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Heartbreaking ...
Info from Kenny Chesney
What a mess!
We were there last year and agreed that, to date, it's the most beautiful island we had seen. It truly looked just like the scenes you see on House Hunter International and other shows. Absolutely breathtaking. I am so very sorry for the folks there. Seems like their Paradise is now their Purgatory.
Truly devastating. A few years ago I worked as a contractor for Innovative, the local telco/cable tv/wireless/internet company in the USVI. One of the main central office for communications was in a shipping container on the hill leaving Cruz Bay. It also contained a cell tower. Given its location and the wind damage observed, I am not surprised communications are down on St John and residents are trying to pick up signals from St Thomas. Watching the videos above brings back a flood of memories and emotions. I walked and drove those streets frequently. When I took time off, I went to St John, my favorite of the USVI.
Even though I've never visited the island, I have seen it on TV and had hoped to cruise there someday. Such devastation is unreal!
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You will have heard about several cases in the past few years which have involved unmarried couples (otherwise known as cohabitants) and what happens to their property when they split.
This most recent case, as detailed in the Daily Mail and can be found here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4857640/Therapist-ordered-fiancee-half-family-home.html should remind us that when it comes to being unmarried and living together the risks can be high.
The area of law when dealing with cohabitation disputes is complex and if court proceedings are issued can be expensive, especially if you lose as you could be made to pay the other persons costs.
We humans are an optimistic bunch; none of us want to consider what would happen if the worse happened and our relationship broke down. This is mirrored in our approach to death and making a will, as nearly 70% of us have not made one.
So what can you do about it, hope for the best….
Definitely not!
There are several ways to protect each other if the worse were to happen and the cost of taking such a precautionary approach could be £10,000 – £20,000 less than if you didn't.
If the property is being purchased in joint names then consideration should be given to entering into a Deed of Trust and buying as 'tenants in common.' Your conveyancing solicitors should be advising you about this at the point of purchase. A Deed of Trust would record who paid what and who will get what if the property is sold at a future date.
In any other situation, including moving into the other person's property or buying the house in one person's name, then a Cohabitation Agreement should be entered into. This will detail who pays for what, what interest, if any, they will have in the property and what happens if the relationship breaks down.
If a Cohabitation Agreement had been entered into in the case detailed in the Daily Mail then it could have prevented a costly court case.
Enoch Evans LLP follows the Law Society's Family Law Protocol and the Resolution Code of Practice in promoting a non-confrontational and constructive way of dealing with cohabitation disputes, whilst always acting in a client's best interest. Please contact a member of our Family Team for further advice on this area.

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We like having fun. We like being nude. We like the photographic arts. Why not combine the three?
Some of us have professional lives. We know that there's nothing wrong with nudity, we know that we've found a way to experience the human condition in greater depth and with greater honesty than most people might imagine possible. But we still need to spend most of our lives out there in a society that's struggling to adapt to modern reality, and some of us would almost certainly be judged unfairly if photos, without context, were to end up in the wrong hands.
The Internet is disrespectful. Respect is at the core of what the Free Body Society is all about. It's also the polar opposite of what online cesspools such as 4chan are all about. There's a small but non-negligible chance that our photos would be stolen, manipulated, and re-branded as "amateur voyeur porn" or something like that. So, while we'll happily post photography by and of KFFBS members who want us to share it, we'll never pressure our members into being photographed.
It can distract from the message. KFFBS is about doing real things in real space; our online presence is mainly to ensure that anyone who's potentially interested can find out about us, learn what we're about, and get in touch. As our friends at YNA recently pointed out, there are already plenty of places where you can find page after page of photos of naked people, with little context or meaning. That's not what we're about.
This is not to say we disapprove of photography! Indeed, the "Body Pride" workshops of C.K. Roberts – which we think are just brilliant – use the empowering magic of photography as a key component, and our friends at NYC's Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society make great use of great images to prove how natural, normal and relaxing these kind of events are. One of our co-founders is a part-time pro photographer, and – like pretty much everyone with access to a camera – most of us have been photographed naked at some point.
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3 Ways God's Love is Different
Every Tuesday morning the EvanTell staff gathers to pray, often accompanied by a short devotional. One particular time has stayed in my memory. Larry asked us to do a group exercise that went like this:
- Pull out a Piece of and draw a line down the middle.
- On the Left side write the words "Our love."
- On the Right side write the words "God's love."
As we filled in the columns with appropriate answers, we marveled at our God's amazing love:
"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another" (1 John 4:10–11).
With Valentine's Day approaching, I thought it would be a good time to revisit my notes. We came up with several contrasts, but here are the three that stood out to me the most!
- God's love for us is unconditional—God does not love us based on merit. We can never be good enough to earn God's favor, nor can we ever be bad enough to diminish his love. He loved us first (1 John 4:19) and will never stop.
- God's love for us is Sacrificial—God loves us so much that he sent his Son to die on our behalf (John 3:16). While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). God's love is not focused on what he gets but on what he gives.
- God's love is enduring—No matter what happens, nothing can separate us from God's love. Paul tells fellow believers, "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38–39).
What about you? How have you noticed that God's love is different from human love?


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I think I mentioned previously that I am a member of the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS).
No, I am not a CPA, but they let Chartered Accountants in as International Members. There are a couple of articles in the July issue of the ICPAS magazine, Insight, that I want to share with people.
The first was about perks. Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago (named as one of the ten best places to work in Chicago) offers a concierge service to all of its staff. This apparently means that it has someone available to assist staff with personal errands such as taking their dry-cleaning to the drycleaners. They also have an on site car repair facility so that employees can have their car repaired from the hospital garage, assuming I imagine, that they are sufficiently roadworthy that the employee can drive in to work. They also offer free back-up family care. They will send someone for twenty days a year to the employee's home to look after their children or elderly relatives.
What America does today, Britain does tomorrow?
I am fascinated to learn the sort of perks that American staff apparently expect. If Blackstone Franks LLP were to provide such perks for our staff (which we have no current intention of doing) the staff will get a tax bill on the cost of having the facility available to them, whether they use it or not. I am about to make my annual visit to Chicago for ICPAS's Business Technology Solutions Show (my annual update on US tax) and whilst I am there I will try to discover the US position on such perks.
Insight tells me that the director of Organisational Development of Children's Memorial Hospital believes (and they have put it in quotes so I am sure it is what it really believes). "These benefits augment a special culture with a compelling mission, I get to work with very dedicated, talented, friendly, compassionate people who together save and transform the lives of children and their families everyday. I am very fortunate to work here."
