TAMARAC — The city looked into improving access to government by televising public meetings, but residents last year balked at the cost. Now the issue is being revisited, but with a twist - the city is looking into airing the meetings online.
Mayor Beth Flansbaum-Talabisco, who campaigned to make commission meetings more accessible, during a recent workshop requested city staff research how to broadcast the meetings on the city's Web site.
Once the dollar estimates come in, the city will discuss this issue again.
"I believe in government transparency, in bringing government to our people to the best of our ability," she said. "We're never going to be American Idol, but hopefully close."
In 2006, the city estimated it would cost about $100,000 to set up a cable TV system, and another $34,000 a year to operate the system.
So commissioners put the question to the public in a 2007 survey. The results showed 51.3 percent of respondents thought the city should broadcast commission meetings on TV or the Internet, and 30 percent gave no answer.
Another 40 percent said they would watch the meetings broadcasted if they were available.
But 44 percent said they would not support the city spending a one-time cost of $100,000 to install the equipment to make that happen.
Essentially, "It sounds like a good idea, but hell no," said Flansbaum-Talabisco of the study findings.
She's hoping Internet fees won't be as high.
"If it is cost-effective, that could be a reasonable compromise," she said.
But there are some critics.
Commissioner Ed Portner said he is wary of spending money for meetings to be streamed online.
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Ex-Mayor of Detroit to Speak at Library...via Skype
Kwame Kilpatrick is coming to the Detroit Public Library -- sort of -- in two weeks. The controversy is already there.
Jonathan Kinloch, vice president of the library commission, said Friday that residents have called him to complain about the former Detroit mayor's book signing, scheduled for the evening of Oct. 19. Kilpatrick plans to appear via Skype, an audio and video service that allows people to interact over the Internet. The co-author of his memoir will appear in person.
At issue is an e-mail the library sent out Friday that said people who attend will "learn the truth behind (Kilpatrick's) meteoric rise in politics, the crippling controversies surrounding his administration, his downfall and, ultimately, his redemption."
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Flamingos were among the first animals to be housed on the site where Flamingo Land now stands. Due to their popularity among visitors the colourful bird remains in the name of the park, despite the park now containing 129 other species.
Alongside this, the park has developed a long-term commitment to supporting flamingo conservation and awareness-raising. Visitors to the park can discover the latest news regarding the status of wild flamingos through our slideshows and education centre. Through our annual donation to flamingo projects, Flamingo Land has also contributed to surveys of wild populations and the development of species action plans in East Africa.
Threats to wild populations of the six flamingo species include disturbance, habitat loss, mining, egg collection, water extraction and pollution. The most serious recent threat to wild flamingo populations has been proposed salt extraction from Lake Natron in Tanzania, where 75% of the global population of lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) are known to breed. International and African conservationists are now working with the Government of Tanzania to better protect the area.
Historically the captive populations of flamingos across Europe were not managed to the level of more endangered animals. This was largely due to the high number of flamingos involved. However despite the high numbers, the lack of past co-ordinated management has led to some mixing of the different species. Furthermore, most of the current collection of flamingos in the UK derived from wild caught birds imported in the 1960's and 70's. Many of these birds are still alive today and are the core breeding population. Together, hybridisation and an ageing population mean that long-term management of the captive population is becoming less sustainable.
Advances in methods for measuring and summarising genetic variability are now allowing zoo managers to better manage the flamingo population. Flamingo Land's Collections and Records Manager has recently been appointed Co-Chair of the BIAZA Flamingo Focus Group (FFG). In this role he will assist the UK's zoos in untangling the historic mixing, encouraging sustainable breeding and eliminating hybridisation. One key recommendation of the FFG to improve welfare and breeding success has been for zoos to only keep collections of at least 20 birds, but preferably at least 40, and without mixing species. As hosts to the FFG annual meeting in 2009, Flamingo Land are keen supporters of this initiative.
Two members of zoo staff are also members of the Flamingo Specialist Group, a global network of conservation experts working to better conserve wild populations.
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Big Government Cuomo has a new expansion of government that bloats the food stamp program, injects more government control over fresh food, and furthers the green sustainability agenda.
Cuomo is expanding the FreshConnect program which provides "underserved New Yorkers with affordable and healthy food, support our state's growing agricultural industry, and help create jobs in communities throughout New York." If it stopped there, I would like it.
On the surface, the program looks like an expansion of a beneficial service to the poor, one that provides fresh food to underprivileged areas. Who wouldn't want to do this?
Below the surface, it looks like Cuomo is expanding another sustainability program. It requires increased spending because I don't know how else Andrew is going to provide the incentives the program calls for. The program pays the poor to buy fresh food. Furthermore, Cuomo is giving out grants to farmers. Grant recipients have to provide 25% of the cost of the project. There are bonus awards. Read here: NY Department of Agriculture.
The program creates new farmer's markets and supports existing ones.
When I went undercover to a MoveOn meeting, one of the wealthy attendees, who was planning OWS rallies, was the owner of a farmer's market. He was obviously not in need of grants but I have no doubt he will be applying for the grants that Cuomo is offering up with our tax dollars. Read more: Governor Cuomo's grant offerings.
Fresh Connect is one of many massive sustainability projects. Read here: Sustainable Long Island
The program pays people to buy healthier food and, according to Andrew's press release, offers "FreshConnect Checks" which is a rebate incentive (our tax dollars) that encourages Food Stamp recipients to use their benefits at farmers' markets. FreshConnect Checks will provide $2 rebate checks for every $5 in food stamps spent at participating markets. There are other incentives (our tax dollars).
That is quite an increase in food stamps.
I haven't investigated this program but it needs investigating. FreshConnect programs are popping up all over the country which may or may not be connected to New York's program. There is a mysterious Freshconnect.us whose vision is to redistribute food and some of their partners are McDonald's, Wendy's, and Burger King. They might be unconnected but it is interesting that they use the same name. FreshConnect sounds like a greenie buzzword.
Cuomo said it is a very successful program but I would like to see the evidence.


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hello all this is my laning nocturne build all i can really say about this build is i chose these items cause i personally think nocturne is a attack speed and life steal champ. thats why i get starks as my first big item then usually i can be killed once i get starks especially the bf sword next. but enjoy pls comment on it let me know your thoughts suggestions i appreciate all.


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This quarter IPR is moving to a web based survey of your classes. Starting next week 2/22 students will be going to computer labs to take a new version of the course evaluations.
