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(USA TODAY) - An elegant second Obama inauguration, packed with high-fashion, high-energy and high-profile stars, twirled to an end Monday as President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama - she in another stunning gown - danced the night away at the inaugural balls.
And it's a gown by Jason Wu, the same designer who crafted her 2009 white inaugural gown. The White House said this one is custom-made, ruby red, sleeveless, backless, cinched at the waist, chiffon and velvet, flowing pleats falling to the floor, with a handmade diamond-embellished ring by jewelry designer Kimberly McDonald. She is wearing shoes by Jimmy Choo. And her hair was down in her new style with the bangs everyone has been talking about.
The initial reaction on Twitter was positive, and congratulations poured in for Wu. But there was surprise, too, especially from Wu. "#Inshock!!!" he tweeted.
"I can't believe it. It's crazy," he told the Associated Press from his Manhattan studio as he was trying to share the news with his parents in Taiwan. "To have done it once was already the experience of my life. To have a second time is tremendous."
"I was gobsmacked" given Mrs. Obama's tendency to spread her fashion benedictions around, said fashion columnist Robin Givhan on CNN. "In some ways it was a bit of a safer choice. There's so much pressure on an inaugural gown to be an extraordinarily symbolic dress that she felt safe going back to someone who had done right by her."
As singer Jennifer Hudson crooned Al Green's Let's Stay Together, the president and Mrs. Obama began to dance, first with each other and then with other military guests at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball.
Earlier, one of the first performers at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball for members of the military was Brad Paisley, in his customary cowboy hat and rocking the rafters.
At one point, he joked, "Our democracy is the envy of the world and tonight we celebrate by getting drunk in a convention center." After he finished his set, he told the audience, "This was an honor! Stay safe out there!"
Then Alicia Keys, in a clingy tomato-colored dress, sang an adaption of her top-selling This Girl's On Fire as "Obama's On Fire."
Fun. later took the stage, but the joint really began hopping when Stevie Wonder swung into They Can Feel It All Over as his backup horn section blared. Even on the TV screen you could see the scores of smartphone cameras held up from the crowd. Later, Marc Anthony sang a love song in Spanish.
The White House pool at the ball reported that most men in the room were wearing dress uniforms and most women were in gowns. But there are plenty of women in their uniforms, wearing knee-length skirts or pants.
The room is lit in purple with orange spotlights roaming around, the pool reported.The backdrop of the stage is mostly blue, with a big presidential seal at center and white curtains on either side.
The president, who says he likes his wife's new hair style, introduced by recounting what he jokingly said at the congressional lunch earlier in the day. "Some may dispute the quality of the president but no one disputes the quality of the first lady," he said.
The Obamas did not dance the whole night; it had been a long day. Besides, it's always too crowded to dance much at presidential inaugural balls. The larger ball was packed to the gills, with little room to move around, let alone dance. At the larger ball, some 35,000 guests were expected to fill the Washington Convention Center to watch the presidential couple's pas de deux.
Also watching the couple this weekend: a passel of performers and stars, such as Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Usher and John Legend. Also, Black Violin, Far East Movement, fun., members of the Glee cast, and Soundgarden were keeping the party-goers entertained on multiple stages at the convention center.
Beyoncé, who sang At Last for the couple's first dance at the 2009 inaugural balls, this time sang a passionate national anthem to conclude the ceremonies on the Mall. Clad in a black Pucci dress, her highlighted hair loose on her shoulders, glittering emerald earrings in her ears, she came very close to matching the late Whitney Houston's thrilling 1991 Super Bowl rendition of the notoriously difficult-to-sing song.
"Wow," exclaimed master-of-ceremonies, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., when Beyoncé was done. Fans-in-chief FLOTUS and the president kissed and hugged her.
Meanwhile, at the Creative Coalition Ball, liberal Hollywood's fundraising gala and celebration of the Obama re-election, a contingent of boldfaced names made their way down the red carpet into a downtown Washington arts center, to be entertained by headliner The Goo Goo Dolls.