I have to admit that I do not believe that many Blackstone Franks staff meet these criteria. Thank goodness they don't! Children's Hospital staff sound like extra-terrestrials rather than human beings!
The article also tells me that Grant Thornton in the US selects one major marathon each year and invites employees to train for and compete in it as part of the Grant Thornton team. I somehow doubt that many Blackstone Franks staff would regard it as a perk if I asked them to join the Blackstone Franks team for say the Manchester marathon. It also tells me that KPMG offers pet insurance as a perk. If any one who reads this works for KPMG UK I would be interested to know if this is a worldwide perk or limited to the US. Perhaps the most surprising perk is that McGladrey & Pullen will reimburse up to $3,000 in adoption related costs to an employee who wishes to adopt a child. Whilst I am in favour of adoption, that does strike me as a perk for which I would not have expected there to be a great demand. By definition perks ought to be something that are likely to attract the majority of staff. Does anyone know of a UK firm of accountants that is prepared to encourage adoption in this way?
The other article that caught my eye was comparing the X and Y generation with the baby boomers. I know that baby boomers were those born shortly after the war. I assume that generation X, Y and Z are those born in the 70s, 80s and 90s respectively. I am not sure whether they will be pleased or not to learn that generation Y and Z are much more likely to be family-centric – placing more value on family – than their baby boomer parents. The evidence of this is apparently that generation X dads spend 3.4 hours per day with their children whereas the baby boomers only spend 2.2 hours. I am not a dad, but taking 7 hours sleep, 8 hours working and 2 hours travel gives an availability of 7 hours, so spending less than half of that with one's children does not strike me as particularly family-centric.
I also learn that Deloitte & Touche believe that what generation Z want is "substantial internally and externally focused education". That does not sound particularly family-centric to me either.
I also learnt that the majority of Americans baulk at the personal sacrifices necessary to make it as a top level executive in the new global economy. Apparently as many as 40% or 50% have witnessed a parent or family member who has worked hard all their lives being downsized or laid off in their latter years. If the average person is able to spend only 3.4 hours with one's children, I shudder to think how much time a top level executive is expected to work.
I am particularly fascinated to learn that generation X and Y are less oriented towards greed. "It is the work itself. It is the intellectual stimulation and being able to make a contribution that's important to them." I have to admit that I have not noticed that in England but look forward to that philosophy coming to this side of the Atlantic.
I was also interested to learn that 78% of 10th, 11th and 12th graders - 15 to 18 year olds - had a paid or unpaid job whilst at school and 83% expect to earn a four year university degree. 84% want jobs that are "personally meaningful to them", 78% want to work with people who treat them well and 69% want jobs where they "can be creative and use skills" I somehow doubt that many will live their dream.
I also noticed an article on International Financial Reporting standards. This tells me that whilst it may seem unnecessary for America to move from US GAAP to IFRS there are many benefits to doing so, such as reducing accounting costs for US businesses with offices overseas. It also says that while many US accountants are already use IFRS on overseas assignments "there are just as many if not more international accountants (that's people like Blackstone Franks LLP) as US ones, and so "the playing field is being rapidly levelled. The only difference is, those offshore company accountants are cheaper to hire". Apparently currently American accountants have two big advantages, their US citizenship and their knowledge of reporting under American regulations. This means that they have to take a limited role in international projects since they cannot sign off any work. The article predicts that the US will not adopt IFRS for a minimum of ten years, so American accountants have a wide window to prepare for the invasion of the English and other aliens into their protected work arena. The advice to Insight's American readers is to spend a couple of years working in the EU or Canada or to go on courses to learn IFRS. However it gives a warning about courses, that what is cutting edge now might not be cutting edge in a few years. Great news for the British accounting profession if that is all the preparedness that CPAs are going to do in preparation for IIFRS superseding US GAAP.
It is fascinating to learn how the professionals in the world's major economy are approaching the future!
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The Pavilion mall escalators descended to lower levels of the mall, parking basements and the food court. Xin lead Chris to Al-Amar, a Middle Eastern restaurant at far end of the food court. The partitioned sections gave them the privacy they needed.
"OK boy genius, what do we do? What the hell is this message you're talking about?" said Xin, now in a mix of panic and anger.
"The last slide that Raj emailed me, it is a Turing machine. The very first theoretical concept of a computing machine."
"And how does that explain the creep after us?"
"I don't know. I need to look at it again." Chris pulled up his Macbook from the envelope sleeve and popped open the slide deck. "It needs some sort of input, some series of letters", moving his finger around the diagram.
"Why don't you just call him?", with one eye on the entrance to the food court.
"Wait, yes the text message. I knew something wasn't right about it." Chris pulled up the text message on his iPhone, reading it again.
'i CracKed the Code. SeCret is in The SPACE. run for your life. Trust no one'
"What does it have to do with the…", Chris gasped with the sudden realization, "unless…"
"Unless what?", clearly looking frustrated and uneasy.
"Unless it's the input… see here" pointing at the series of capitalized letters, "people don't text like that"
Chris quickly took out his pen and started scribbling on the restaurant napkin, the series of letters came out to be
"This still doesn't make any sense" said Xin, almost ready to walk out.
"Just give me 2 minutes" moving his finger against the laptop's screen.
"2001:db8:0:1", said Chris, still scratching his head.
'What is that, a bank account in Zurich which you can't remember?' sarcastically, referring to a recent spy movie.
Chris looked back at Xin, clearly not amused by the comment. "I think it's a location, a virtual location"
"Where you find the great mystery of "The SPACE" I presume" now having made her mind to get on her way. "This is bullshit! I am going to the police and tell them everything." She walked out of the restaurant.
Chris was still stuck in thought, trying to figure out what the numbers meant. It took him a few seconds before he realized Xin had actually gone. He tried to find her in the crowd, shifting his gaze from corner to corner. No luck. It was a Saturday night and felt like the entire city was eating out, shopping or partying. The restaurants were packed. People were waiting outside to get tables. Music playing in the mall set a festive ambiance. Interestingly enough, every restaurant proudly bore the address to a facebook page next to their name.
"It wasn't like this some years ago, the social networking boom has captured everyone" he thought to himself, distracted by his curiosity of how online social networks had evolved. It was this curiosity that drove his research for the past several years. "Everyone now has a facebook page…" he stopped midway with a sudden realization.