For classes like Career Development and Enter the Dragon which are large and do not have a lab section, students will be asked to take the survey outside of class. For the classes who take this survey as homework, the class with the highest percent return when we collect the data will receive pizza. If you class has completed before the end of the quarter, we will invite you to pizza during the Monday 3-5 pm convocation time.
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From my collections of twins…here's a nice pair of printed cloth dolls by Art Fabric Mills, NY. These were sold uncut on sheets of fabric to be sewed and stuffed at home. I imagine it was difficult to sew this tiny pair. They are both nice and clean with no fading. They are firmly stuffed and are wearing matching tissue silk dresses and bonnets with red ties. The both have cotton slips as well. I have not undressed them but they appear to be in nearly mint condition. There is a bit of wear to the very fine silk in some spots with the worst spot being on one brim. Both have metal hooks sewn on the back maybe to help display them - can be easily removed. There is a tiny bit of loose thread from the seams on one of the dolls feet, but they are still sturdy. They are pictured with a larger version of the same doll that I also have listed in my shop. US Shipping Only.
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I really fucking hate internet marketers and their bullshit, week after week these shitty products keep coming down the pipeline each of them calling all the other internet marketing products garbage.
I'm going to give you a review you won't find anywhere else – a real one. Commission Killer is just another one of those bullshit plug and play products where they say you don't have to do any real work, there's usually about 10 of those every year.
So here's what it does in detail.
1. You enter a keyword and your affiliate links and then click a button.
2. The software will automatically build WordPress websites for you around each keyword you provide.
3. The software finds keywords for you and loads them into the site.
4. It also finds the hottest products on ClickBank and places them into your site, pardon me while I gasp at the sheer originality and epicness (Not a real word) of such a feature -_-
That's basically it guys, not much more to it than that – oh and the product is not $46 guys, that's just the entry price followed by two upsells (I hate that shit) listed below.
Virtual Assistant Cash Creators ($146)
– In this, you will get one of his personal super profitable copy and paste campaigns every week; complete with related niche PLR articles and SEO intelligence. I will highly recommend you to buy this upsell.
Turbo Traffic Toolkit ($77) – This upsell as the name says, offers you traffic generation software and training materials which you can easily use to increase targeted traffic for your affiliate campaigns. Since it is an affordable upsell, I will recommend you to take it.
In other words the real product actually costs $269, for bullshit. For that type of money you can go purchase a real information guide on how to really make money on the internet.
This is not a real way to build a business and anyone who tries to market this industry as a plug and play, 1 click and your done, sit back and wait for the money – is an asshole. Do you think a year from now this product or the crap it creates will be something you can call a actual business? No it won't!
To build a real business like what I've done with the Covanant (Totally shameless) takes real work to have money coming in every single month without fail…
I'm glad ClickBank is so great with refunds, I always buy these products to see what there about so I can give you guys real reviews because you won't find a single site giving one. Keep your $269 or if you already purchased it get a refund, ClickBank is known for giving very quick refunds no questions asked which is good since they have so many shitty products.
Stay away from this garbage, no affiliate links here. I only promote real products.


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The various Celtic
tribes lacked a well-defined central government.
They were primarily bound together by common speech, customs,
and religion.
social levels of the tribe were threefold:
The highest was the king; the second, the druids, consisted of
the warrior aristocracy; and the third class, the egues, was made up
of the freemen farmers. The
druids, who were occupied with magico-religious duties, were the
priests. They were
recruited from families of the warrior class but ranked higher.
The family was patriarchal.
were Iron Age People
By 700
BC, archeological evidence indicates that the Celts were an Iron Age
people. Their use of
iron, together with their fierceness as warriors, gave them dominance
over the region. It
appears that many Celts became wealthy from controlling trade routes
along rivers such as the Danube, Rhine, Rhône and Seine.
By the 5th century BC the Celts had migrated into
Eastern Europe. During the 4th century BC,
they overran northern Italy, Macedonia, and Thessaly (Thessalia).
In 390, they sacked Rome.
In 279, they attacked Delphi, in Greece, and went as far as
Asia Minor, where they were known as Galatians.
Romans Knew
Two Gauls
of the Alpes, the Romans knew the Celtic territory as Cisalpine Gaul
[Gaul this side of the Alpes]. These
Cisalpine Celts remained a menace to Rome until they were defeated, at
Telamon, in 225.
Celtic land, to the north and to the west of the Alpes, was known as
Transalpine Gaul [Gaul across the Alpes].
Gaul included the lands from the Channel southeast to
the Western Alpes, south to the Mediterranean and the Pyrenees and east
from the Atlantic to the Rhine River.
What the Romans called Transalpine Gaul is now France and
Belgium, along with parts of Germany, The Netherlands, and
In the middle
of the 1st century,
Transalpine Gaul became a
distinct Roman territory as a result of the campaigns of Julius
Caesar. It disappeared
late in the 5th century AD.
The remnants of Celtic
languages, and tradition, are still found in
Brittany, Wales, the
Scottish Highlands, and Ireland.
Roman History Provence
Other references to Gaul in French-at-a-touch:
Lower Normandy
Upper Normandy
History of the Merovingiens [481-751]
Chilperic I
Napoleon I [1795-1804]
Celtic Tribes of Transalpine Gaul
The main Celtic tribes of Transalpine Gaul,
were known as the Aedui, the Allobroges, Senones and the Sequani:
The Aedui
Aedui was a tribe from central Gaul, the area now known as Burgundy.
Since 121 BC, the
Aedui had been under the protection of
Rome. In about 61 BC
the Aedui were defeated by the Sequani who appropriated their
revenues from the Saone River.
Caesar latter rescued them and made them his allies.
They were subsequently elevated to the status of an allied
state [civitas foederata] under Augustus.
In 48 AD, the Aedui became the first tribe of Gaul
Transalpine to send senators to Rome.
The Allobroges
were a Celtic tribe living in the area between the Rhône and Isère
rivers and what is now the city of Geneva.
In 218 BC, Hannibal passed through their region.
They were conquered by the Romans in 121 BC and were
ultimately incorporated into Transalpine Gaul.
In 63 BC, the Roman statesman Catiline tried to involve them
in a plot against Marcus Cicero; instead, the Allobroges provided
Cicero with proof of the plot.
The Senones
The French départements of Seine-et-Marne [region of
Loiret [region of
Centre], and
Yonne [region of
Burgundy] include
the area once inhabited by the Gallic Senones.
Between 53 and 51 BC, the Senones fought against Julius
Caesar. They were
beaten and were later included in Gallia Lugdunensis.
