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I never had a problem when I used NTL for TV, phone and broadband but I did hear some very scary stories about people who did. The words arse and elbow spring to mind...
To Whom it May Concern,
I simply cannot believe this. My mind boggles at the incompetence of you people. I had heard the stories, read the novelty award winning complaint letters doing the rounds on the internet, checked up the online gripe forums, but nothing prepared me for how bad this would actually be. I would urge you first to read the attached letter dated 2nd Aug attached since this will allow me merely to pick up where I thought our relationship terminated rather than slog though the whole story again. I want to do nothing. I want to just stop wasting my time on you and get on with my life but I have a strong suspicion that you're actually going to start charging me soon, so please treat this letter as my formal cancellation of any deal which you might consider you still have with me.
After the fourth aborted visit on the 22nd August your engineer (a different one this time) made the on-the-spot assessment that since the contractors had failed four time that the job must be impossible (what the hell is possible to you lot? What?). He told us that we couldn't have ntl installed. I rang ntl later that day to confirm and the woman on the phone told us that we'd been removed from the 'serviced area list'. She explained that she understood my frustration (she manifestly did not), but that it wasn't worth it to the company to pursue this. Her exact words were that they had to "watch the bottom line". I was too stunned to follow this absurdity up at the time, and quite frankly later on I was glad to see the back of the whole sorry farce. As far as I was concerned THAT was the point at which ntl and I parted ways.
And yet the following week we look out of our second story window to see a truck with "on behalf of ntl" emblazoned on it and two of your workshy monkey youths scribbling a trench down into the new tarmac in installments between tea and light rain showers. It took them the whole morning. So of course I rang you again to confirm the cancellation of my installation with you. I was assured that not only was I no longer a customer of ntl, but that there was no trench.
Imagine my surprise (I hope you idiots in Customer Liason will never be able to read those words without thinking back to yet another complaint letter from this utter low point in your sorry careers)… Imagine my surprise when on the second of September I received a phone call from you which began:
"Mr O'Hare, your trench has been installed, I have a new date for your…."
At which point I stopped her and explained the whole thing again, explained that I was now quite happy with my ADSL, explained that an installation date would not be necessary. It's a credit to whatever mindscraping training you gave her that she sounded somewhat put out at the interruption and primly asked if I'd mind letting her finish giving me the installation details. I was agog. I once again VERY CAREFULLY cancelled any arrangement with ntl. She said that was done.
AND THEN this morning I got this text:
Dear Customer, thanks for your order for Broadband . We will be visiting to install your services on Sep 9 2005 between 8-1. ntl
How the hell do you do it? How is this level of fuckery possible?
By this time I have to say I am taking bets with my friends as to your ability to actually ignore all this and start charging me. I'm sure you're aware this would be illegal. I think you probably suspect by now that it's not something I'm going to drop. This letter is (as I should have done last time) going to whatever high management I can find at your folly of a company, OFCOM, and watchdog, and furthermore I'm taking legal advice. I want a letter in response, not a phonecall, and I want a name at the bottom of it.
Mind-blowing ineptitude!
You are utterly incompetent tits, all of you, and you will NEVER get my custom again.


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Over the past week, I've read several stories about the housing market that have me wondering what's going on. I'm not an economist nor am I real estate expert, but the housing market in this country is not looking like it is rebounding the way the economy in general is rebounding. Granted, the economic growth is slow, but the housing market in some areas of the country is still in decline.
Here are just a few of the bleak news stories I've read over the past several days:
- January home prices were down for the sixth consecutive month, edging closer to 2009 lows, which is causing some concern that the double dip in the housing market is near.
- New single-family home sales in February were down 28 percent (PDF) from February 2010 numbers.
- 13 percent of houses in the nation are vacant, with some states seeing significantly higher figures. Although this doesn't exclude vacation homes, vacancy rates are in the double digits in many of the nation's hardest hit housing markets.
I'm not a pessimist by nature, but I am a homeowner in Arizona and while some areas of the metro Phoenix area are seeing a slight rebound, most areas aren't. Prices continue to fall and the unemployment rate is relatively stagnant. So for the time being, I'm just along for the housing market ride. Once things stabilize, I hope that our house regains some of its value. Only time will tell.
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Proud to be part of the Haberdashers' Aske's Federation, Knights is a Specialist Sports Academy offering a curriculum experience that continues and integrates from ages 3 through to 18.
We moved to a new purpose built building in 2007 which houses our Secondary Phase and have recently completed extensive remodelling of our Primary Phase. We continue to strive to provide the very best facilities for all our students and staff.
The all through Academy model which we operate is very successful in providing for a seamless transition from Year 6 to Year 7 as all primary phase children have an automatic right of entry to the secondary phase. The collaborative work at all levels among staff in both phases means that opportunities exist for excellent progression at all of the key stages.
As a Specialist Sports Academy we raise standards of achievement for all our students and use the power of PE and Sport to enhance their academic, personal and social development. We receive extra funding which allows us to provide additional accommodation, resources, coaching staff and teachers resulting in access to a very high standard of sports facilities and experiences.
Our objective is to make the curriculum accessible to all in terms of breadth, challenge, engagement and motivation, whilst being responsive to the needs of all students. Tracking and monitoring is firmly embedded across the Academy to ensure that every student is on the correct trajectory to achieve their target grades. We have high expectations and aspirations for both students and staff alike and we aim to develop new methodologies that will continue to excite and challenge all of us to achieve.
The Primary phase as well as the 6th Form is fully co-educational whilst classes in the Secondary phases are taught in largely single sex classes within a co-educational environment.
Students are expected to wear the Haberdashers' uniform with pride and to uphold the high tradition of excellent behaviour, respect for others and politeness.
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William C. "Bill" Fischer, 81, of Pocono Lake, passed away on Monday, June 23, in the VNA Hospice House at University Ridge, Smithfield Township.
Born on Jan. 9, 1927, in the family home and raised in Pocono Lake, he was the son of the late William C. and Catherine "May" (Werkheiser) Fischer Sr.
He moved to Morristown, and then to Port St. Lucie, Fla., and returned in 2006.
He was a carpenter by trade, retiring from Bethlehem Steel.
A veteran of World War II, he served in the United States Army.
He was a member of the Faith Congregational Church, Port St. Lucie, Fla.; the Wilson-Fischer Post 413 American Legion, Pocono Pines; the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 509, Tobyhanna; and the Retreads Motorcycle Club for many years.
He enjoyed kayaking, fishing, hunting and gardening and woodworking projects at home. He also collected steins.
He is survived by two daughters, Wilma R. Martinez and her husband, Anthony, of Pocono Lake, and Rebecca S. Cheek and her husband, Keith, of Gouldsboro; four grandchildren, Vincent A. Martinez and his wife, Michele, of Fairview Heights, Ill., Christopher A. Martinez and his wife, Sheri, of Waxhaw, N.C., Daniel R. Cheek of Gouldsboro and William D. Cheek of Gouldsboro; six great-grandchildren, Allyson Martinez, James Martinez, Vincent Martinez, Harley Martinez, Jamison Martinez and Austin Martinez; two brothers, Paul Fischer of Ft. Pierce, Fla., and John "Jack" Fischer of Pocono Lake; two sisters, Janet Gould of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Pat Scifers of Ft. Pierce, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at noon on Sunday, June 29, in the Salem United Church of Christ, Pocono Pines with the Rev. John Stowell officiating. Cremation will take place in the H.G. Smith Crematory, Stroudsburg.