'Facebook page. Web address. IP address …holy shit!'
Chris ran to find Xin, realizing that Raj cleverly encrypted an IP address in the text message. The extra slide in the presentation acted as a decrypter. As he ran towards the escalator to move up to the ground level, two men seized him from behind. One of them shoved a pistol into his rib cage and motioned Chris to submit. A strong blow hit Chris on his stomach as he tried to resist.
"Oh God, these are the same men who came after me in the auditorium" he thought to himself.
Not being able to contain himself he started shouting at them, "What do you want? Why are you after me?"
"You should keep your mouth shut if you want to live" the man shouted back, punching Chris again in his ribs, rendering him breathless and unable to speak.
There were people inside when the explosives went off, civilians, Americans… does that mean anything to you at all!
Collateral damage, every war has its fair share of it
You disgust me! We have no right to decide who gets sacrificed to save lives of others
We couldn't have known. The plan was to evacuate the facility first. The first explosion was designed to do exactly that. Everyone would have fled in fear if the explosive went off in time.
But it didn't, and the second one killed everyone inside. 38 people died that night, all because your plan was flawed General!
Don't accuse me Durus! For all I know you wanted them to die. You wanted the first explosive to fail. I know how much you hate them. Unless you want to end up in solitary confinement, which you can bet your worthless ass you will! Get yourself together soldier and leave this behind. It was a covert op and no one needs to know. Revolution feeds on sacrifice
"Revolution feeds on sacrifice". The words kept echoing in his mind. The sudden turbulence woke Durus from his dream, his nightmare.
'Sir, seems like we've run into some pockets of low air pressure, nothing to worry about. We should be landing in Kuala Lumpur shortly' updated the Captain
Out the plane's window, Durus could see the bustling city glow in the night beneath him. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes, 'John, we're almost there. Destiny awaits'
The two men escorted Chris to an SUV parked by the curb. Even though passing by people could clearly see that he was being taken against his will, nobody seemed to be surprised. Apparently many international criminals had been caught over the years in this city by secret agencies. The suited men and the black SUV could not be mistaken for anything else.
One of the men opened the rear door of the car and hurled Chris inside. Still unable to muster the strength to talk, he submitted himself to the suited stranger.
'Just sit tight mister Noman, this won't hurt a bit' as he stabbed Chris with a large needle. Chris kicked and screamed but to no avail. He started feeling a numbness creeping up inside him, slowly taking over. The door closed behind him. The engine roared to a start.
What is this drug? What is happening to me? Chris tried to knock himself out of his trance. He could barely move now. His head tilted sideways, looking out the heavily tinted glass windows of the SUV. As blackness gradually enveloped his vision, he saw a bright light in the distance. He was moving toward it at a furious speed.
Is this how it ends?
Sirens of police cars broke Chris Noman's daze. He was sitting inside a rather small car. Jia Xin was driving, rather violently. Chris Noman could feel the car speeding and zig zagging through traffic as his weight shifted from one side of the seat to the other, only held in place by the flimsy seatbelt of the car.
'What happened?'
'Your friend Raj, he's dead' replied Jia Xin. 'The report said he was murdered. His apartment was torched. I think these agents are connected to your friend's murder. I came back to get you'.
'Wha… Raj… dead…' even in his drugged state, he could still pain in his heart hearing this news.
'Also, there is something I need to tell you about myself, why I came back for you'
Few minutes ago, as the agents were opening the front doors of the car, a Toyota Prius slammed into the driver side of the SUV. The impact swirled both cars on to the pavement. The agents were knocked unconscious. Jia Xin kicked the door open of the SUV and dragged Chris Noman to her Prius. Someone had tipped off the police and sirens of police cars could be heard in the distance.
A Macbook and a scribbled restaurant napkin lay on the dashboard of the wrecked SUV.
'Sir, he got away' said the agent, holding his head trying to figure out what just happened. 'The woman came back and hit us. She took him with her. She was driving a silver Toyota Prius'
'Goddammit! There are hundreds of Prius' in this city, how the hell are we going to find them!' barked George Mason, standing outside Kuala Lumpur police station.
'We have his laptop. He was also carrying a note, scribbled with some code'
'Then what are you waiting for! Read it to me already. We don't got much time!'
2001:db8:0:1 well well well, I underestimated the simplicity of your plan Mr. Noman. How ingenious.
'Where is the closest public government library?' asked George Mason
'The National Science Center Library is a 20 minute drive east of here'
'I think that's where they're headed. Take the laptop to HQ. Will meet you there once I am done with our friend'
The Prius was parked at a gas station. Jia Xin had brought some water and pain killers for Chris Noman. His head was pounding against his skull. The recent news of Raj's death mixed with the venom of whatever the agent injected in his head triggered an explosion inside his brain. It took 4 painkillers and 10 minutes before he could think straight again.
'Need to go to National Science Center, know where it is?' mumbled Chris Noman.
'I know where it is, but why the Science Center?' Jia Xin, puzzled.
'The code we found from the slides, it's an IP address. A unique type of IP address only used by government networks, the military and CIA' taking in a deep breath, 'this special location can only be accessed from a computer connected to such a network. I know that the main terminal at the science center is connected to the government network. That is where we can access this coded location and find the truth behind all this madness'
After 15 minutes, Chris Noman and Jia Xin were at the entrance of the National Science Center. The structure was designed as a large alien spacecraft. The main console was on the 5th floor at the end of the hall. Chris Noman had been a regular here, visiting the library every time he came to the city. The management had invited him many times to give seminars on "Social patterns" and "Collective conscious". He even had a VIP pass that let him access the main console of the library.
Chris Noman sat in front of the console and motioned Jia Xin to pull up a chair. The console came to life and in a couple of seconds the screen filled up with scrolling text, jumbles of words and symbols. The white and yellow text kept scrolling up against the black background. Chris Noman was mesmerized by the glowing symbols, as if he had discovered the DNA of the collective conscious.
'Brilliant Raj, simply brilliant' Chris Noman now turned towards Jia Xin, 'He saved his work hidden on a top secret government server. He knew no one would look for it there.'
Chris Noman browsed through the contents of the folder, keyed something in and a prompt showed up which read "Enter The Date". 'Funny, normally someone would put in a password protection' he said. He typed in the current date 09/23/2011. The computer rejected the date.