And yes, even Academy Award winners get awestruck by the atmosphere and the rituals of America's democracy. "My favorite (moment) was to be standing outside with all my fellow Americans. It was a very moving speech. I didn't know I would be moved and in fact I was," said Oscar winner Melissa Leo, clad in Ralph Lauren.
Evan Handler, Charlotte's better half on Sex and the City, praised Obama's oratorical skills. "It's great. It was a good speech today," he said, adding that he's been a longtime member of the Creative Coalition. "I was last with them at the Republican National Convention so this is a very different atmosphere."
The inaugural weekend started Saturday for the Obamas and reached a crescendo Monday morning when the family, including daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11, stepped out of the White House and headed to a nearby church for an Inauguration Day service.


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Robert Higgs on Regime Uncertainty Past and Present
Recorded: Friday, February 21, 2014
Senior Fellow and author Robert Higgs speaks with Caleb Brown of the Cato Institute on the subject of Regime Uncertainty Past and Present.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Constitutional Law, Culture/ Society, Government Power, History (International), History (U.S), Political Ideology and Philosophy
Robert Higgs Discusses Independence Day on the Scott Horton Radio Show
Recorded: Thursday, July 4, 2013
Senior Research Fellow Robert Higgs talks with Scott Horton about his classic The Transformation of the American Economy 1865-1914; the July 4th celebration of statism and American mythology. Check out some of Robert Higgs books mentioned on the program.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Culture/ Society, History (U.S), Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Robert Higgs on the U.S. Governments Ethanol Scam
Recorded: Saturday, May 14, 2011
Here is Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs speaking on Ethanol Subsidies Have Many Bad Consequences, from the Mises Circle seminar, Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm, held May 14th in Indianapolis.
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So you get to the airport and realize you brought your GUN. You don't want the TSA to confiscate it but you don't have time to take it home or you'll miss your flight. WHAT DO YOU DO? The answer is . . . not this.
On June 24th, 69-year-old Soren Muir Johnson of Eagle Point, Oregon was flying out of Portland and realized he had his loaded gun with him.
So he came up with a plan: He'd hide the gun underneath a PLANTER BOX in the airport. That way, he could just grab it when he got back from his trip.
But security watched him hide the gun . . . and he was arrested for reckless endangerment. By the way, if you find yourself in this situation, you ARE allowed to put a gun in your checked luggage. You have to declare it when you check in, the gun can't be loaded, and it has to be in a hard, locked container.


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Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Richmond County Board of Elections decided to strike 24 names off the voter list after issues with addresses.
Executive Director Lynn Bailey says of the 33 people who were challenged about their addresses, 20 listed business addresses while 13 listed vacant lots.
Before the hearings, the issues with five of the business addresses and four of the vacant lot addresses were resolved.
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The Used Book Lover's Guide to the Mid-Atlantic States features 1,300 used book dealers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
The Bookworm's Big Apple: A Guide to Manhattan' Booksellers by Susan Paula Barile. Lists the small personal booksellers in Manhattan, noting address, phone number, hours, and services (such as shipping, special orders, etc.).
Marden's Guide to Manhattan Booksellers
NYC Bookstores
Looking for a great book? Try any of the stores on our lists below. There are lots of specialty bookstores around each of the colleges and universities in the area (Columbia, NYU, St. Johns, CUNY, and so on) and at the city's most popular museums.
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The Trashmaster is a recurring garbage truck. It succeeds the Garbage Truck from Grand Theft Auto 2, the first garbage truck to be featured in the series.
As with most other utility/industrial vehicles in the Grand Theft Auto series, the Trashmaster has no functional purpose, with the exception of GTA Liberty City Stories; it has a side mission entitled Trash Dash, where the player must drive a Trashmaster around the city, picking up garbage in a Taxi mission style way. It is one of the slowest and least maneuverable vehicles in the series, and in GTA III, it has the lowest point value when destroyed, 10. Despite its shortfalls, the Trashmaster tends to be one of the heaviest and hardest trucks available in the game. The Trashmaster in GTA San Andreas is notably faster and features a different Engine compared to the other GTA III era games.