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Q1) Velu stood on the platform but he felt as if he was still on a moving train. why ?
Ans1) Velu's legs were feeling wobbly. Therefore, he felt as if he was still on a moving train.
Q2) What made him feel miserable?
Ans2) Velu had run away from his village. He was extremely tired because he had walked for the whole day. He had eaten only some peanuts and a piece of jaggery. He had no money. He had traveled without any ticket. He knew no one at Chennai. These made him feel miserable.
Q3) Velu traveled without a ticket. Why?
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Ans4) The ticket collector had not come to unreserved compartment. Velu was lying on the floor near the door in that compartment. Therefore, he escaped the ticket collector's notice.
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NBC provides broadcast, NBC Universal cable entities and online audiences with an upgraded backstage pass to view the network's new and returning series for Fall as series star Joel McHale from NBC's new comedy "Community" hosts "The NBC Primetime Preview."
The lively 30-minute cavalcade will feature exclusive, behind-the-scenes views to be delivered across a wide gamut of NBC Universal media platforms beginning August 8 through September 27. The program will run an estimated 306 times over broadcast and cable platforms.
The fresh entertainment show also will feature appearances by former late-night king Jay Leno, who launches his new comedy series "The Jay Leno Show" on Monday, September 14 (10-11 p.m. ET). The spotlight of the preview also focuses on new dramas "Trauma" and "Mercy," new comedy "Community," "The Biggest Loser," NBC's Thursday-night comedies, the Emmy Award-winning "30 Rock" (which recently became the first comedy series to record 22 Emmy nomination in a single year), "Heroes," "Southland" and "Sunday Night Football," among others.
The annual Fall program will be offered to NBC's 232 television stations (check local listings) as well as other channel entities such as USA, Syfy, Bravo, UniHD, Chiller, mun2, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, Sleuth, NBC2Go, on-demand and broadband. NBC stations can also run it on their websites while NBC.com will also run it as well. In addition, the program will be screened on selected American Airlines flights (estimated to be shown on approximately 11,000 flights).
NBC's Fall 2009-2010 premiere week begins in earnest on Monday, September 21.
Marking a new era in television, Jay Leno, recently named America's Favorite TV Personality by the 2009 Harris Poll, moves from late night to primetime on September 14 when "The Jay Leno Show" becomes the first-ever entertainment program to be stripped across primetime on broadcast network television. "The Jay Leno Show" promises more comedy in the 10 o'clock hour and will showcase many of the features that have made Leno America's late-night leader for more than a dozen years.
From executive producer Peter Berg (NBC's "Friday Night Lights") comes "Trauma," the first high-octane medical drama series to film exclusively in the field where the real action is. "Trauma" premiering Monday, September 28 (9-10 p.m. ET) — is an action-packed look at one of the most dangerous medical professions in the world: first responder paramedics. When emergencies occur, the trauma team from San Francisco City Hospital is first on the scene, traveling by land, by sea or by air to reach victims in time. "Trauma" stars Cliff Curtis ("Push"), Derek Luke ("Notorious"), Anastasia Griffith ("Damages"), Aimee Garcia ("George Lopez"), Kevin Rankin ("Friday Night Lights") as edgy EMT Tyler Briggs, and Jamey Sheridan ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent") as mentor Dr. Joe Saviano.
"Mercy," debuting Wednesday, September 23 (8-9 p.m. ET), is a new medical drama about the lives of the people who work at Mercy Hospital seen through the eyes of those who know it best — its nurses. Nurse Veronica Callahan (Taylor Schilling "Dark Matter") has just returned to Mercy Hospital from a tour in Iraq and knows more about medicine than all of the residents combined. Together with fellow nurses Sonia Jimenez (Jaime Lee Kirchner, "Rescue Me") and Chloe Payne (Michelle Trachtenberg, "Gossip Girl"), they navigate the daily traumas and social landmines of life and love both inside the hospital and out in the real world. The cast also includes James Tupper ("Men in Trees"), Diego Klattenhoff ("Supernatural"), Guillermo Diaz ("Weeds") and James Le Gros as Dr. Harris ("Ally McBeal").
"Community" a new comedy from Dan Harmon ("The Sarah Silverman Program") and Emmy Award-winning directors Joe and Anthony Russo ("Arrested Development") comes "Community" is a smart series about a band of misfits who attend Greendale Community College. At the center of the group is Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, "The Soup"), a fast-talkin' lawyer whose degree has been revoked. To win the affection of a fellow classmate, Winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work. "Community" launches on Thursday, September 17 (9:30-10 p.m. ET) and then moves to Thursdays (8-8:30 p.m. ET) on October 8.
Also among the series stars who comprise the group are comedy legend Chevy Chase ("Chuck") as Pierce, a man whose life experience has brought him infinite wisdom; Gillian Jacobs ("The Book of Daniel") as Britta, the 28-year-old dropout with something to prove; Yvette Nicole Brown ("Rules of Engagement") as Shirley, a sassy middle-aged divorcee; Danny Pudi ("Greek") as Abed, the slightly off-center, yet lovable, classmate; Alison Brie ("Mad Men") as Annie, a high-strung perfectionist; and Donald Glover ("30 Rock") as Troy, a former high school football star trying to find his way.
In addition to the new series, the special will focus on other returning series as well, particularly "Chuck" and the Emmy-winning "The Office" (recently nominated for nine Emmys).
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Good Idea: Install New Flooring to Create a New Look
Ohdeedoh reader Kirsten (of Kirsten*Can) showed us her adorable homemade mobile a couple of weeks ago, and now she's sharing photos of her children's recently renovated playroom. The flooring needed to be pulled up and replaced, so Kirsten and her husband Aaron seized the opportunity to give the room a fresh, fun new look, featuring one of our favorite color combos: red and light blue.
Kirsten says, "I like our playroom and had such fun decorating it - but that old carpet was holding it back, y'know?" (To judge for yourself, check out Kirsten's "Before" photos to see the room with its old mauve carpeting. Her husband described it as "The color of a sick rat's eye." How's that for a mental image?)
The carpet was pulled up to make way for new Ikea Tundra flooring, topped with a fabulous red shag rug, which her kids love to lie on while reading. The old freebie plastic play kitchen was replaced with a sweet little homemade curtain-fronted version.
And apropos of very little, we also have to say how much we love the display of Star Wars spacecraft atop the shelves.
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Stacy2010 - posted on 09/12/2011 ( 2 moms have responded )
My son is 19 months old. He was breastfed for the first 13 months.
Around 7 months old he began having issue's with consitpation. The Ped did an xray on him ( at 7months) and said there was a moderate amount of stool in his large intestine.
He told me to just make sure that I was increasing his water intake and fiber.... That was that...
Then about 3 months ago, I noticed he had went from about 3 bowel movements a week, to not having any for a lil over a week. So I took him back to the PED. The Ped just looked at him, and suggested that I increase his fiber and water. By giving him the fiber one yogurt or cereal bars, and told me to come back in 2 weeks... Well I changed his entire diet. I did the fiber bars, cut out milk all together, only using soy. And I only gave him one 4 oz cup of that a day. I increased his water , made sure he was getting plenty of fruits and veggies, hardly any fat and processed foods. But still , no bowell movements. So we went back to the PED in 2 weeks. He decides to do another xray, and it now shows that his entired large intestine is so full of stool, that it is being stretched and it unable to contract naturally to have a bowell movement. So he tells me to stop the xtra fiber, and go on a regular diet and start giving him a half adult dose of miralax once everyday. Well I've been doing that for close to a month, and still nothing. I mean he has had a few ( excuse the term) 'wet farts" but nothing that makes me feel or think that its doing the job... We now have an appointment with the specialist on the 21st of this month... But I'm curious to know, how long should it take for the miralax to work...
Also some other info: The PED has me using liquid glyceran suppositories to get stool out, so thats basically how I'm able to get stool out of him right now. Please help me I'am scared and worried, I know this isn't good to not have bowel movements. please give me help for my son!!!