'Seems like date is the password' exclaimed Jia Xin, 'Any special date that Raj talked about?' she continued
'Nothing in particular, he did however overuse the phrase "time to change the world" but that's figurative speech'
'What was the most significant date common to both of you in recent past?'
'Well we've been talking about the release of our next social aggregation platform, let me try that' he punched in the date 03/15/2012. Nothing happened.
'"2012" isn't that the year scientists of yesteryear predicted the world would end?'
'The apocalypse, when the earth collides with a black hole. The date predicted is December 21, 2012' he tried keying in 12/21/2012. The screen went blank. 'But this can't be it, it's too obvious.'
Chris Noman was right. It wasn't the date. The screen came back with the same dreadful prompt "Enter The Date". The cursor blinked as if it was mocking Chris for his lack of intelligence to solve the puzzle.
Think Chris think. What am I missing? I need to trace my steps. The text message said, "CracKed the Code. SeCret is in The SPACE. run for your life. Trust no one". Can't think of a date with that. The extra slide. The diagram of a Turing machine. The text message and the Turing machine. Turing… Alan Turing… Shit!
'Can you Google "Alan Turing Year"' pointing to Jia Xin's phone.
'Who is this Alan Turing anyway?' moving her fingers on the QWERTY keypad of her Blackberry
'Alan Turing was the father of computing, computer science, artificial intelligence. He acted as a code breaker in World War II. If my memory serves me right, 2012 is also the year of Alan Turing.'
Chris Noman could see the phones screen refresh and with it the expression on Jia Xin's face. 'You are right, the year 2012 is the Alan Turing Year, a century after his birth on…' she paused. 'Key in 06/23/2012'
Chris Noman did as directed. The screen flashed and then filled up with a list of what seemed like dozens of files. From first looks, they looked like video logs of Rajesh's work.
Chris Noman executed the first video log labeled "August 2010". Here we go.


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"Taehyung," you whine, "Give it back!" He had snatched the math homework you were working on, which was due by tomorrow.
"You don't need this," he says as he holds the paper over his head.
"Yeah, I do," you say as you sit up on your bed and try to grab it. "Taehyung," you whine again. He holds it further up, making it impossible for you to reach. You give up and slump back down on the bed. "You win," you pout as you cross your arms over your chest.
Taehyung smiles and brings the paper down an examines it. He looks at you, "What kind of foreign language is this?" He asks as he shows the paper to you, a confused look spread across his face.
"Algebra," you say as you quickly snatched the paper from him. "Algebra that needs to get done."
"Jagi," he complains, "Can't it wait?"
"No," you say in a stern voice. "I have to get this done." You say as you place the sheet of paper on your notebook. Taehyung begins to watch you, amazed by how fast you are working. "How do you do those so fast?"
"I just do them," you answer, not looking up at him. Your brain was in complete focus mode. You didn't want to break your concentration.
Then you felt Taehyung's arm wrap around your shoulder. "You're so smart," he says, glancing back at your math paper. You feel your cheeks become hot. You always did that when Taehyung compliments you. You shake your head and try to erase his compliment. You don't want to get distracted. You try to focus on your work, but then he starts rubbing your back. "Come on, Jagi. Can't you finish it later?" He whispers in your ear before attacking your neck with his lips.
You let out a small giggle as pushes you on your side. "Taehyung," you squeal. He starts attacking your cheeks with small pecks. You giggle louder, "Taehyung!"
His lips start kissing your forehead an land on your nose.
You look up at him. Any thought about math is far from your mind. All you can about is Taehyung.
"So," he says, planting another kiss on your nose. "Can math wait?"
You look out the corner of your eye and find the sheet of paper. You needed to finish it. You almost say no, but then you look up at Tae and see he big brown eyes pleading for you to say yes.
"It can wait," you say, unable to say no to him. You lean up and plant a kiss on his sweet lips. He smiles in the kiss and lays down next to you, pulling you close to his chest as your math assignment fall from the bed and onto the floor.
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The last week of byes: The Panthers, Colts, Jets and 49ers are off.
"Their efforts, both on and off the field, help bring people together and make our community stronger," he added. "There is no greater unifier in this country than sports and, unfortunately, nothing more divisive than politics.
"I think our political leaders could learn a lot from the lessons of teamwork and the importance of working together toward a common goal," Kraft continued. "Our players are intelligent, thoughtful and care deeply about our community and I support their right to peacefully affect social change and raise awareness in a manner that they feel is most impactful."
Patriots players have not protested during the anthem, and two of the team's most prominent members — Coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady — also have had ties to the president.
Who's on the NFL coaching hot seat? There are compelling cases to be made for and against Chuck Pagano, Hue Jackson, Ben McAdoo and Dirk Koetter.
Laughable, ridiculous: Jerry Jones has two words for those reports that he could be ousted as the Dallas Cowboys' owner.
A Papa John's apology: The pizza purveyor is sorry it blamed sagging sales on the NFL's national anthem demonstrations.
The Falcons locked themselves into the No. 2 spot in the NFC with a 38-32 win over the New Orleans Saints, while the Seahawks (10-5-1) claimed the No. 3 position by fending off the San Francisco 49ers, who put up a surprising effort in a 25-23 loss at home.
In the night game, Aaron Rodgers continued his late-season tear, ripping the Lions for four touchdowns and 300 yards passing in Green Bay's 31-24 victory. That secures the Packers the fourth seed in the playoffs; they will host the Giants in the first round. Detroit, meanwhile, will now head to Seattle to start the postseason.
They say success has many fathers but failure is an orphan. Against that backdrop, it's easy to forget just how much of a gamble the risky Romo hire was for CBS Sports boss Sean McManus.


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Dow up 9 straight days
The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday set a new closing high for the ninth day in a row, marking the longest record-setting run in three decades.
The blue-chip average climbed by 0.2 percent on the day, breezing past its broader counterparts, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite, which both ended slightly lower. US stocks have been on a tear since Donald Trump clinched the election in November, with the Dow having rallied by 13.3 per cent over that time period. The index, which tracks 30 of America's most prominent companies, has not closed at record peaks for nine days in a row since January 1987, according to Bloomberg data.
90 days without a 1% decline
What's good for the Dow is usually good for the S&P 500 as well. Today, marked the 91st consecutive day that the S&P 500 has not lost 1.0 percent or more in a day. That's not to say that the index has increased in value every single day — some days during that time-frame it has declined in value — but it hasn't had a single trading day where the market closes 1 percent or more lower than the prior day's closing price over the past three months.