The Trashmaster is commonly found driving in the industrial sections of each city. The Trashmaster in GTA IV only spawns in the early hours of the morning; it also has a functioning back door, although it can only be operated during the mission Taking in the Trash, where Niko Bellic must drive to waypoints, picking up diamond-filled trash bags along the way. As the vehicle is quite large, it's top speed is only 99 mph.
Throughout the games, its appearance has remained mostly the same, with the exception of the front cab, which switches around from flat cab-over design to a conventional cab in-between the games.
In GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, the Trashmaster resembles a Mack MR. In GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, and GTA Vice City Stories it has a cab similar to the Yankee, but the grille is slightly altered, GTA San Andreas's version also has different headlights, added turning signals, bears Sanitary Andreas logos.
The GTA IV rendition is the most realistic yet, with LSD workers hanging on the back, as well as various other details. It closely resembles a DSNY (Department of Sanitation New York) Mack LE Refuse Collection Truck but the front is slightly altered.
In GTA V the Trashmaster is slightly changed in the headlights and generally in the front fascia and also in the colours: the truck, in fact, has a new completely gray paintjob and has adverts on both sides.
- A GTA III style Trashmaster appears in Rockstar North's Manhunt 2.
- The GTA Liberty City Stories rendition of the truck is unusual in that its door will not be closed when the player exits the truck on a flat surface; the player must disembarked onto a surface more elevated than that where the truck is in order to close the door. This peculiarity is also seen on other vehicles with high driver compartments, such as the Dumper in GTA San Andreas.
- The Trashmaster plays the following radio stations by default when entered:
- K-DST in GTA San Andreas.
- Jazz Nation Radio 108.5 and Fusion FM in GTA IV.
- In GTA IV, the Trashmaster's compacter can be operated by pressing the sprint button. This comes into play during the mission Taking in the Trash; the men Niko is working with will only throw the bags into the truck when the rear lid is open. However, it can not be opened after or before the mission and will only stop the truck.
- In GTA IV, the Trashmaster is usually scheduled to roam Liberty City picking up trash on Tuesdays & Fridays.
- It is not possible to carry four people using the Trashmaster in GTA IV, even though the Trashmaster can be seen with two LSD workers on the back.
- Occasionally spawns in Aspatria, Staunton Island.
- Rarely spawns in Portland and on the Callahan Bridge.
GTA Vice City
- Frequently spawns in Vice Port.
- Parked in the junk yard in Little Haiti.
GTA San Andreas
- Can be seen driving around near airports and docks throughout the state.
GTA Liberty City Stories
- Parked in the Harwood junk yard, also spawns within the Harwood district.
- Parked in the Carson General Hospital car park on Staunton Island.
- Parked in the Francis International Airport car park in Shoreside Vale.
GTA Vice City Stories
- Parked in the junkyard in Little Haiti
- Obtainable through Cheat Codes
- Commonly spawns around Viceport at night.
GTA IV + Episodes from Liberty City
- Found parked in the trash department's main base under an overpass in Fishmarket South, near Pier 45.
- Plenty spawn parked in a depot by Pier 45.
- Many spawn around Liberty city at night.
Grand Theft Auto V
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- For the district in the Grand Theft Auto 1 rendition of San Andreas, see Sunrise (GTA 1).
The Sunrise is a vehicle that is only available in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
It is one of only two sedans that can arguably be used for both street racing and police evasion, the other being the Sultan. The Sunrise looks slightly similar to a First Generation Chevrolet Lumina with a custom bodykit and with rear fascia resembling 1996-2000 Japanese and Indonesian Toyota Corolla. Despite the fact that the Sunrise has quite sporty appearance as it features a custom bodykit, it cannot be modified in Wheel Arch Angels, but in TransFender instead. The name 'Sunrise' could be a reference to the country of origin of the Honda Accord/Toyota Corolla upon which it is based - Japan - known as the 'land of the Rising Sun'.
While speed is extraordinary, acceleration is slightly disappointing, likely due to the front-wheel drive train being poorly matched with the presumably throaty V6 engine. However, handling is taut, and the brakes are strong. The Sunrise reaches very high speeds.