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With easy access to jobs in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., not to mention standout schools that rank among the top in the state, it's no surprise that Howard County is a magnet for families. But the demands on today's families often mean free time is at a premium. Luckily, Howard County has plenty of opportunities for family fun seven days a week. From indoor rock climbing and miniature golf to laser tag and pumpkin patches, there's always something fun nearby for parents and children. For more ideas and a monthly calendar of family-friendly events, visit Maryland Family magazine at www.marylandfamilymagazine.com.
Why let the kids bounce off the walls at home when they can do it at one of these indoor fun facilities?
> Jump Zone Party Play Center, 7175 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia, 410-309-5966
> Pump It Up - The Inflatable Party Zone, 7184 Troy Hill Drive, Suite H, Elkridge, 410-579-1122
> Earth Treks Climbing Centers, 7125 C Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, 410-872-0060. Featuring 15,000 feet of climbing surfaces, 44-foot-high walls, and classes and events for all ages.
> Brunswick Columbia Lanes, 7100 Carved Stone Lane, Columbia, 410-381-7750
> Brunswick Zone, Normandy, 8419 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, 410-465-0355. Each site has 32 lanes of bowling fun.
> Monster Mini Golf, 7351 Assateague Drive, Suite 380, Jessup, 410-579-4653. This monster-themed, 18-hole miniature golf center boasts glow-in-the-dark animated props, a DJ, arcade and event rooms.
> Lifetime Fitness, 7220 Lee DeForest Drive, Columbia, 410-953-0022. This fitness club opens kids' classes to nonmembers as well, so toddlers to teens can take advantage of classes in climbing to cheerleading and karate to hip-hop dance.
> Great Kids Village, 6570 Dobbin Road, Columbia, 410-497-7529. Kids can drive a fire engine, shop in a child-size grocery store, paint or explore tunnels and slides at this 24,000-square-foot indoor play center.
> The Reaper's Den, 8919 McGaw Court, Suite 5, Columbia, 410-381-4571. This indoor sports training center includes batting cages and turfed indoor fields, and also hosts parties.
> ShadowLand Laser Adventures, 9179 Red Branch Road, Columbia, 410-740-9100. Up to 30 players of all ages don high-tech suits and hand sets in this 6,000-square-foot, two-level arena filled with mazes and turrets to battle it out with lasers. Special effects, astral music and fog add to the ambience.
> Dancel Family Center Y in Ellicott City, 4331 Montgomery Road, Ellicott City, 410-465-4334. All the exercise classes, swimming and special activities you expect from a community Y facility.
The Columbia Association maintains a number of facilities for members and nonmembers including:
> 23 outdoor pools and 2 mini water parks, 410-312-6332
> Columbia Athletic Club & Indoor Tennis, 410-730-6744
> Supreme Sports Club, 410-381-5355
> The Columbia Gym, 410-531-0800
> Columbia Swim Center & SplashDown, 410-730-7000
> Three outdoor tennis clubs, www.columbiatennis.com
> An ice rink, 410-730-0321
> Columbia SportsPark featuring 18-hole miniature golf and batting cages, 410-715-3054
> Columbia SkatePark, 410-715-3054
> Columbia Horse Center, 301-776-5850
> Howard County Conservancy, 10520 Old Frederick Road, Woodstock, 410-465-8877. Families can hike and explore more than 230 acres of preserved natural habitat. And don't forget to check out the exhibits at the visitors center.
> Clark's Elioak Farm, 10500 Route 108, Ellicott City, 410-730-4049. The Clark family has farmed in Howard County since 1797. Attractions on their 540 acres include a petting farm, pony rides and hayrides and the restored figures from the Enchanted Forest storybook park.
> Larriland Farm, 2415 Woodbine Road, Woodbine, 410-442-2605. Load up on strawberries, cherries, blueberries, peaches, apples and more at this pick-your-own farm. Come back for the Fall Festival, which features hayrides, a straw maze and pumpkin patch.
> Rocky Gorge 4 Seasons Golf Fairway, Route 29 and Old Columbia Road, Laurel, 301-725-0888. Perfect your swing at the driving range or batting cages, or play a round of miniature golf.
> Terrapin Adventures, 8600 Foundry Street, Savage, 301-725-1313. Whiz through the canopy near Savage Park on a zipline, challenge yourself to a ropes course or glide on a giant swing.
> The Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks (410-313-PARK) maintains nearly 40 parks with trails, courts, playing fields, playgrounds and pavilions (see recreation section). The department also sponsors classes, trips and summer camps for all ages.
> There are more than 90 miles of bike paths throughout Columbia, seven miles of hiking trails in Patapsco Valley State Park (www.dnr.state.md.us) and 10 miles of trails in Patuxent River State Park (www.dnr.state.md.us).
For more cultural and historical enrichment, the county is home to a number of museums families can explore including:
> African Art Museum of Maryland, located in downtown Columbia for more than 20 years, is in the process of relocating. For updates, www.africanartmuseum.org.
> Ellicott City B&O Railroad Station Museum, 2711 Maryland Ave., Ellicott City, 410-461-1945
> Firehouse Museum, Main Street and Church Road, Ellicott City, 410-313-2690
> Patapsco Female Institute Historic Site and Mt. Ida Visitor Center, 3691 Sarah's Lane, Ellicott City, 410-465-8500