This is the 14th longest such streak:
Such streaks are truly meaningless and are nothing but statistics and data for articles like this. The stock market's long term performance is all that matters. Short term movements are not what you should be thinking about. The market's 13 plus percent gain in three months shouldn't be create a feeling of euphoria in the same way a 37 percent decline in one year — as was the case in 2008 — shouldn't be a cause for a sense of depression.
While it's nice to see the value of your portfolio increase, in this case quite significantly over a few months, short-term stock market moves — and one year is relatively short-term — should not be what you are looking at. You should be investing for the long haul. As a reminder, the S&P 500 has returned 9.7 percent (including dividends) on average over the past 50 years. If you invest $5,000 every year for 40 years, you will likely end up with almost $2.25 million. During that time, you might have short periods where there is a significant gain, like the 3-month period that we are in now or periods when the value of your portfolio can decline significantly.
You should try to ignore such market movements and think of your money as a very long-term investment. You are less likely to act irrationally — buying more when the market is reaching unrealistic highs or selling when the market overreacts to negative news and dramatically lowers the value of your investments. It is better for your stress level. You will sleep well.
The bear is hibernating
Again, while we shouldn't be paying too much attention to short-term trends, there is another interest statistic to look at. Okay, we shouldn't put much weight in these short-term indicators, but they are fun to look at…
We are about to experience a relatively rare occurrence: winning months of January and February. While January has typically been a positive month for the stock market, February hasn't always been an up month. Since 1945, January and February have both registered monthly gained only 27 times; that's about one-third of the time.
As we know, past performance is no assurance of future results… that said, in each of the previous 27 instances where the market showed gains in both January and February. the total for the year was positive. This looms well for 2017 overall. Given that the market is up over 13 percent thus far this year, there is a greater likelihood that the market would end the year in positive territory.
In 25 of those 27 years, the remaining 10 months in the year also showed a cumulative positive outcome.
All this positive feel-good talk could about the market results and projections are not meant to make you feel better about your portfolio. Remember just one year ago when the indices declined dramatically. People were taking money out of the market. Financial advisors and personal finance and investing websites were trying to convince people not to sell and to think about their investments for the long run.
For every positive indicator, there's a negative one…
For every positive data point or indicator, you can find negative ones as well. The New England Patriots pulled off the stunning comeback earlier this month, overcoming a 25-point deficit to win the Super Bowl. Historically, that victory was a negative indicator for the stock market. When teams from the AFC — the American Football Conference — win the Super Bowl, the market loses money that year.
Some people might view this extended positive streak as an indicator that a major correction is looming. Sam Stovall is Chief Investment Strategist of U.S. Equity Strategy at CFRA believes that a market correction is long overdue:
If you need additional encouragement that a bear market is not just around the corner, history again may offer some more virtual Valium.
– Sam Stovall is Chief Investment Strategist of U.S. Equity Strategy at CFRA
Go climb a mountain
I am not a believer in short-term trends, statistics. or indicators. It's just fun to note such milestones, like 91 days without a sizable pull-back or positive annual returns during all 27 of the previous post-war instances when the market was positive for both January and February. Heck, we haven't even finished February — there are still four trading days left in the month — and we are talking as though this month will end in positive territory. Okay, sure… with less than a week left in the month, the likelihood of the S&P 500 giving back its 3.68 percent gain for the month is incredibly low, but it could happen. There could be a catastrophic event which cripples the market. The week following 9/11, the S&P 500 lost over 11 percent of its value.
We should not be looking at short-term market activity. We are all in it for the long run. Stop checking your portfolio's value every day. Go outside and exercise; climb a mountain and admire the incredible vista. Have fun. Most people should simply invest their money on a regular basis and have confidence that over the long haul, the U.S. economy and the stock market will likely continue to climb. Keep investing. Decades later you will likely be happy with your portfolio.


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There are some eccentric/unconventional people that really fascinate me – the kind of people who don't feel the need to 'fit in' with society, who have their own tastes, opinions and ideas, who can just be themselves without fear, who step out into our occasionally bland, beige world that's becoming increasingly too homogenised for my liking, and make it a bit more colourful and interesting and I think that Quentin Crisp was one of those people.
Mr Crisp died in 1999, aged 90, not too far away from Broccoli HQ, on the eve of his one man show and his ashes were returned to New York, his adopted home.
He was The Englishman in New York – you know, the one Sting wrote a song about….Ahhh, Sting…Mmmmmm…*stares dreamily into space*
Ahem, sorry, I almost lost my thread then.
Mr Crisp would be on my guest list for dinner anytime (so would Sting!!!)
Well, that's if I had the time, inclination or energy to actually throw a dinner party!
For those of you who've never heard of Quentin Crisp, he was an author and raconteur, life model, rent boy and a whole host of other stuff. He came from a generation where his effeminacy and homosexuality wasn't accepted and, sadly, like many people before and after him, he was persecuted for it.
But he was who he was and the haters didn't get the last laugh… they rarely do…yeah!
I didn't necessarily agree with all of his opinions though – he could, on occasion, incite controversy – however, one of my most favourite quotes of his was:
"There's no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse"
What a theory that is, eh?
All the cleaning product manufacturers of the world would be quaking in their boots and defensively clutching their wallets close to their chest at the prospect of that philosophy ever taking off.
Anyway, you're possibly wondering where all this is leading. If you've read my stuff before, you probably know me so well that you've fathomed that I can often go off on a tangent!
Humble apologies. I just can't help myself.
Well, not so long ago, I was having a lovely chat with one of my special needs mama friends and something that she said bothered me.
And what bothered me was the fact that she was sad…about something she didn't really need to bother about – her dust bunnies and what other people would think about her and them.
She told me that before she became a special needs mama, she had the luxury (i.e. time PLUS energy!) to look after her house just the way she wanted. Now, like most of us in the special needs world, her priorities have had to shift. BIG TIME!.
So I wanted to write something about it. Hence my reference to Quentin Crisp.
See? There is a (sort of) segue to this, after all.
I've got to the point in my life – either through age or experience or whatever – that I truly, honestly, couldn't 'give a monkeys' (for my friends across the world – hello! – that means 'couldn't care less') about people's opinions of me or my lifestyle.
I worry not one bit.
I don't waste even a second of my day thinking about it.
I am who I am. Take me or leave me. Love me or loathe me.
Nor do I worry about my home.