Their capital was the town known as Agendicum, which later
became Senonus. Its
modern name is Sens. It was probably the Cisalpine branch of this
tribe that led an army into Greece in 279 BC.
The Sequani
In the
1st century BC the Sequani territory was located between the Saône, Rhône, and Rhine rivers.
Their capital was at the town of Vesontio, which is now
known as Besançon, in the present-day departement of Doubs in
Franche-Comte. Their
disputes with the Aedui caused them to ally themselves with the
German leader Ariovistus. He
defeated the Aedui and then occupied Sequanian territory in modern
Alsace. Later, in 58
BC, the Sequani and the Aedui formed an alliance with Julius
Caesar to drive out the Germans and the Sequani lands became part
of the Roman Empire.
It roughly covered the area of today's Provence.
the north, Gallic Comata, was subsequently subdivided into the three
imperial provinces of Belgica, Lugdunensis and Aquitania. The name 'Gallic Comata', meaning 'Long-Haired Gaul',
was given as a disparagement of the northern Gauls' craving for wine
and their barbaric ways.
Between 69 and 96 AD, Rome recognized that the Rhine River would
be at the limit of its expansion of north- eastern Gallia Comata.
As a consequence, It was decided that Rome would merely hold
the region between the middle Rhine and upper Danube.
This area, known as the Agri Decumates [Ten Cantons], covered
the region of the Black Forest. It was considered sufficient to secure communications between
the Roman garrisons that had been permanently established on both
rivers. The Ten Cantons
were attached to Germania Superior [Upper Germany].
north-eastern boundaries, established by the Romans, dichotomized the
inhabitants as to Germanic and Romance language speakers.
Roman rule solidified, the people of Narbonensis and western Gallia
Comata assimilated both the Roman language [Latin] and Roman
civilization. The
territory subjugated by Caesar adopted to the Roman methods of
agriculture and urbanization at a slower pace than was the case in the
south. In both regions,
the development of the urban areas followed the Roman model with
senate houses, temples and forums.
A large trade sprang up between the imperial provinces and Rome
During the second century AD, Christians arrived in Gaul.
During the second century AD, Christians arrived in Gaul.
the south, Rome quickly assimilated the now Romanized Celtic leaders
into Roman aristocracy.
By the 4th century AD, the Narbonensis city of
Arles, which
had long been an important meeting place for merchants, become the
seat of the prefecture of all Gaul.
At this same time,
Marseille become the main center of Greek
studies in the west.
concurrently, Germanic tribes were successful in their invasions of
Gaul. Their invasions
ultimately ended Rome's political domination of
a consequence of Rome's all encompassing penetration of Gaul, modern
France eventually emerged as a Romance speaking country.
Its Roman heritage can also be found in its architecture.
The Merovingiens
[481-751] >>>


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If Asperger's Is Genetic then So is my Credit Card Debt
Every Generation blames the one before... Mike and the Mechanics
Way back when I first received by diagnosis, the good Doctor Picard (His name was actually the same as another Star Trek captain, but for anonymity's sake and because it's funny I'm going with Picard. He wasn't even French, which makes it funnier.) started telling me why he felt it was the right one. Everyone for that matter, including my caseworker at the high school, all used the same speech, listing the symptoms in order as if they were the ingredients for the miracle drug that could cure all the world's diseases.
Intense, focused interests
Magical thinking (the "good" doctor's words)
Difficulty functioning in social situations
Difficulty with changes in routine
Avoiding eye contact
The occasional nervous tick
Difficulty recognizing sarcasm, literal thinking, difficulty with verbal communication
Talking obsessively about a subject at great length
This was back when the diagnosis was exceedingly rare. The only reason I was slapped with it, apart from the administrative personnel in my school and my mother insisting there was something wrong with me, was because the papers written by Austrian psychiatrist Haans Asperger were only translated a year or so earlier.
Is Asperger's Genetic?
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIDIS-not to be confused with NCIS) scientists have speculated that there is a genetic component to Asperger's. That is to say that Asperger's is, at least in part, an inherited condition. This theory hinges largely on the presence of the aforementioned symptoms in previous generations.
This is not to say however, that there is one identifying gene or that that there is a current genetic model that one can compare to a person without the diagnosis.
- Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
You'll notice in the paragraph that explains the link to genetics, that genetics is described a component. Meaning a part of Asperger's and not a whole.
- What Else will Genetics Try to Determine...why bother choosing for yourself?
A genetics company is offering a $149 test that aims to predict a childs natural athletic strengths.
- Wrong Planet - Autism Community
Wrong Planet - Aspergers and Autism Community
Points in Favor of the Genetics Argument
A number of people with the diagnosis find the idea of a genetic origin comforting. Those who have sought the diagnosis for themselves, for example, now have what they feel to be concrete evidence of difficulties in their everyday life. Sort of a life raft in choppy waters they would otherwise drown in. Better yet, it is something that previous generations may have experienced the symptoms of and this makes people who would otherwise feel stigmatized by the idea of having a mental "disorder" feel less alone.
Before the diagnosis became widely known, often times the parents were blamed when the child's behavior became disruptive to those who didn't know him. Much like the "refrigerator moms" of the past, parents were accused of being "too serious", "rigid," "oppressed" and anything else the professionals general public could come up with.
For many parents Asperger's Syndrome was an official word that summed up their child's behaviors and gave them something to research. With the argument of genetics to back them up, now parents have a scientific argument to show loved ones, friends and officials that their child's behavior is not in fact their fault.
Do You Believe Asperger's Is Genetic?
An Australian Doctor sums Asperger's, but not without making us seem like idiots...
Points Against the Genetics Argument
Keeping in mind that Asperger's itself is not a single disorder, but a collection of symptoms that form the larger picture. Other factors in a person's environment can have a major effect on a person's mental health. Factors such as:
Learned Behaviors
A child who was raised in an environment under certain circumstances may exhibit behaviors that would seem unusual to others. If his environment was rigid then naturally he would be used to a routine that would be very difficult to break away from.
Certain forms of emotional and psychological abuse that begin very early on could also lead to many symptoms. Difficulty making eye contact, obsessive and ritualistic behaviors, nervous tics, and delays in development are just a few of the symptoms Asperger's that are similar to the behaviors exhibited by children who were victims of these kinds of abuse.
Although the theory behind vaccinations and exposure to high levels of mercury have been arguably proven false, there are still a number of environmental factors that can contribute to a child's mental development.
Exposure to Stachybotrys Chartarum over a period of time can cause neurological damage, among other symptoms. A doctor who isn't aware of the symptoms, or doesn't think to test for this type of exposure might attempt to find a psychological reason for them.