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Celeb Fashion Bloggers Opine Modern Dressers
Imagine our surprise to see celeb fashion bloggers - Heather and Jessica of Go Fug Yourself fame - featured in the October issue of Dwell (yes, we realize it's not even September yet but ours came early). In a story called "Dressing Up", the guest experts chime in alongside Dwell staff to assess five dressers based on how they look, function, and store the all-important wardrobe...
The top contenders:
Chest of drawers, AC Collection by Antonio Citterio for Maxalto, $5,169-$5,382; the Fug girls think it's bland, but not terrible.
Drift dresser by Blu Dot, $1,399; reminds the Fug girls of high school bleachers.
Crate & Barrel Elan four-drawer chest, $1,499; reminds the Fug girls of keg parties on wood patios.
SB04 Fatima designed by Philipp Mainzer (solid wood), $8,200-$9,600; this was the Fug girls' favorite piece.
Arctic Low Chest by Rolf Fransson for Voice, $1,300 (black or white gloss-lacquered MDF); Fug girls see it as too Duran Duran-y.
To read all the opinionated details from the Fug girls and Dwell staff, check out the October issue.


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The ultimate hipster webcomic, going strong since 2003, has come to an end. Written by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau, the project was weird, witty, and wonderful. The internet will be poorer for its departure.
Titled 'I wasnt sure which cake you wanted', the comics often ended on a strange an unexpected note like this one. The three panel structure combined with text told brief, yet evocative stories.
'I'm here for the ART sir' is another example of the strange world the comics seem to exist in. The absurdity if the circumstances only escalated as the series continued.
This comic was just titled 'WHAT' and I think we can all relate.
'Yet.' There are over a thousand comics still hosted on their website, so while there won't be any new content, the comics deserve to be revisited and discovered by newcomers.


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Make it a daily routine to brush between your teeth with an interdental brush to keep your teeth healthy and to prevent gum disease and caries. Interdental brushes are also used for cleaning of implants and orthodontic appliances.
Use a straight interdental brush between the front teeth. Insert the brush gently between your teeth. Do not force the brush into a space; work it in gently or choose a smaller size. Move the interdental brush full length back and forth a few times.
If you use a small interdental brush (pink, orange, red or blue) you may curve the soft neck slightly by adding pressure with your finger to make it easier to reach between the back teeth.
If you use an interdental brush of a larger size, access between the back teeth may be improved if you slightly curve the wire. The interdental brush will last longer if you do not straighten or bend the brush at another angle.
For optimal cleaning, it is important to choose an interdental brush of the right size. Very often more than one brush size is needed. Your dental professional can help to select the correct brush size/sizes for you.
Use your interdental brush once a day, preferably in the evening. Move the brush back and forth a few times in each interdental space. Look in the mirror for easier use. Change brush when the filaments are becoming worn.
Please dispose of all used products and packaging responsibly.
Don't use toothpaste, since it contains abrasives. You may instead apply TePe Interdental Gel with Fluoride, which is specially designed for use with an interdental brush.
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The Wizard of Oz
- Kirstin Innes
- 11 December 2008
Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, until Sat 3 Jan
Adapting a much-loved film for the theatre is always tricky. At the Citz, led by Helen McAlpine giving gutsy, note-perfect Garland, they've opted for a live recreation of the experience of the 1939 movie. Whatever the format lacks in audience participation is made up for with clever use of the auditorium: witches good and bad pop up in puffs of smoke from the boxes and the Yellow Brick Road actually extends through the stalls, offering more anarchic audience members excellent opportunities to try and grab the Cowardly Lion's tail. Funnily enough, the best moments come when the excellent cast, particularly Cara Kelly's monstrous antebellum Wicked Witch of the West, deviate a little from the screenplay and offer the young audience something to react to. The directorial team better their celluloid source in terms of live magic, too, as glittering Emerald Cities, flying houses and certain, ah, melting moments of theatrical trickery elicit genuine gasps of wonder.


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Amazon has the Marvel's The Avengers (Four-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy + Digital Music Download)for $19.99 right now. This pack is regularly $49.99, so I'm thinking under $20 is an absolute steal.
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A Harford County man was convicted yesterday of murdering an Army clerk who was kidnapped last March from a convenience store and sexually assaulted in a wooded area near her base at the Aberdeen Proving Ground.
A Baltimore County jury deliberated four hours before finding Daniel E. Turner, 32, of Aberdeen guilty of murder, kidnapping, attempted rape and theft in the death of Spc. 4 Bonnie Sue Joseph.
The case was moved to Baltimore County because of pretrial publicity.
Harford County prosecutor Joseph I. Cassilly said his office will seek the death penalty against Turner in a hearing set for June 24.


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It's snowing, it's snowing!
And the nicest thing about it snowing is that I didn't have to go anywhere in it (except to my mailbox). I enjoy snow the most when I can view it from inside-out.
Rawhide and Roses. It's new-old because this is a re-release of one of my older Kensington Precious Gems books, originally titled, The Wild West. This was my first published book and of course, near and dear to my heart. I've spent some time renovating and updating the manuscript--and ended up lengthening it a bit. It's western. It has cowboys. A hero to die for. And a spunky heroine who has no clue what she's in for--in more ways than one. If you decide to take a peek at this one, I hope you enjoy. It's one of my faves.
Rawhide and Roses is available in digital formats at Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook, as well as other romance book venders, such as CoffeeTime Romance and More, and All Romance eBooks. At the present time, it's not yet in print, and I'm not sure it will be. But if you are real good between now and Christmas, maybe your significant other will gift you with a Kindle or Nook reader. Hint, hint!
Other news? The grands are coming this afternoon for a visit, and likely they will take over every laptop and desktop in the house! I can't believe how computer savvy those little ones are. Thanksgiving went off without a hitch, and I'm making plans for 2011 in so many ways.
Nothing like New Year's Day to motivate, eh? I have a number of books coming out next year so I'll be sure to update you on those in the very near future.
Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Take care, and if you have snow, enjoy it!