Sure, I'd love all the work on the house and garden to be completed. That's a no-brainer. Yes, I'd love it if our home was constantly tidy. Of course, I would be positively giddy at the prospect of it being spotlessly clean 24/7.
But would my life be more enriched if all of this happened?
Erm…let me think about that one…
OK, I've thought about it and the answer is…
Absolutely NOT.
It's not a show house just so that people can come in and "ooh and aah" at what we might have bought or how it looks.
It's a home. Where we actually live. Where we cook, eat, sleep, play, dance in the kitchen. It's where Hannah and daddy play 'football' (well, sort of 'ish') whilst I hold my breath and hope that nothing gets smashed in the process *sigh*, it's where we mess about and have fun, it's where we make memories.
It oozes LIFE…especially from a little person we never imagined we'd be lucky enough to bring into this world.
Those handprints that you'll see on my patio doors or dining table are signs that Hannah was there…more than likely right after I'd cleaned them *sigh*. I never, ever imagined or assumed that Hannah would one day be mobile, so whether you think this a bit bizarre or not, I LOVE to see those little smears and handprints…even if I've just spent ages cleaning the glass.
Those toys often strewn across my living room are signs that my kid likes playing (and has the capacity to play) with things…and throw them across the room (often just missing my head!).
That equipment cluttering up rooms is to help Hannah do things.
Those dishes and pans stacked on my draining board are evidence that we at Broccoli HQ cook our own food because nutrition and health matters MASSIVELY for Hannah – you will never, ever find take away boxes in our bin…although, right now, whilst typing this, I could just murder (i.e. enjoy eating – not, actually murdering!) some egg fried rice…I haven't eaten that from a take-away in YEARS! n.b. If you eat take-aways, please don't bother jumping on the keyboard and telling me off, this is about our life, it's entirely up to you what you eat.
Those clothes piled in the washing basket are evidence that my kid wears clean clothes and P.J.'s every single day…although I absolutely cannot guarantee that they'll be clean after her having them on for, erm…say…10 minutes, TOPS.
Why, oh why, can't my kid ever look clean and tidy? It just baffles me.
The pile of ironing as a result of said washing, is evidence that I am just too busy doing something else or too jaded to bother doing it right now…as will be the stuff that's lying around on the dining table or somewhere else that needs putting away.
Oh, I could go on and on and on about this.
But I won't.
When Hannah was born (and we were able to escape from hospital!) we had professionals visiting us every single day…LOTS of them. Now, don't get me wrong, I was grateful for their support (at times)…even if my house didn't feel like my own…nor did I feel able to just enjoy being with my baby like other parents could/can. But I've talked about that previously, so I won't go on about it again. It was what it was and it's done now.
However, in my hormonal, utterly stupid state at the time, I actually, nonsensically, bothered to frantically clean/tidy the house EVERY SINGLE DAY, before they came. Not only did I do that, I was making purees every day for Hannah, washing her bedding and towels and everything else I could find (the washing machine nearly had a nervous breakdown!) on top of Hannah's daddy and I providing 24 hour care to this little bundle who needed feeding by NG tube and all the other stuff that needed to be done.
I was so obsessed with wanting to appear to be coping (which I did beautifully, proving the doubters wrong, thank you very much!) with everything that was going on AND play the hostess at the same time.
Would you like a drink and a piece of cake Mrs Nurse?, Mrs Health Visitor? Miss O.T?, Ms Physio? Mrs Portage person? Etc etc etc
Well, I'll tell you what I was thinking….
I was brought up in a household where other people's opinions about you mattered.
Well, let me tell you this for nothing…it doesn't.
People will make their own minds up about you, your home, your lifestyle, what you wear, your personality etc no matter what you do. That's what people do. They may not get it right because they just judge on what they think they see or hear. It's often a snapshot judgement, based on their own 'values' and probably without much or any substance. But they judge, nonetheless.
In retrospect, I was trying to live up to what had been drummed into me from an early age; must keep up appearances no matter what!.
What utter, utter rubbish that was.
So then, as a result of running around like a headless chicken, I went and completely burned myself out and caught every virus that was going.
That was clever of me, wasn't it?
My immune system had had enough. It was tired of me and my stupidity.
And rightly so.
So I want to send a message out to all my special needs mamas and daddies about this because I don't want anyone to end up like I did.
Let's get one thing straight here guys, you have MORE than enough to worry about. I know from experience that you'll have far more important stuff going on in your lives – stuff that the average person wouldn't have a clue about unless they walked in our shoes. So please don't worry about your dust bunnies.
Plus, life is far too short to worry about anyone else's opinion.
Their opinions mean nothing, nada, niente…unless you really value their opinions, of course.
If someone genuinely cares about you and your wellbeing, whether that's family, friends or professionals, they'll offer to help in some way, possibly without you even having to ask. But there will be others who will pass comment/judgement…undoubtedly out of your earshot…but you'll notice their surreptitious sweeping glances around your house when they come to visit.
If it gives them pleasure or a sense of grandiosity or kudos to talk about or judge the state of your house, then so be it…let them waste their breath…but pity them for their shallowness, ignorance and/or complete lack of understanding.
I'd much rather my child feel happy and loved and feel our presence…rather than palming her off onto someone else so I can get the cleaning done, wouldn't you?
It'll get done when it's done.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting for a minute that you leave your cleaning and wait for four years, like Mr Crisp might have suggested.
Three years, maybe.
No, seriously, we all know that things like damp and dust can be harmful especially if you have a child with respiratory problems, so it's probably a very good idea to sort that out and keep on top of it. We're not THAT stupid!
It may also be a good idea to get the hoover out to shift that huge hair/dust ball that resembles one of those tumbleweed things in an old cowboy film…before your child starts thinking it's one of those big exercise balls and you see them rolling around happily on top of it whilst you're doing the washing up.
What I'm really trying to get at is, as long as it's not a health and safety hazard, as long as your child isn't going to catch something nasty, as long as your child is clean and safe and happy and is provided with everything that they need…what does the rest matter? It can wait until tomorrow.
Mamas and Daddies of the special needs world, you are precious and irreplaceable and I want you to look after yourself (easier said than done sometimes, yeah, I know!). Because if you don't do that then you'll be no use to anyone else. I'm guessing that you're doing the very best that you can right now. Not only may you be juggling work and home life – just like any other average parent – but you'll be juggling a WHOLE lot more too. You'll be attending appointments and meetings, writing stuff for schools and professionals, lifting and handling your child, attending to care needs and feeding, sterilising stuff, blah, blah, blah, the whole kit and caboodle. I get it. I'm with you. But there's the emotional stuff to contend with that also takes its toll…and that can manifest itself by draining you physically too.