The drawback with this car, however, is that due to its lower-than-average curb weight, the very high speeds it is capable of reaching can send it out of control even at the slightest perturbation. It isn't really a low suspension, but it's its awkwardly located wheel wells (a bit too high) that prevent this car from being used on uneven roads, hills, and trails.
- When entered, the default radio station in the Sunrise is CSR 103.9.
- Some people favor this car because of its sporty appearance (which can be further customized at TransFender), its high performance, its 4-person capacity and its commonness.
- The GTA IV Hakumai is the replacement for the Sunrise.
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Sage College of Albany Transfer Advising Day, Albany
Academic Advising program for new SCA *Transfer* Day students: 1:00-4:30pm. Student check-in begins at 11:45am - Froman Hall room 102. Student Life Information Fair: 11:45am-1:00pm, Froman 102. RSVP required: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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For more information, visit: https://www.sage.edu/sca/academics/advising/advregsess/.
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I have a new essay out today on the film Olympus Has Fallen in the journal Film International.
As I write, "part Kim Jong-un's 'the West must fall' fantasy come to life, part right wing wet dream and all around militarist anthem, Antoine Fuqua's Olympus Has Fallen (2013) is an updated riff on John Frankenheimer's Manchurian Candidate (1962; though we've already had that in 2004, directed by Richard Condon) for a new, more merciless generation.
US President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) is taken hostage by North Korean fanatic Kang (Rick Yune) in the White House bunker, along with Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan (Melissa Leo) and other members of the White House inner circle, and it's up to disgraced Secret Service Agent and professional loner Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) to get him out and foil Kang's plot.
Banning has fallen into official disfavor as the result of an accident in which the president's wife, Margaret (Ashley Judd, in a brief cameo) plunges to her death in a frozen river on the way to a Presidential fundraiser on a snowy evening; though Banning really isn't responsible, and saves the President from an equally watery grave, he's racked by guilt – you know, he's got to make up for it somehow.
Relegated to a desk job, Banning longs to get back into action, and the unfolding crisis gives him the perfect opportunity to pull a Bruce Willis/Die Hard riff and almost single handedly bring down the invading terrorist force. All around him, cops, civilians, and military personnel are being shot to ribbons, but somehow Banning survives the considerable amount of gunfire to worm his way into the White House basement, and start a counteroffensive."
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The Importance of Scholarships
Submitted on January 18, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Recently, Vol State student and President's Ambassador Tasie Guenthner spoke to the Alumni Association. She's a scholarship recipient, through the President's Ambassador program, and has this reminder about how important that money can be for students struggling to realize their dreams:
Hello my name is Tasie Guenthner. I moved to Nashville in the spring of 2005, leaving my parents and sister in North Dakota. My sister has since had a little girl named "Grey" and I would like to share a story about her with you.
Because they live so far away I don't get the opportunity to see them very often, so we do video calls over the internet. She is now two and a half and full of her own ideas. Usually, she can barely sit still long enough for you to see anything but a streak of yellow hair flying past the screen, but the other night she asked me "what do you want to be." It was a bit random and I wasn't sure where she was going with this so I asked her "what can I be?" She informed me "a princess, a flag, a pillow, sunshine, a superhero, or Batman."
She is two and a half, and to her the "what do I want to be question" has an infinite number of possibilities, even sunshine. Why do we, as adults, loose that sense of endless possibility?
Before I ultimately made the decision to start college I had lost that optimistic sense that we can be anything we want if we set our minds to it. I had become complacent and fearful of change. I had been working at a string of stable yet unfulfilling jobs for almost 10 years.
I realized that although I really prided myself on my strength and independence, I had been living in fear of actually trying. You cannot grow if you're not willing to stretch. So I sat down and thought about what brought me joy and "what I wanted to be when I grew up."
Not being from this area I had no idea where to even begin when it came to picking a college. A co-worker of mine (one of your fellow alumni) pointed me in the right direction. She explained how flexible the online classes were and college started to not sound so impossible anymore. I made the decision that I was going to pursue a degree even if I was working forty plus hours a week. So in January of 2009 I officially started classes.