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Hiya! I recently ordered a couple of fun new dies from Inspiration Emporium and I received them yesterday. I was so inspired that I immediately made this cute winter card. I wasn't as inspired to blog so it took me a day to get this post written. Heh. ;)
The sweet snowman is from the Making Frosty Friends stamp set by Lawn Fawn. I've been on a red scarf kick lately so Frosty has a red one and a red hat. I kicked things up a bit by adding Liquid Applique to the fluffy parts of the hat and dusting with Rock Candy glitter before puffing by heating with a heat gun. The "hello" is from the So Much to Say set, also by Lawn Fawn.
When you flip the card open there is a second sentiment panel with a coordinating saying from the Making Frosty Friends set. The die set I used to cut out the base card, designer paper and the sentiment panels is Fancy Frame Flip-its #2 by Sizzix.
The dies made the card assembly super easy so I had extra time to focus on the embellishment. There is some fun printed red ribbon (retired SU!), silver washi tape (MT), silver twinkle twine (Lawn Fawn), a couple of buttons, and a few rhinestones.
What do you think? I would love to hear your thoughts on this crafty project. :D
Coupon Alert! If you are shopping at the Inspiration Emporium you can use coupon code fatcatstamper for 10% off your order. Pictured below are links to some of the products I used to create this fun card. :)


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In addition to the good will and friendly relations, our Canadian visitors are responsible for the establishment of a good restaurant.
St-Hubert's on North Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale has been open since 1979 and is the only franchise in the United State of this popular French- Canadian restaurant. During the season, the majority of its customers are French-Canadians hungry for a taste of home. More than 100 St-Huberts are located in Canada.
And there are good reasons why South Floridians also have adopted St- Hubert. The food is well-prepared; portions are large; prices are reasonable; service is fast, friendly and efficient. It is a good restaurant for families or senior citizens on a tight budget.
St-Hubert's specialty is roasted chicken, which is reflected in a variety of ways on the menu. In addition to the various combinations available, chicken salad, chicken brochette and a chicken club sandwich also are offered. Whatever the choice, it's delicious.
The Budget Diner's combination of a chicken breast quarter and ribs, $8.25, is a good way to become acquainted with the restaurant's offerings. The chicken was tender and juicy with a crisp skin. The rack of baby back ribs was small but the meat also was tender, well-flavored and contained not an ounce of fat.
The guest's leg quarter of chicken, $4.10, was a large serving that was almost too big for the plate.
Each dinner entree is served with average french fries, a toasted bun, cole slaw and sauce. The cole slaw is one of one of the few palatable concoctions the Budget Diner has tasted as it has the crunch and texture of hearts of palm. The sauce is an interesting rich gravy that is somewhat on the salty side.
Other menu items include breast quarter of chicken, $4.90; half a chicken, $6.20; chicken brochette, $6.75; club sandwich, $4.40; hot chicken sandwich, $4.15; 14-ounce New York strip, $9.95; hamburger platter, $4.45; seafood brochette, $9.95.
Service is fast and efficient with the waitresses delivering water, drinks and cole slaw soon after one has ordered. This is a restaurant that caters to families so meals are delivered as quickly as possible.
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Divorce and Tax Returns
The moment that you are divorced, you will notice that your tax return will chance. There are so many things that you should be aware of when you are divorced and need to file your taxes. You can't afford to make any mistakes on your tax return, and if you are divorced you need to know some facts. Here is what you need to know before you file your returns when you are divorced.
The children
Normally, when you are filing your tax return, you can claim the children. But, who is able to claim the children when you are divorced. You don't want to do this incorrect.
The parent who has the custody of the children, or who has the children more than half of the year can claim the kids in their tax forms. You want to be able to claim the children if you have custody of the children, because you can get some tax refund for children under the age of eighteen years. You must make sure that the other parent doesn't also claim the children.continue reading..
Your filing status
Your status when you are filing your taxes can be really become difficult when you are filing tax return for the first time after your divorce. The only thing that you really need to know that if you are divorced and the divorce is final, then you are single. No matter how long you are divorced and if you were married most of the tax year.
You should put in your tax return that you are single, no matter how long you are actually divorced. This is very important to know, before you are filing your taxes.
Child support and Alimony
Another aspect of filing your taxes and being divorced is that you should know …Read More


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Waterside Photo Shoot
Submitted by kim on June 30, 2017 - 3:35pm
So excited to show you some of the awesome photographs that Mike Dragon of Dragon Studio took at a fun marketing shoot at the new Waterside District in Norfolk, VA! The models are stunning in their House of Maya gowns a juxtaposition against the construction.
Photographer: Dragon Studio
Venue: Waterside District
Coordinator: Misty Saves the Day
Flowers: Fluttering Flowers
Dress: House of Maya
Videographer: Brian Charles Films
Hair: Beach Bridal Artistry
Makeup by Kim Porter


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About Eloise's Secret Closet
Welcome to Eloise's Secret Closet UK
Based in Hampshire we are an online mail order company offering a wide range of high quality, beautiful and modern evening, prom, formal occasion and bridesmaid dresses
We aim to make you look and feel like a million dollars, whatever your occasion
We are an online store only so we are able to keep our prices low.
We are able to offer beautiful dresses at affordable prices as we do not have the overheads that traditional boutiques have and we are able to pass these savings on to our customers in the form of competitive prices
We offer a varied range of designs in a wide range of colours, all of our designs are manufactured to a very high standard and only the best beautiful quality fabrics are used
Many of our designs can be custom made to your measurements or in a custom colour of your choice. We can also custom make many of our designs to suit juniors and teenagers


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Contact Info
Branford Food Pantry Inc.
Wendy Cowles, President
30 Harrison Ave.
Branford, CT 06405
Phone: 203- 481-3663
Fax: 203- 315-5180
Contact via Email
- Groceries for families in need
- Weekly food distribution
- Turkey dinners for holidays
Hours of OperationTo donate food or to obtain food* - Tuesdays & Fridays - 8:30-11 AM
* Must first contact Branford Counseling Center to qualify (203.481.4248 or http://www.branford-ct.go/counseling.htm)
To donate cash - please mail check to Branford Food Pantry, 30 Harrison Ave., Branford, CT 06405
About Us
The Branford Food Pantry would like to thank the entire Branford community for the strong support we received before Thanksgiving. Your donations and efforts made a significant difference for over 240 Branford families.
The primary needs of mankind are food and shelter; the Branford Food Pantry (BFP) addresses that first need—food. The mission of the BFP is to provide groceries for families in need.
Families are qualified for assistance by the Branford Counseling Center and they usually include the elderly, physically and mentally challenged, disabled, single parent families, those out of work and the working poor.
Last year help reached an average of 150 families per month and over 240 different families for the year. Families receive food weekly and special full turkey dinners for the Thanksgiving and Christmas/holy season holidays.
There has always been a struggle to obtain enough food but the need is particularly acute now because the national supply reaching food banks has been reduced and the economy has driven more families to our door. We rely of the Connecticut Food Bank to supply a significant portion of our food. Since 2005, the number of families served has grown while food from the Food Bank has decreased leading to an increasing gap for food that must be provided by the community via cash and food donations.
The BFP (formerly Branford Food Council) was started by Branford churches over 33 years ago and those churches play an important, but not exclusive, role in the current operation. The Food Pantry is a 100% volunteer effort and is an IRS tax exempt 501(c)3 corporation.