The dust bunnies will be there tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after that. It's a perpetual cycle. So maybe, one day, perhaps as regularly as you can, why not think about having some time off. If your child is safe in the care of someone else, go have a power nap and recharge your batteries, or watch Bridget Jones's Diary on DVD (LOVE that film!) and eat chocolate or whatever takes your fancy. Just forget the housework for a little while at least.
And to those who've passed judgement on other people for the state of their houses, hear this….
Shame on you!
To my knowledge, no-one has EVER died and been remembered for the condition of their house…."Oh yes, I remember (choose whatever name), they always had a lovely clean and tidy house…anyone would think it was a show house". Nope. Your children will never put that on your gravestone. They may just sell your house quicker than you can say 'Last Will and Testament' for a quick buck, dust or no dust, and blow your hard earned cash on a sports car or fritter it away. You will never be remembered for your clean and tidy show house. If you're lucky you may be remembered for the type of person you were. One day, you may be in a position where you aren't able to clean your home to your exacting standards. Karma has a funny way of working sometimes. Think on!.
Right, that's all for now my lovelies.
Thanks, as always, for dropping by.
Until next time.
Annie xoxo
This post is dedicated to Mr Crisp. Wherever he is, I hope he's having an utterly wonderful, totally flamboyant time and being allowed to be just the way he is.
…and to my gorgeous special needs mama friend. We love you JUST the way you are, dust bunnies or no dust bunnies. YOU are an amazing person and mama and are making some lovely memories – and that's far more important than cleaning!.
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Strawberry Cupcake Kawaii Plush Pin
These are the little cupcake pins I made. :) They are based on the amigurumi ones I make, thought it would be nice to have a little pin too. More about them at my etsy shop here. :)
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I like pink cupcakes so much! they have so nice "faces" ;)
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Convention dictates that an axillary view be obtained when evaluating proximal humerus fractures (PHF). However, the axillary view is frequently omitted because of pain and technical considerations. Furthermore, its diagnostic utility is unclear in this setting.
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30% of PHF in this series had an adequate axillary view, and 14% received a complete trauma series. No factors could be identified that were associated with successfully obtaining an axillary view. Reviewers demonstrated substantial intraobserver reliability (κ = 0.759–0.808) regarding treatment recommendations for PHF with and without the axillary view. The addition of the AV had minimal influence on treatment recommendations.
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- The First Corbets
- The Travails of Frances Corbet
- Robert Corbett in Massachusetts
- Reader Feedback - Jesse Corbit of Maryland
- Corbetts in Newfoundland
- Jim Corbett, Big Game Hunter
- William Corbet in Guernsey
- Harry Corbett and Harry H. Corbett
- Death in Mugabe's Zimbabwe
The First Corbets
It is said that Corbet came with his second and fourth sons, Roger and Robert, to the invasion of England by Duke William of Normandy. Besides the two sons who settled in Shropshire, the eldest and third, Hugh and Renaud, stayed behind..
Corbat (sic) and his two sons, Roger and Rodbert (sic), are named by Ordericus among "the faithful and very valiant men" employed by Roger de Montgomery in the government of his new Earldom of Shrewsbury. Corbet was also, according to tradition, consulted by William the Conqueror as to the defence of the Welsh Marches. Corbet the Norman was dead before 1086 for his son Roger fitz Corbet is the Domesday baron.
The Travails of Frances Corbet
In the eighteenth century, when one had landed property
and debts, it was better to raise money than to sell land. The
Prince trustees thus resorted to the obvious expedient - the marriage
of the late Captain's daughter, which would bring a dowry of
£7,000. So at the age of seventeen, Frances Prince was led, like
a sacrificial lamb, to the altar of Holy Cross on May 25, 1719 to marry
Andrew Corbet of Shawbury Park.
The marriage was typical for early Georgian
gentry. A woman lost even legal identity when she married.
She was expected to be submissive and was restricted to a domestic
role. Few women were fortunaste to enjoy freedom or have a
voice. Most women in this situation remained silent. But by
chance numerous letters written in haste or in anguish by Frances
Corbet have survived. They are not precisely dated. But
internal clues and supplementary research suggest that they began in
1739 when ill health exacerbated Frances's distress.
Shawbury was so cold in winter that one might as well
live under one of the poles, she wrote. She felt imprisoned,
unable to leave the place when her own horse fell lame. To the
usual domestic cares were often added the unwelcome presence of her
bachelor brothers-in-law; the major kept late hours, Vin spied on her
and made mischief, and George sided with his brothers.
As for her husband, he is revealed (and other references
support the picture) as morose, ill-tempered, given to violent swearing
and threats to his wife, critical of visits that she made, forbidding
her to have friends of her own, and keeping a wench in his own
bed. No wonder she wanted to get away to Bath that
In 1757 Andrew Corbet died and was buried at Moreton
Corbet. Frances Corbet had at last arrived at the independence of
widowhood. But three years later, when she was fifty nine,
Frances herself died. She was not buried at Moreton (she
escaped eternity in that family vault), but in her old parish at Holy
Cross, in the Abbey with her own family.
Robert Corbett in Massachusetts
In The Corbett Family of England and America, Henry R. Corbett writes:
"Little is known about Robert Corbett except that he
fought bravely in King Philip's War (which ended in 1676). A
quote from History of Milford Town
says: 'Robert Corbett is the first of this name known in these
parts.' Robert became interested in the settlement at Woodstock,
now in Connecticut, but then in Massachusetts. Sometime before
1691 Robert went to live there and he is recorded as having purchased a
There were at least three Robert Corbetts born in England during the 1640's who could equally be considered as a suitable fit for this Robert of Massachusetts who died in 1695, possibly aged 55.
Reader Feedback - Jesse
Corbit of
Some background information comes from the history of Coshocton county which was written while Robert was still alive. Another descendant, Gary Householder, posted the following query.
Our connection is through Phoebe Corbit, Corbet or Corbett who was born sometime around 1790 in Maryland and married John Adam Hous(e)holder in Steubenville, Ohio in 1811.