Since Asperger's Syndrome is reported to be the cause of chemical imbalances in the brain, it is easy to see how exposure to certain elements outside the body, no matter how severe, can effect a person's mental health.
- Indoor Mold, Toxigenic Fungi, and Stachybotrys chartarum: Infectious Disease Perspective -- Kuhn and
Although difficult to prove, exposure to mold can have a negative effect on a person's neurological health.
The majority of people who were diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome were either seeking the diagnosis for themselves or a loved one.
Looking to my own experiences, I was a minor and had no say in the matter. I was at the mercy of a school system that couldn't understand my behavior and a mother who was mentally unstable in her own right but never pressured to get tested or evaluated herself.
If the school hadn't been paying for the evaluation I would never have seen Dr. Picard or any other psychiatric professional. (It is important to point out that Dr. Picard was not a psychiatrist, but a psychologist and that I was referred to a psychiatrist for an evaluation to determine if I needed chemical strait jacketing. It was determined that I did not require medication.) It's also important to point out that I had seen many professionals who had come up with any number of theories as to my behavior. Picard was the only one who would put his conclusion down on paper and so it was that I was labeled with the lifelong diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome.
There was no blood test, nor any other test of any kind beyond sitting in a chair and talking for three hours a week.
Doctors are human beings who are often times put under tremendous amounts of pressure by patients and their families, their employers, and society as a whole. It is not unheard of for doctors to incorrectly diagnose a patient. This is especially true if the patient is a minor who will only be shuffled off to another doctor if a diagnosis isn't made.
It is important to add that after an incident in high school about three years later I was sent to see another psychologist to determine if I was a danger to my classmates. The psychologist decided I was not a danger and that he did not understand where the diagnosis of Asperger's came from after just an hour of being with me.
Had I been older and more in a position to ask for such things, I might have requested a second opinion.
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Inexact Science
Going back to the NIDIS, it is written that "Scientists have always known that there is a genetic component to Asperger's."
I italicized the word "always" because just like the differing opinions of two psychologists, it is difficult to believe that every scientists who has studied Asperger's Syndrome and other Autistic Spectrum Disorders has come to the same conclusion. Adding to that, no true scientist will ever say that something is one hundred percent the case.
Scientific viewpoints are always being challenged, disproven, rewritten, and challenged again. New evidence comes to light as the times change and younger scientists realize that what was written before no longer applies.
Genetics in and of itself is not an exact science and is just as subject to same scrutiny as any other scientific theory.
These are just a number of the factors that can be involved with the diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome that have little or nothing to do with how we are wired genetically.
Further Points Against the Argument of Genetics
One of the arguments in favor of genetics as the source of Asperger's Syndrome is ironically, one of the points against it. That is the argument of past generations exhibiting the symptoms. Without knowing my biological father, I can't claim to have not inherited something from him. But one thing I can be certain of is that I did not inherit any of my mother's traits.
Does it make sense for the child of a woman with undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia, herself the daughter of a woman with diagnosed schizophrenia and an abusive alcoholic, to inherit something completely different? Unless it can be proven that the symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome somehow cancel out those of schizophrenia, the latter tends to have a pretty strong chance of passing onto the next generation.
Furthermore, the argument of pass generations could only be accurately applied to living relatives. If a person who has been dead many years has not been evaluated by the established methods used for determining such a diagnosis, then any symptoms a person claims they exhibited is nothing than a story being told.
My mother once told me that the painter Norman Rockwell gave my father a ride to school. Certainly, my father grew up close enough to Arlington that this was possible but without photographic evidence or some other empirical data, the testimony of my father or even the deceased artist himself, this becomes unverifiable story.
Let's say, however, for the sake of argument that someone can come up with a concrete genetic model that not only shows that I have Asperger's Syndrome, but rules out all of those environmental factors I listed. As in I can compare this model with the DNA sequence of a person who would not have been diagnosed.
What exactly does this prove? That genetics determine my choices? So if I talk obsessively about Highlander, or The Twilight Saga, or Babylon 5 vs. Star Trek, is it because I choose to talk about these things or is it because a tiny little strand of matter says that I am most likely do this? Are my thoughts genetic as well or are they the property of something else entirely? Can it be proven that seeming obsessive thinking, a symptom of Asperger's, is genetic or the result of a deep seated passion?
When it comes right down to it, Asperger's Syndrome is just a word on a piece of paper. It is the summary of a number of traits and "symptoms" that come together to form something bigger. Even if two or three of those symptoms were inherited through DNA, that still leaves a sizable chunk of symptoms that can be explained by outside phenomenon.
Hello Nate!I read your depiction of your battles and diagnosis w Aspergers Syndrome with great interest.When I was younger I tutored two young brothers, who were both thought to be mildly autistic.The older brother in particular was in junior high (middle) school here in Canada. He was bothered a great deal by emotional turmoil, poor impulse control, outbursts of anger, etc. I later found out he may have been afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The symptoms of both Aspergers and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome are apparently markedly similar and sometimes misdiagnosed...
Reading this I gotta say, I can well believe there may be genetic FACTORS to AS, but as I an AS sufferer myself, I think there are the very strong downplayed environmental factors, and to be frank, I pick several environmental factors that I believe have had more than a contributing factor to my AS, mainly ones related to parenting!
As much as I have seen a lot of misdiagnoses in Aspergers as you point out and I can find sense to the madness by noting how it seems as a condition to branch from regular Autism, the symptoms in and of themselves are easy enough to come by that I don't believe that an outside diagnosis can ever be accurate. I appreciate your research and it is true, even in cases of other Aspergers syndrome children I have found few to any who shared these traits as a syndrome, shared them with their children or parents. I have seen genetic lines so screwed up with conditions of other types that are genetic that symptoms of Aspergers Syndrome can happen that way but that is as far as I have observed.


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A new trailer for the upcoming Hulu television series The Handmaid's Tale debuted during the 2017 Super Bowl tonight and you can check out the commercial right here!
Elisabeth Moss stars in the show with Alexis Bledel, Samira Wiley, Yvonne Strahovski, and more.
The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized 'return to traditional values'. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commander's household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – all with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.
The upcoming television series was adapted from the classic novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Informal An example: "Here's a for-instance that happened to me in Jackson" ( Jean Anderson).
Sorry, no etymologies found.
"Like the time Lisa wore those shoes with the fruit on them and you asked her if somebody dropped anhors d'oeuvreon her foot," she said, giving me a for-instance.