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One month until Dr. Seuss's Birthday - March 2, 2013!
Have you read the story What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss? I think it is must read!
A funny little Seussian character walks in the night and sees a pair of pants floating in the air -- yes, green pants with no person inside them! At first, it was only a little frightening for the funny little guy, but the green pants kept haunting him wherever he went. One day, the pants scare him when he was running an errand to get spinach in Grin-itch. More and more encounters with the pants raise the intensity as you read until finally the funny little guy meets the pants face-to-face...no...face-to-zipper.....no...hmmm. Well, never mind.
This is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss stories to read to my children. I wanted a way to extend the story beyond the book. The idea came to me when a friend informed me in an email that she saw seeds at a local store! Spring is near -- Punxsutawney Phil confirmed that today! Dr. Seuss's birthday is near too! Plant some seeds today and you might have some Grin-itch spinach by March!
What You Will Need:
1. What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss (The book is available as its own book, it is also included in The Sneetches and Other Stories or as an book app available at iTunes)
2. Spinach seeds
3. Pots
4. Potting Soil
5. Colored printer/Scanner
6. Newspaper (to cover your table if working inside)
How to Grow Grin-itch Spinach in a Grit-itch Spinach Decoupaged Pot:
|We copied the picture of Grin-itch Spinach from the story. My boys cut out the picture and decided where they wanted it to be on their pot.
|My two-year-old son was able to paint on the decoupage.
|This picture doesn't not show it but we also printed out the words "GRIN-ITCH SPINACH" in a Dr. Seuss Font.
|We waited for the decoupage to dry then we added the potting soil.
|Finally, it was time to plant the spinach seeds!
|"Look at all my seeds DADDY!"
|Time to wait for our Grin-itch Spinach to grow.
|I promised an update! We successfully grew Grin-itch Spinach. Just a little bit longer and we will be able to add it to a salad!
"Yertle the Turtle's Countdown to Dr. Seuss's Birthday"! This craft can be used in your home, classroom, or library as a way to build anticipation for the year's most widely celebrated author birthday. - Click Here to Read More -
Last year we read Scrambled Eggs Super. Then, we made a Bird-Name-Generator to help us invent lots of new species of birds. We even decorated plastic Easter eggs for each bird! A few of our inventions were the Spritz-tailed Wren and a Frizzle-bellied Hawk. - Click Here to Read More -
The year before that, we read Bartholomew and the Oobleck. Then, we made oobleck with corn starch, food coloring, and water. It was messy fun! - Click Here to Read More -