This Phoebe is most likely the sister of Robert Corbit, born on Maryland in 1790. Robert's family children have names like John, Jesse, Isabell, Daniel, Lewis, Adam and Phoebe. Our Phoebe's children share those same names, all but for Jesse. We have leads in our Housholder family that he was of Irish descent through some of their children's records."
I would appreciate if there's anything you can tell me about Jesse Corbit.
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Corbetts in Newfoundland
The Corbett forebears in Newfoundland appear to be Thomas, who got his land in 1796, and his cousin, Michael, who inherited adjoining land from his grandmother.
Thomas's son Patrick
married Sera Hawkco in Chapel's Grove in 1808. The Hawkcos were
one of the first eleven families that settled in Newfoundland.
They were originally called Hacquoil and had come from the Channel
Island of Jersey. However, they married the Irish and lost their
"French Connection."
Jim Corbett, Big Game Hunter
Jim Corbett was born in 1875 in Kumaon in the foothills of the Himalayas. His father was a postmaster at the town of Naini Tal and Jim spent his childhood in an area surrounded by beautiful jungles and dangerous predators. He fell in love with the forest and the animals and since an early age he knew how to mimic animal sounds and track lethal beasts.
While being known as a conservationist and big game photographer, his actual place in history is one of the best big cat hunters who has ever lived. Between 1907 and 1938, Jim Corbett killed nearly a dozen man-eaters in India, predators who are estimated to have killed at least 1,500 people during their reign of terror.
He always took on the most dangerous animals, when everyone else had quit and all hope was lost. He hunted alone and routinely came within five to ten meters of the man-eater before killing it. His keen senses enabled him to most cunning of the lethal cats that included the Champawat tigress (which was responsible for a record 436 kills). Those were the times when over a hundred thousand tigers roamed freely in India. In some parts of the country it was a matter of whether tiger or human would survive!
Such was his renown that India's first national park in Kumaon was named in his honor in 1957. And one of the five remaining subspecies of tiger has been named after him: Panthera Tigris Corbetti, better known as Corbett's tiger.
William Corbet in Guernsey
William Corbet was well known in London's Covent Garden and on Guernsey as the "Melon King," having produced some of the finest crops of melons to be shipped to Britain. He became a founding member of the Guernsey Grower's Association. During his country's oocupation by the Germans in World War II he ensured that much of his crops were distributerd to the Guerns.
His son William was able to escape the German occupation. Having squirrelled away small quantities of petrol each week he was able to get away from the island with seven other family members on an 18 foot fishing boat. It was a moonlit night and they saw nothing until in mid-Channel three German U-boats appeared. Luckily they were not spotted until they arrived off Start Point when a British minesweeper came alongside and escorted them to Dartmouth. They were the only people to successfully escape the island during its occupation.
Harry Corbett and Harry H.
Harry Corbett was the puppeteer known as the creator of the long-running Sooty glove puppet character; Harry H. Corbett the rascally rag-and-bone man in the British TV comic series Steptoe and Son. In 1976 Prime Minister Harold Wilson wished to honor the latter Harry H. Corbett in the Queen's honors. However, the middle initial "H" was lost in the bureaucratic process and the former Harry Corbett was sent the invitation letter instead. In the end both men received OBE's.
Death in Mugabe's Zimbabwe
Ralph Corbett, aged 76, had lived alone on his cattle ranch of Lannes Farm near Kwekwe since the death of his wife Norma in 1992. He had been decorated in Italy during World War II and still held British citizenship. But once the Mugabe regime had begun its policy of farm invasions, his children in South Africa begged him to leave. However, he believed that he would be in no danger.
On August 3, 2001, intruders broke into his farm. They trussed him up with wire and then bludgeoned him with an axe, leaving the walls of his bedroom covered in blood. He died in hospital four days later.
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Why did the farmer plant root crops instead of wheat?
He wanted to say he beet this neighbor farm with his crop.
Why did the farmer turned boxer insist on only using a certain root crop to dye his gloves?
Because it was one way he could beet his opponent.
What did the farmer tell the getaway driver after he had robbed a bank?
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The 4th of July is a day when not only America can celebrate the birth of their nation, it also allows the rest of the world to appreciate the land of the stars and stripes – even though many wouldn't dare admit it!
Football – or soccer – hasn't truly been the USA's forte for a while, with various spoof and satirical sketches pointing out the nation's perceived lack of understanding of the most popular sport on the planet. But as we've seen in recent weeks America has gone crazy for the spherical ball, with Barack Obama even getting in on the World Cup hype.
The MLS is only improving too, with more and more young players from the various clubs making the trip to Europe, while experienced stars head in the opposite direction to grow the game in North America. So with all of this in mind, here are five 'ballers' from the United States for Everton and Newcastle to consider this summer…
Big, tall and uncompromising, Gonzalez has long been considered as one of the MLS's top defenders. LA Galaxy value their man so highly that's now one of the Designated Players – a type of contract brought in during the David Beckham era – but his performances in the World Cup may make it tough for the to keep him Stateside.
The 25-year-old starred for the USMNT as they reached the last 16 in Brazil, and his composed showings are likely to have attracted attention from across the Atlantic Ocean. Both Everton and Newcastle could do with a new centre-back, and Gonzalez may be a good option.
A skilful winger, Zusi is relatively new on the American stage after spending a lot of his early career out of the MLS. Now with Sporting Kansas City, he has emerged as one of the division's top performers, and was a member of the All Star team from 2013.
His showings at the World Cup were tidy and promising, which could be enough to get him a switch to Europe.
Dempsey is a name Premier League fans are more than aware of, after all he was excellent for Fulham for quite some time. A bad year at Spurs saw him return to his home nation in 2013 to play for the Seattle Sounders, but his showings have not quite matched up to the hype that greeted his MLS comeback.
A return to England may well appeal to Dempsey, who still has lots to offer at the highest level.
The son of former USMNT coach, Bob, Bradley is widely considered to be one of America's finest ever midfielders. He recently returned to North America from Roma to play for Toronto, in a move to maintain his spot in the international set-up.
This worked, and he was impressive in Brazil for Jurgen Klinsmann's side. Although he only joined his current side earlier this year, a big switch and guaranteed action with Newcastle to Everton would surely tempt him back to Europe.
The dreadlocked central midfielder is a five-time MLS All Star and one of the division's top performers. The Real Salt Lake man is now 32, but even with plenty of miles on the clock he was still been able to out a shift in at the World Cup.
Everton are known to be on the lookout for a replacement for Gareth Barry, and Beckerman could well fill the void.