Upon re-reading, I feel that the for-instance is a bit complicated, but I do this pretty much on the fly, and its purpose is to illustrate, not be final copy.
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Here's a 'for-instance,' which I saw last week on MSNBC -- a brief discussion about whether or not one of the candidates intended an obscene gesture when scratching his face.
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Let's look at a prime for-instance that the NAFTA haters and fear-mongers target: the manufacturing-heavy state of Pennsylvania, the land of the gun-toting bitter and the religious fundies.
I'm thinking Karl Rove, as a for-instance, manipulating and gaming our voting system (s) to get neo-fascist conservatives elected to high office.
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Just one for-instance: The normal way of choosing U.S.
A for-instance: in the early 1990s, when many major banks were effectively insolvent, the Fed bailed them out by lowering short rates, handing them huge profits at the expense of people who depended on CD income for food money.
But first, for Spider's benefit, I had to provide what he called a for-instance.
Just as a for-instance, the Yankees could've used Nick Johnson when Jason Giambi went down, but he was traded for the guy who's given up two home runs to a guy with a .100 BA in the series.
"Let's take another for-instance," he said savagely, in what he thought was a caricature of the Manelli voice.


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Correct me if I'm wrong, but this has got to be the first time that a sportswear company has ever collaborated with the horror genre. I just wished it had happened sooner – these kicks are frickin' cool.
Part of the Nike SB "Horror Pack", which also includes these Dawn of The Dead inspired Nike Airs, this pair of SB Dunk Los take their colour scheme from Freddy Kruger, including gruesome "open-wound" inner-soles resembling the supernatural child-killer's skin, and red and black striped uppers, which technically should be red and green (sorry, I'm a bit of a pedant when it comes to films).
These aren't released until around November and you'll have to try your damnedest to get hold of a pair – there are only a few Nike SB stockists in the UK. Slam City Skates in Covent Garden will be getting them in, but tell me that they'll be in extremely limited numbers. Watch this space for more news on these truly evil trainers.
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The Characters:
Lee Ho - Warrior for Ling Chang Kung, has his arms removed for some reason.
Kung Suh Ching - Another warrior who has acid poured on his legs for "knowing too much."
A Pao - Provincial government official sent to stop Ling Chang Kung.
Master - Old Kung Fu master, he decides to teach Lee Ho and Kung Suh Ching martial arts and harmony.
Mr. Pao - Goon for Ling Chang Kung who spends the movie getting beat up.
Black and White - Two warriors working for Ling Chang Kung, Black is the dude with the eyebrows.
Ling Chang Kung - Evil warlord with a metal hump on his back. (I dunno, don't ask me.)
The Plot:
Who in the world came up with the premise of two kung fu masters overcoming terrible physical disabilities and defeating the forces of an evil warlord (at times not even single handed)? Rhetorical question in a country with what must be a generous supply of opiates I'm sure.
Ling Chang Kung is a merciless ruler, disposing of his retainers' limbs at the slightest provocation and using his superior fighting skills to smash any opposition. Apparently born with a ferrous lump in his back, the warlord is an amazing example of "hunch fu." That would be using your metallic hunchback to block attacks and even deliver devastating counter strikes! Hehehehehe!
Wait! It gets even better! Our two heroes are overcoming their recent pruning by Ling Chang Kung and are accomplished warriors in their own right. Under the careful physical therapy of the Master (who spends his off time folded up inside of wicker baskets) they have perfected handicap fu! Kung Suh Ching and Lee Ho are truly amazing, just watching the latter twirl around a bamboo staff without any arms is impressive, but then he starts kicking the crap out of bad guys!
With A Pao's help the pair steal the Eight Jade Horses from Ling Chang Kung. With these ancient figurines they hope to learn unbeatable kung fu, which will be needed after their hiding place is discovered. Maybe I'm being a bit charitable in saying "hiding place," since we are talking about pre-contact China. More like their hut is out in the middle of nowhere, so who is going to find them anyway?
The fight scenes are completely over the top, as you would expect with the styles previously described, and the dubbed dialog is standard for the genre (which means silly). All of this makes for a great deal of mindless fun which should offend your sensibilities, but be impossible not to chuckle during.
Things I Learned From This Movie:
Having both your arms cut off produces very little blood.
A removed arm will leave a, well um, heck - it's a nub.
Dramatic music doesn't go well with close-ups of rice.
Evil warlords tend to be deformed, have a hunchback, or sport some weird thing under the eye - that sort of stuff.
Feudal China possessed concentrated acid capable of rendering a man legless.
Antique shops specializing in ceramics are seldom successful in fu flicks.
Kung Fu kicks or punches make sounds like beating curtains with a broom.
Everybody in China knows kung fu and are measured by their prowess.
A man walking on his hands can outrun most guards.
It is possible to beat someone to death with your ass or humped back.
Stuff To Watch For:
Opening scenes - Oh boy, dubbing is going to be an issue, buckle up friends.
26 mins - You're looking at the beginning of hackey sack.
30 mins - Why do these fight scenes seem so jumpy? It's almost like they shoot some film, stop, then try to get back in the same places and start again...
30 mins - Notice the metallic "tang" sound every time he gets hit on the hump.
52 mins - Kung Suh Ching is kicking butt with a wicker hat?
64 mins - Wiggly camera!
77 mins - Look out, he'll hit you with the hump! Oops, too late.
80 mins - A basket just rolls into the room and these rocket scientists think there might be jewels or gold in it?
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Starving actors speak out
Lee Ho: "I don't know what I can say, but if I don't die, I will be a success."
Ling Chang Kung: "You fool! Let me show you how to collect rent."
Ling Chang Kung: "You are normally very stupid, but this time you have devised a very good plan."
Master: "Eight Jade Horses hold many secrets. If one can only understand them and use them, a man could create unbeatable kung fu."
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Reply #9.
Posted on October 06, 1999, 11:55:34 AM by email@example.com
This movie is one of my favorites.
For those familiar with it - watch for this - when the cripples defeat Black and White, and Black gets the hat (how do you kill someone with a hat, anyway?) put on him, at one point it starts to come off, but he, the clever bastard, puts it back on....
The Crippled Masters
Reply #10.
Posted on December 04, 1999, 08:35:33 PM by Philco
Saw this one with a buddy of mine, and we were quite amazed to learn that the Crippled Masters really ARE crippled. Certainly a film to track down. If you like this one kids, check out "One-Armed Swordsman".
The Crippled Masters
Reply #11.