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Originally posted by XXX777
You need to read H.P. Blavatsky. She tells this story including her feelings about the Jews. Blavatsky says people have been on Earth looking up at the stars and recording planet and constellation positions for at least 8 million years. It makes sense. You must read her books. She makes perfect sense. There are even books written about Blavatsky that try to make her look like a lunatic. It is obvious somebody doesn't want you to get the real story.
Edgar Cayce gave life readings from lives as far back as ten million years. Most people would reject the idea immediately out of hand. It's so far out from what we've been taught.
Originally posted by earthdude
I heard some wise men from the east were connected to Jesus. They gave him some gifts. It is written. I don't think it is sacreligious to think that Jesus was a Buddhist.Tbe entire Jesus story may have originated in India but this does not diminish the power of his story. Christian, Jew, and Muslim should unite under this theory and not divide.
St. John the Baptist is an oil painting on walnut wood by Leonardo da Vinci. Completed from 1513 to 1516, when the High Renaissance was metamorphosing into Mannerism, it is believed to be his last painting. The original size of the work was 69x57 cm. It is now exhibited at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France.
The piece depicts St. John the Baptist in isolation. St. John is dressed in pelts, has long curly hair, and is smiling in an enigmatic manner which is reminiscent of Leonardo's famous Mona Lisa. He holds a reed cross in his left hand while his right hand points up toward heaven (like St Anne in Leonardo's cartoon The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist). It is believed that the cross and wool skins were added at a later date by another painter.
The pointing gesture of St. John toward the heavens suggests the importance of salvation through baptism that John the Baptist represents. The work is often quoted by later painters, especially those in the late Renaissance and Mannerist schools. The inclusion of a gesture similar to John's would increase the importance of a work with a religious conceit.
The effeminate, androgynous portrayal of St. John where he is usually seen as a gaunt and muscular figure is unusual.
A suggested reason for the darkened background is in reference to the description of St.John in the Bible as 'a light that shineth in the darkness'.
The John Gesture
In 1997, Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince introduced the so-called "John gesture": a specific pose painted by Leonardo da Vinci. They were at pains to clearly identify the symbolism of the gesture, but with a little help of Hermetic magic… ?
What is the "John gesture"? Picknett & Prince identified that da Vinci in his paintings often depicted certain people as raising their right index finger skywards. This is very pronounced in da Vinci's painting of John the Baptist, but even in the Last Supper, one figure makes the John gesture.
Other painters seem to have noticed this was one of da Vinci's trademarks. Raphael depicted Leonardo as Plato in his The School of Athens, where Leonardo/Plato is depicted with the "John gesture". That this "John gesture" is also present in many of the paintings in the Turin Cathedral, could be a mere coincidence, but we note that the "John gesture" is extremely rare to be found in iconography. So: coincidence? Or more evidence for Picknett & Prince's theory?
What does the John gesture mean? In short, Picknett & Prince do not know, but do construct a possible scenario. John the Baptist is notorious for his right index finger, with which he identified Jesus as the "Son of God". For Picknett & Prince, the "John gesture" should be read as a concealed reference to John the Baptist, in which the sign says "remember John the Baptist".
Let us detach for now the "John gesture" from all of its built-up theorizing. What we are left with, is a curiosity in the work of da Vinci, whereby certain paintings show a person who is raising a right index finger. What could it mean? To repeat, the "John gesture" is not solely linked with John the Baptist; a number of people in his paintings show "the finger", even though for the most parts they are linked with the Baptist. The key question is: what does the finger mean?
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
February 26th, 2012
The planets Jupiter, Venus and the Moon are seen in whats called a Triple Conjunction.
No matter where you are on Earth – as soon as darkness falls on February 26, 2012 – look west, the direction of sunset. You'll see the moon and the brightest planets Jupiter and Venus lighting up your western sky. As seen from North America, the waxing crescent moon and Jupiter snuggle up close enough to occupy a single binocular field.
Venus. The bright morning star.
Originally posted by AuranVector
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I don't know if you've read this or not, but you might find this useful. The Rig Veda existed 12,000 years ago.
"The Celestial Key to the Vedas: Discovering the Origins of the World's Oldest Civilization" by B.G. Sidharth
"B. G. Sidharth is director of India's B. M. Birla Science Center. He has over 30 years of experience in astronomy and science education and is a frequent consultant to astronomy journals and science centers around the globe. He lives in Hyderabad, India."
"A leading astronomer proves that India had a thriving civilization capable of sophisticated astronomy long before Greece, Egypt, or any other world culture."
"Provides conclusive evidence that the Rig Veda is 12,000 years old. Astronomer B. G. Sidharth proves conclusively that the earliest portions of the Rig Veda can be dated as far back as 10,000 b.c."
"He explores such subjects as the astronomical significance of many Hindu deities and myths, the system of lunar asterisms used to mark time, the identity of the Asvins, and the sophisticated calendar of the ancients that harmonized solar and lunar cycles. Sidharth provides incontrovertible evidence that such "advanced"
astronomical concepts as precession, heliocentrism, and the eclipse cycle are encoded in these ancient texts, passages of which make perfect sense only if these astronomical keys are known."
"Based on internal evidence in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, he also becomes the first to establish likely dates--and even places--for the events described in these famous epics. The Celestial Key to the Vedas is sure to astonish anyone concerned with astronomy, India, or the roots of civilization."
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42 They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves
If this is so, it would imply that the same systematic attitude the Indus Valley dwellers applied to their technology was applied also to the study of the mind. This was brahmavidya, the "supreme science" - supreme because where other sciences studied the external world, brahmavidya sought knowledge of an underlying reality which would inform ALL other studies and activities.
The Enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
Just before the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, realized enlightenment, it is said the demon Mara attacked him with armies of monsters to frighten Siddhartha from his seat under the bodhi tree. But the about-to-be Buddha did not move. Then Mara claimed the seat of enlightenment for himself, saying his spiritual accomplishments were greater than Siddhartha's. Mara's monstrous soldiers cried out together, "I am his witness!" Mara challenged Siddhartha--who will speak for you?
Then Siddhartha reached out his right hand to touch the earth, and the earth itself roared, "I bear you witness!" Mara disappeared. And as the morning star rose in the sky, Siddhartha Gautama realized enlightenment and became a Buddha.
The Earth Witness Mudra
The "earth witness" Buddha is one of the most common iconic images of Buddhism. It depicts the Buddha sitting in meditation with his left hand, palm upright, in his lap, and his right hand touching the earth. This represents the moment of the Buddha's enlightenment.
A mudra in Buddhist iconography is a body posture or gesture with special meaning. The earth witness mudra is also called the Bhumi-sparsha ("gesture of touching the earth") mudra. This mudra represents unshakability or steadfastness. The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya also is associated with the earth witness mudra because he was immovable in keeping a vow never to feel anger or disgust at others.
The mudra also symbolizes the union of skillful means (upaya), symbolized by the right hand touching the earth, and wisdom (prajna), symbolized by the left hand on the lap in a meditation position.
Confirmed by the EarthI
think the earth witness story tells us something else very fundamental about Buddhism. The founding stories of most religions involve gods and angels from heavenly realms bearing scriptures and prophecies. But the enlightenment of the Buddha, realized through his own effort, was confirmed by the earth.
Of course, some stories about the Buddha mention gods and heavenly beings. Yet the Buddha did not ask for help from heavenly beings. He asked the earth. Religious historian Karen Armstrong wrote in her book, Buddha (Penguin Putnam, 2001, p. 92), about the earth witness mudra:
"It not only symbolizes Gotama's rejection of Mara's sterile machismo, but makes a profound point that a Buddha does indeed belong to the world. The Dhamma is exacting, but it is not against nature. . . . The man or woman who seeks enlightenment is in tune with the fundamental structure of the universe."
No Separation
Buddhism teaches that nothing exists independently. Instead, all phenomena and all beings are caused to exist by other phenomena and beings. The existence of all things is interdependent. Our existence as human beings depends on earth, air, water, and other forms of life. Just as our existence depends on and is conditioned by those things, they also are conditioned by our existence.
The way we think of ourselves as being separate from earth and air and nature is part of our essential ignorance, according to Buddhist teaching. The many different things -- rocks, flowers, babies, and also asphalt and car exhaust -- are expressions of us, and we are expressions of them. In a sense, when the earth confirmed the Buddha's enlightenment, the earth was confirming itself, and the Buddha was confirming himself.
Venus, The Bright Morning Star
Originally posted by BiggerPicture
well, not necessarily the ancient indian subcontinent,
but definitely the greater Sumer-Indus-Kush-Himalay area of VEDIC CIVILIZATION, i