Posted on December 10, 1999, 01:01:05 AM by firstname.lastname@example.com
This is the BEST movie I've ever seen! I've watched "The Crippled Masters" MANY times! I LOVE it! I just wish I could find out where I can buy it! BTW, one of my all-time favorite lines in this movie is where the wise old man dude is by himself and Mr. Scarface shows up:
Old Dirty Bastard- "Most people sleep in a bed, but I sleep in a wicker basket!"
Scarface- "Soon you will be sleeping in a coffin! Muahahahahaaaaa!"
The Crippled Masters
Reply #12.
Posted on January 29, 2000, 02:03:38 AM by Sir Sword
Anyone realize why they were crippled? The guy with no arms was considered a traitor to the warlord. The guy with crippled legs was considered lower, so he had no real standing(ba-da-da!). Great film in all, but Old Dirty Bastard, not the rapper but the Wu Tang martial arts master, is not in it. Anybody interested in more martial arts films should rent, or buy, the Wu Tang film collection. 14-16 films in all. One film that deserves to be here is Lord of the Wu Tang, starring Jet Li. It's weird, but cool to watch.
The Crippled Masters
Reply #13.
Posted on January 31, 2000, 11:39:53 PM by
THIS MOVIE SUCKED!!!!!! its kinda funny tho.
The Crippled Masters
Reply #14.
Posted on February 19, 2000, 04:47:09 PM by email@example.com
i enjoyed seeing them torture those two guys before they crippled them. if i were the legless guy i'd be bumping my ass alot more often than he did. or, if i were the "evil scarred" man, i'd take full advantage of the fact that those two hotties pretty much couldn't do anything when i first handicapped them.
The Crippled Masters
Reply #15.
Posted on February 23, 2000, 09:12:00 PM by Meghan O.
At first, I felt bad...you know laughing at the misfortunes of others and all; but as the movie progressed, I began to realize that these men were not to be pitied, but feared. In all honesty they do kick-a**.
I also immensly enjoyed the old man in a basket shot. I have not passed a basket without looking inside of it since I saw this movie. P.S bushy eyebrows are sexy.
The Crippled Masters
Reply #16.
Posted on March 13, 2000, 09:30:45 AM by master Jeremy Hoffman
This movie made my life turn into hell. Every night I wake up, because there are a hundred crippled students at my window. They all want to learn my famous 'NO ARMS & LEGS STYLE". I can't go to the window to tell them I've stopped teaching this style, because I've got no arms and legs to go to the window. I"ve got no partner like in the movie.
(I'm from Holland, now you must die, WHOOOAAAAAA!)
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Tim Davis was visiting offensive linemen prospects in Tennessee on Monday. On Tuesday, Davis moved on to the state of Louisiana.
One prospect he visited was Baton Rouge (La.) University Laboratory School offensive lineman Garrett Brumfield.
"Yes sir, coach Davis stopped by to see me today," Brumfield said. "It was good to see him but he was only able to stay shortly because he was going down to see Joseph Paul in New Orleans. But overall, he was excited to see me again since he hadn't seen me since football season. He told my coach that he would love to get me back on campus at Florida soon."
The 6-foot-4, 285-pound Brumfield talks with offensive line coach Tim Davis some, but his main relationship is with tight end coach Derek Lewis.
"Coach Lewis recruits my area so that's who I talk to mostly," Brumfield said. "I talk to him usually once a week, sometimes twice a week. Our relationship is pretty good and he is a coach that I like to talk too because he is a good guy and a good coach. He tells me that Florida wants me to come be there center in their offense."
Florida already has one offensive lineman commitment from the state of Louisiana in Joseph Paul and Brumfield likes the thought of playing with him at Florida.
"I have spoken to Joseph a few times on the phone," Brumfield said. "He is a good guy and a talented offensive lineman. I think it would be fun to have two Louisiana offensive linemen at Florida on the line together."
Despite Brumfield not visiting Florida in a few months, he still has the Gators high on his list.
"I'm highly considering the Gators," Brumfield said. "Florida, Alabama and LSU are all high on my list. I could really see myself playing for Florida but I probably won't decide until early in my season. I plan to visit Florida this summer and also Alabama this summer. I will be back at LSU this weekend for the spring game there."


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"How to Celebrate 'The World's Worst Poet'?," by Ben McConville for The Washington Post, covers the snubbing of 19th Century poetic flop William McGonagall by the Scottish literary establishment. The piece includes some of McGonagall's horrible lines.
"300 Lies?," by David C. Ryan for Bright Lights Film Journal, looks at the movie 300, the subjectivity of history and poetry's role in it all. Pretty fascinating stuff.
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Reggio Emilia Italia
No Way. The hundred is there.*
The child
is made of one hundred.
The child has a hundred languages
a hundred hands
a hundred thoughts
a hundred ways of thinking
of playing, of speaking.
A hundred always a hundred
ways of listening
of marveling of loving
a hundred joys
for singing and understanding
a hundred worlds
to discover
a hundred wolds
to invent
to dream.
The child has
a hundred languages
(and a hundred, hundred, hundred more)
but they steal ninety-nine.
The school and the culture
separate the head from the body.
They tell the child:
to think without hands
to do without head
to listen and not to speak
to understand without joy
to love and to marvel
only at Easter and Christmas.
to discover the world already there
and of the hundred
they steal ninety-nine.
that work and play
reality and fantasy
science and imagination
sky and earth
reason and dream
are things
that do not belong together.
And thus they tell the child
that the hundred is not there.
The child says:
No way. The hundred is there.
-Loris Malaguzzi
*Translated by Lella Gandini


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1. How do you text with long nails?
via Instagram
Is this why talk-to-text was invented?
2. Or put in contacts?
via YouTube
This woman is so brave.
3. Or wipe your ass?
We're all wondering.
4. Why are extensions a thing?
Even more hair to style? No, thank you.
5. How do you wear those death contraptions called "heels"?
We'll just let this gif speak for itself.
6. Aren't those earrings weighing your head down?
If I can't comfortably wear a pair of earrings for literally weeks at a time, I want nothing to do with them.
7. What's the difference between lotion and body butter?
Is there actually a difference?
8. Why do you need 12 different makeup palettes to do one job?
Okay and what the heck is baking? As far as I'm concerned, that's something you do with muffins.
9. Also, what's with all those makeup brushes?
You mean I can't just use two brushes and a q-tip to do everything?
10. And why is it necessary to clean them?
Wait... You're supposed to clean them?
11. Why do you need such a big suitcase?
A low-maintenence girl can pack all her things into a backpack and call it good.
12. Do people actually sleep in things other than oversized t-shirts?
Lingerie? Nightgowns? People actually sleep in those?
13. How do you manage to wear a real bra all day?
Sports bras are a gift from above.
14. Is contouring a myth?
Who has time for that anyway?
15. Who is Tom Ford?
We don't really care about designers. Your purse is Michael Kors? Well, my ice cream is by Ben and Jerry.
16. Why do you wake up so early to get ready?
I've mastered getting ready in 10 minutes flat.
17. You just paid WHAT for a haircut?!
I'd rather just cut it myself.
18. What is "balayage"?
And ombré? I'm convinced someone just made up all these words to confuse us low-maintenence people.
19. What the hell did you just order at Starbucks?
Am I the only one who doesn't have a made-up half caf skinny extra sweetener light caramel latte?
20. How do you look like an actual person at 8AM?
Are you dressed up because the Queen asked you to brunch?
21. Why is it taking everyone so long to get ready?
For a night out, you're always the one waiting for everyone else.
22. Can I just get a beer?
The best part about being a low maintenence girl is the simplicity. You don't have many needs and you find happiness in small things. Cheers to you, girlfriend. Keep on rocking those sweatpants.


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Interesting Sunday N.Y. Times piece on Brandon Jennings, who went straight from high school to pro ball in Europe.
An excerpt: Jennings's decision, driven by circumstance and opportunity, is challenging the custom that an elite player must attend college before he pursues his dream of playing in the N.B.A. Playing professionally in Europe suits Jennings's basketball goals and is far more lucrative than a college scholarship.
Hoops Haven says: While it would be fun to see a player of Jennings' caliber in the NCAA, give him credit for not making a mockery out of college.
Link: Jennings loves fettuccine in Roma
Seton Hall Media Day: Tuesday, October 21
Big East Media Day: Wednesday, October 22
Rutgers Media Day: Wednesday, October 29
Rutgers: Friday, Oct. 17, 10 p.m. at the Barn
Seton Hall: No Midnight Madness scheduled


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This was a new event, the brainchild of entrepreneur Paul Kilroe, which was designed to give delegates a good day out and nourish them with a diet of inspiration and amusement. Quite a few people I spoke to beforehand thought the choice of speakers and panellists and was "predictable" and "the usual suspects". That's a harsh view, to my mind, especially as Paul was seeking to put the best possible show on and to attract people who don't normally get out and go to networking events. To serve them properly, you get the best.
It was indeed an honour to share a stage at an event with two people I have described as the best at what they do. My good friend Michael Finnigan is the best motivational speaker and coach I've seen. His delivery, his passion and his storytelling ability creates a performance that takes you on an amazing roller coaster. On this day he was the best I've ever seen him, he's got something of the Michael McIntyre to his act now, but is just as nailed on with his core message.
I said back in September 2007 that Michelle Mone was the best business speaker I've seen. That was a long time ago, but she's still brilliant. Phil Jones sums it up really well here.
So, to my role. Paul asked if I'd "do the Dimbleby role" during the Question Time session. The panel were first rate business people, each with a story to tell and, vitally, an opinion to give. In their own way they are also mavericks and individuals. Phil Jones, Jennie Johnson, Marc Duchenes, Gary Chaplin and the one guy I knew less well, Tim Bacon of Living Ventures.
It was important to get the best out of everyone and we prepared by having dinner together on Tuesday night. I discovered a few things about each of them I didn't know before, and was therefore keen to draw these core themes out. Tim in particular has built up two successful restaurant businesses by watching customer behaviour really closely. He also fosters incredible loyalty from his high performers. Gary Chaplin has his own story – he was slaughtered in the press for an email he sent to a spammer looking for a job – which cost him his job, but gave him the opportunity to rebuild his reputation.
He and Jennie had differences of opinion on diversity and on shortlists for board level jobs, I was keen to emphasise this and encourage debate. Phil Jones is always brilliant on leadership and consumer technology trends. Marc has a wild and enquiring mind I was keen to provoke.
The questions I therefore chose to direct to the panel were done so with this in mind. I didn't want a free for all – I need to control the pace and not leave anything to chance. Awkward silences can kill an atmosphere. I also insisted on controlling the microphones and walking amongst the 240 plus crowd. It stops nutters going on too long and it provides intimacy with a large audience. I also am prepared to cut off the panellists if they're being repetitive and overly consensual.
Gary Chaplin has written a blog on the day here. Lots of great comments underneath too.
It was also great to hand back to Vince Miller, the compere for the day, an old-school pro and a really lovely man. All in all, I was really pleased with my hour, proud to take part in a terrific event, and the feedback has been superb. And here's a thing: I know a lot of people and go to a lot of events, but this was a new crowd, there were fresh faces and therefore different reactions.


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My Grandmother: My Inspiration
My grandmother was 99 when she died. She had lived a full life in good health until the last months that preceded her death. She was born in 1874 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She could trace her lineage to the Sephardi Jews that once lived in the Iberian Peninsula and who had to move to Brazil due to the Inquisition in the 1500's. She had only one sister. Their parents raised the two girls, in the manner of cherised Jewish princesses. They learned music, singing, spoke several languages, played tennis and knew all the proper etiquette that needed to be used across cultures. They spent their summers in the Lido in Italy although their main residence was in Rio, where their father owned a jewelry store located on one of the main avenues of the city, the Central Avenue, now known as Avenida Rio Branco.
My grandmother was expected to marry a privileged European suitor, but she loved music so much that she decided earlier in life that she should follow a music career. She had an almost obsessed belief that she was to be a famous concert pianist, and this belief was even stronger felt in her after having met and played piano for Franz Liszt in one of her trips to Italy. She used to talk highly of her meeting with Listz, although she was only a teen at the time, and how his music and conducting techniques influenced her through her life. Her dreams came true and at the age of 32, in 1906, she debut as the first South American women maestro conductor at the Teatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro, a recently new building inspired in its design by the Paris Opera of Charles Garnier. She performed in this theatre until she was invited to come to China and teach piano and music to the last emperor in 1911. The emperor had to abdicate in the year after she arrived and so her life in China was short lived, although she was to return to Macao and Hong Kong later on in her life. Nevertheless the Chinese culture, the religion, the lifestyle and nutrition was to influence her tremendously in the years to follow.