spanning what is now Iraq, Turkiye all the way to southeast asia (ie Cambodia, Malaysia).
the ancient Koreshi tribe bloodline unites Krishna, Abram, Christ, Musa, Buddha spanning the same region.
Reborn (Clue 10)
go to 2:24 in the vid - segment runs to 5:35
Note catefully, the subtle nuances (intentionally directed) in this exchange between Jesus and Nicodemus surrounding the issue of rebirth
Gene D. Matlock, B.A, M.A.
In his History of the Jews, the Jewish scholar and theologian Flavius Josephus (37 - 100 A.D.), wrote that the Greek philosopher Aristotle had said: "...These Jews are derived from the Indian philosophers; they are named by the Indians Calani." (Book I:22.)
Clearchus of Soli wrote, "The Jews descend from the philosophers of India. The philosophers are called in India Calanians and in Syria Jews. The name of their capital is very difficult to pronounce. It is called 'Jerusalem.'"
"Megasthenes, who was sent to India by Seleucus Nicator, about three hundred years before Christ, and whose accounts from new inquiries are every day acquiring additional credit, says that the Jews 'were an Indian tribe or sect called Kalani...'" (Anacalypsis, by Godfrey Higgins, Vol. I; p. 400.)
Martin Haug, Ph.D., wrote in The Sacred Language, Writings, and Religions of the Parsis, "The Magi are said to have called their religion Kesh-î-Ibrahim.They traced their religious books to Abraham, who was believed to have brought them from heaven." (p. 16.)
There are certain striking similarities between the Hindu god Brahma and his consort Saraisvati, and the Jewish Abraham and Sarai, that are more than mere coincidences. Although in all of India there is only one temple dedicated to Brahma, this cult is the third largest Hindu sect.
In his book Moisés y los Extraterrestres, Mexican author Tomás Doreste states,
Voltaire was of the opinion that Abraham descended from some of the numerous Brahman priests who left India to spread their teachings throughout the world; and in support of his thesis he presented the following elements: the similarity of names and the fact that the city of Ur, land of the patriarchs, was near the border of Persia, the road to India, where that Brahman had been born.
The name of Brahma was highly respected in India, and his influence spread throughout Persia as far as the lands bathed by the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. The Persians adopted Brahma and made him their own. Later they would say that the God arrived from Bactria, a mountainous region situated midway on the road to India. (pp. 46-47.)
Bactria (a region of ancient Afghanistan) was the locality of a prototypical Jewish nation called Juhuda or Jaguda, also called Ur-Jaguda. Ur meant "place or town." Therefore, the bible was correct in stating that Abraham came from "Ur of the Chaldeans." "Chaldean," more correctly Kaul-Deva (Holy Kauls), was not the name of a specific ethnicity but the title of an ancient Hindu Brahmanical priestly caste who lived in what are now Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Indian state of Kashmir.
"The tribe of Ioud or the Brahmin Abraham, was expelled from or left the Maturea of the kingdom of Oude in India and, settling in Goshen, or the house of the Sun or Heliopolis in Egypt, gave it the name of the place which they had left in India, Maturea." (Anacalypsis; Vol. I, p. 405.)
"He was of the religion or sect of Persia, and of Melchizedek."(Vol. I, p. 364.)
"The Persians also claim Ibrahim, i.e. Abraham, for their founder, as well as the Jews. Thus we see that according to all ancient history the Persians, the Jews, and the Arabians are descendants of Abraham.(p.85) ...We are told that Terah, the father of Abraham, originally came from an Eastern country called Ur, of the Chaldees or Culdees, to dwell in a district called Mesopotamia. Some time after he had dwelt there, Abraham, or Abram, or Brahma, and his wife Sara or Sarai, or Sara-iswati, left their father's family and came into Canaan. The identity of Abraham and Sara with Brahma and Saraiswati was first pointed out by the Jesuit missionaries."(Vol. I; p. 387.)
The word Aryan is an archaic term for either the proto-Indo-European people who are believed to have originated in central Russia, or the proto-Indo-Iranian people who originated in southern Russia.
As part of the mass migration of people over many thousands of years, proto-Indo-European people migrated westward into much of Europe, taking their language with them. Not all these people migrated westward, and a proto-Indo-Iranian culture developed in the south of Russia, probably around 2500 BCE. A few centuries later, a group migrated south-east into India, taking both language and the early Hindu religion with them. A later group also migrated south, to the east of the Caspian Sea, into eastern Iran, also taking language and the Zoroastrian religion. A third group migrated south, around the western edge of the Caspian Sea into western Iran. This last group, which was to become the Medes and Persians, took an older religion with them but converted, centuries later, to Zoroastrianism.
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Originally posted by NewAgeMan
The Gita and its Settings
Historians surmise that like the Iliad, the Mahabharata might well be based on actual events, culminating in a war that took place somewhere around 1000 B.C. - close, that is, to the very dawn of recorded Indian history. This guess has recently been supported by excavations at the ancient city of Dvaraka, which, according to the Mahabharata, was destroyed and submerged in the sea after the departure of its divine ruler, Krishna. Only five hundred years or so before this, by generally accepted guess, Aryan tribes originally from the area between the Caspian Sea and the Hundu Kush mountains had migrated into the Indian subcontinent, bringing the prototype of the Sanskrit language and countless elements of belief and culture that have been part of the Hindu traditions ever since. The oldest part of the most ancient of Hindu scriptures, the Rig Veda, dates from this period - about 1500 B.C., if not much earlier.
Yet the wellspring of Indian religious faith, I believe, can be traced to a much earlier epoch. When the Aryans entered the Indian subcontinent through the mountains of the Hindu Kush, they encountered a civilization on the banks of the Indus river that archeologists date back as far as 3000 B.C. Roughly contemporaneous with the pyramid-builders of the Nile, these indus-dwellers achieved a comparable level of technology. They had metalworkers skilled in sheet-making, riveting, and casting of copper and bronze, crafts and industries with standardized methods of production, land and sea trade with cultures as far away as Mesopotamia, and well planned cities with water supply and public sanitation systems unequaled until the Romans. Evidence suggests that they may have used a decimal system of measurement. But most remarkable, images of Shiva as Yogeshvara, the Lord of Yoga, suggest that meditation was practiced in a civilization which flourished a millenium before the Vedas were committed to an oral tradition.
If this is so, it would imply that the same systematic attitude the Indus Valley dwellers applied to their technology was applied also to the study of the mind. This was brahmavidya, the "supreme science" - supreme because where other sciences studied the external world, brahmavidya sought knowledge of an underlying reality which would inform ALL other studies and activities.
Whatever its origins, in the early part of the first millenium B.C. we find clearly stated both the methods and the discoveries of brahmavidya. With this introspective tool the inspired rishis (literally "seers") of ancient India analyzed their awarenesss of human experience to see if there was anything that was absolute. Their findings can be summarized in three statements which Aldous Huxley, following Leibnitz, has called the Perennial Philosophy because they appear in every age and civilization: (1) there is an infinite, changless reality beneath the world of change; (2) this same reality lies at the core of every human personality; (3) the purpose of life is to discover this reality experiencially: that is, to realize God while here on earth. These principals are the interior experiments for realizing them were taught systematically in the "forest academies" of ashrams - a tradition which continues unbroken after some three thousand years.
The discoveries of brahmavidya were systematically committed to memory (and eventually to writing) in the Upanishads, visionary documents that are the earliest and purest statement of the Perennial Philosophy. How many of these prescious records once existed no one knows; a dozen that date from Vedic times have survived as part fo the Hindu canon of authority, the four Vedas. All have one unmistakable hallmark: the vivid stamp of personal mystical experience. These are records of direct encounter with the divine. Tradition calls them shruti; literally "heard," as opposed to learned; they are their own authority. By convention, on the Vedas (including their Upanishads) are considered shruti, based on direct knowledge of God.
The Indus forms the delta of Pakistan mentioned in the Vedic Rig Veda as Sapta Sindhu and the Iranic Zend Avesta as Hapta Hindu (both sets of terms meaning Seven Rivers). The river has been a source of wonder during the Classical Period. King Darius of Persia sent Scylax of Caryanda to explore the river in 510 BCE.
The Sanskrit word Sindhu means river, stream or ocean, probably from a root sidh meaning to keep off. Sindhu is still the local appellation for the Indus River.
In the Rigveda Sindhu is the name of the Indus river. Sindhu is attested 176 times in the Rigveda, 95 times in the plural, more often used in the generic meaning. In the Rigveda, notably in the later hymns, the meaning of the word is narrowed to refer to the Indus river in particular, for example in the list of rivers of the Nadistuti sukta. This resulted in the anomaly of a river with masculine gender: all other Rigvedic rivers are female, not just grammatically, being imagined as goddesses and compared to cows and mares yielding milk and butter.
The word Sindhu became Hindu in Old Persian language. "Indus" is a Hellenic derivative of the word Hindu in old Iranian language.[1] The name Indus is used in Megasthenese's book Indica for the mighty river crossed by Alexander based on Nearchus's contemporaneous account.
The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi (Ινδοί), the people of the Indus.[1][2]
The Sanskrit word Sindhu means river, stream or ocean, probably from a root sidh meaning to keep off. Sindhu is still the local appellation for the Indus River.


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