Upon her return to Rio, she was introduced to my grandfather by Serzedelo Correa, the ex-Mayor of Rio. My grandfather was a nephew of Serzedelo and he was an architect by training and 5 years younger than my grandmother. They married when she was 39 years old, in 1913. The fact that she married so late and to a man 5 years younger was most unusual at the time, and the fact that she then proceeded to have four children at a late age past 40 was even more unusual. But she never felt old and she often said she was ageless. Her passion for her work, and her Asian lifestyle gave her the youth and energy she needed and was often perceived to be younger than her husband.
I recall going to visit her when she was already in her 80's and she always had a warm tea for us. She ate small amounts of food, often mostly vegetables with very little meat and rice. She meditated daily and she was a very calm woman. She played the piano until the very end. Unfortunately, her marriage only lasted 6 years because my grandfather died at the age of 40 with a massive brain aneurysm while traveling abroad. At the age of 45, and with 4 small children she had to rebuild her life again. She went back to what she knew best: conducting orchestras. At 47 she took a job in Macao and then in Hong Kong while her kids stayed with her mother back at home. She lived in China for 10 years, conducting and playing the piano. It was during this period of her life that she modified her lifestyle including her nutrition, which would later influence how well she aged.
She returned to the Western culture to accept a job at LaScala in Milan and this time she took her full family along with her mother to Italy. A few years later she took a position as the head of the opera house in Lisbon (the Sao Carlos Theatre). My father was 16, and he was to do his studies in architecture in the Belas Artes at the University in Lisbon. She remained in Portugal for the rest of her life. She was truly inspirational in her energy, sense of entrepreneurship and her attitude to life. She was a fighter all the way, a problem solver and a lover of music and art. The Chinese influence was present in everything she did, from calling her cat Mao, to taking a 30minute rest mid day, to seeing in every chaotic situation as an opportunity.


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- Welcome
- Worship
- Music
- Children | Youth | Family
- Learn
- Connect
- Serve
- Give
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be always acceptable to you O Lord, our strength and our redeemer.
Happy Easter!
Growing up in California, earthquakes were part of my life. We became familiar with earthquakes, but were never really prepared for the unsettling feeling and the aftermath. During the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, one of my colleagues was swimming laps in his pool. When the earthquake hit, the pool created such a wave that he was literally thrown out of the water onto the deck. All that water then flooded his patio and adjacent dining room. He was fine, just very shaken up. Until that day, he wondered what he would do with his life, what was the purpose to which he was called. After he rode that wave (or shall I say, the wave tossed him out), he believed he had a specific purpose. This event was only the beginning of his determined, purposeful life.
In today's gospel text we heard of another earthquake, which initiated the beginning of a surprising scene for all involved – and for all of creation. During that earthquake, the angel who descended from heaven, rolled back the stone and sat on it. That same angel spoke to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary. "Do not be afraid," he said. "I know you are looking for Jesus… Come and see!" So the Marys left the tomb with fear and with joy. Jesus met them. "Do not be afraid," he said, "Go and tell the others!" That earthquake-angel-accompanied event was not the end of their story, it was the beginning of their purposeful life of Easter.
Do not be afraid. Come and see. Go and tell! That is the message of Easter!
But wait a minute! What about us? There is so much in this world for which to be afraid. Fear is pervasive – from Syria to Afghanistan, from the Kremlin to the White House, from Flint to Detroit – everywhere, it seems, fear rules the hardened heart of Pharoahs. Everywhere, it seems, fear unsettles our world. Fault lines split the family meals. Tremors rattle when employment is uncertain. Aftershocks quake our resilience when illnesses that drag on. Loneliness reverberates when a loved one dies.
I don't know about you, but I seek stable ground. And that is why you and I have come together on this holy night, right? Because we need a firm foundation. We need a new ending – no, that's not it…we need a new beginning. We need hope for different outcomes. We need encouragement. We need groundedness.
St. Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians, reminds us that, "no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ."[1] And that is a firm, dependable foundation: Jesus' resurrection accompanies every earthquake in our lives. Resurrection means steadfast, perfect love that casts out that pervasive, quaking fear. Resurrection does not answer or end problems, nor does it remove us from hardships, limitations and challenges of this life. Resurrection reinforces our lives with rebar of God's imagination and shock absorbers planted in God's fertile ground of possibilities.
From the first day of creation when God said "let there be light" and a new world came into being – shimmering and pulsing with life – to the dawn of that first day of the week when Jesus appeared to the women, God continues to break in. God continues to break in. When human sin wrecks its worst havoc, our gracious God unceasingly resurrects life and hope in the depths of our lives and in our communities.
How do we know this? Because God has a more lush and abundant imagination than fear-induced human rulers can provoke. This is the creative, surprising, dependable trademark of God. And with God's trademark creativity, we welcomed Hillary Wing Hampstead into our Christian community. Was this simply a societal initiation? No. Was this for mere religious statistics? No. Hillary was baptized today into Christ Jesus: into his death so that she can be united with him in a resurrection like his. Cyril of Jerusalem, theologian of the early church (around 300's) used to tell the newly baptized that, "by this action you died and you were born, and for you the waving water was at once a grave and the womb of a mother."[2]
This evening, Hillary was bathed in a wave of holy water so that she, too, can walk on a firm foundation, with purpose and newness of life. That life that is grounded in God's confident love. That life that invites her to "Come and see" and then "go and tell. Hillary's kin, those gospel women, were the first witnesses and the first missionaries of the church. No pressure, Hillary!
Tonight, those gospel women join our prayers for Hillary that she know her life with Jesus means a life of grace, an inquiring and discerning heart, and a courage to will and persevere with joy and wonder on the bedrock of God's love. Hillary, now that you have been in the water, we send you out with strong purpose to meet the challenges of life.
May we, this night, know with confidence that the God who raised Jesus from the dead is not done yet… God is not done with the world that God loves so much, not done with us, the children of God, who God loves so much.
May we know with confidence that Easter is not the end but the beginning of a life grounded on the unshakable, firm foundation of Love.
So… Go and Tell the good news: Christ is risen, indeed!
[1] 1 Corinthians 3:11
[2] Rachel Held Evans, Searching for Sunday (Nashville, Norton Books, 2015) p. 21


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This beautiful piece of Waterford Crystal is a Happy Birthday bud vase which has the classic diamond pattern topped with vertical lines. The vase is a gently flared, trumpet shape which would look elegant in any home.
This piece has the Waterford Seahorse mark, but is also signed by Master Cutter Tom Power, who began working at Waterford in 1969 as a wedge cutter. The top side of the base is dated July 2003.
This piece measures 6.5 inches tall and 2.5 inches in diameter at the rim. It is in excellent condition with no chips, nicks or cracks.
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