By February, I wanted to simultaneously eat eight pounds of chocolate, go on an extended vacation and never read another book. Fortunately my experiences as a student did get better.
I also realized a few things about myself. I had never been anything but an average student in my academics in the past and now I fully grasp the importance of what I am pursuing, as well as what I have to loose, and nothing but my best will do.
I also figured out that big question of "what I wanted to be when I grew up"; a dietician, and then hopefully go on to be a chiropractor. Well I did the math on this one. To be a chiropractor is a seven year program, and because I worked full time, I only took about two classes a semester. It would take me 17 years to realize my goals at this pace. I needed to except that I would be in school until I was forty-five or I needed to re-evaluate my educational goals. Truthfully both of those options where painful to except.
That's where you came in. I have now received a scholarship that has allowed me to accelerate my career path without having to give up my goal of becoming a chiropractor. It will no longer take me 17 years to achieve my goals. In two and a half years from the end of this semester I can feel the satisfaction of having completed the dietician portion of my degree. Within 6 years I will be a chiropractor. Just being able to say that feels amazing. Because of the generosity of people like you, what I felt was almost impossible is now becoming a reality.
But your donations have given me so much more than just the opportunity to accelerate my career path. When I received this scholarship I received a helping hand. A chance to not have to be "independent and strong," perhaps the first chance like that in my life. Your donations gave me the opportunity to not just quit my job and pursue my education full time, but also the confidence that only being believed in can give you. Volunteer State Community College believed in me even when I did not believe in myself. You gave them the power to do that.
You have changed my life, my path, and my perception of self. Your continued support will give other students like me the opportunity to grow and succeed. What an amazing gift. I want to thank you for what you have done for me personally and for that continued support and the impact it will have on future students. Thank you.
For information about how to donate visit: www.volstate.edu/Foundation/Giving.php
Visit the alumni page: www.volstate.edu/alumni
Pictured left to right: Lori Johnson, College Foundation; Tasie Guenthner, student; and Karen Mitchell, College Foundation.
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The Vapid Stanier is a four-door mid-size executive sedan found in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V. There have been two generations of the Stanier in the HD Universe of GTA.
The Stanier is based primarily on the Ford Crown Victoria. The Crown Victoria is a popular vehicle for police and taxi applications for its performance and durability due to its body-on-frame construction, rear wheel drive layout, and V8 powertrain. While GTA IV only had the 1st generation Stanier, two versions, can be seen in GTA V.
1st Generation (GTA IV)
Regardless of its application, the Vapid Stanier features a front pushbar, CB radio equipment, and black wheels with chrome centercaps. Law enforcement models additionally have a police computer, roof-mounted lightbars, and a spotlight mounted on the driver's side. The taxi variants have a rear pushbar, fare meter, taxi lights and markers, and a hood-mounted taxi medallion; some taxis may also have roof-mounted advertising. The taxi version of the Stanier is simply called the Taxi, while the police vehicle is called the Police Cruiser, to separate it from the Police Patrol (a modified Merit).
1st Generation (GTA V)
1st generation Stanier models from GTA IV can be seen as civilian units in GTA V.
2nd Generation (GTA V)
The updated Stanier features a commercial model, which is the basis of the Police Cruiser, Taxi, Sheriff's Cruiser and Unmarked Cruiser. This variant is based on the 1998-2011 model of the Crown Victoria but the front end of the vehicle shares a resemblance of the seventh-gen Chevy Impala. Civilian versions of the newer Stanier are not in GTA V. Compared to the first generation, this unit is more square in shape then the more bulbous 1st generation Stanier. All of these models have a small "Police Cruiser" badge on the right side of the rear, below the taillight. This corresponds to Ford's real-world "Police Interceptor" package.
The Stanier is powered by a 4.6L V8, coupled to a 5 speed gearbox in a RWD layout. Acceleration is good, and the top speed is above average and its braking and suspension are very good. It has a low rev limit, which can be felt at higher rpms. Also, the engine feels as if it runs out of steam before the transmission switches gear. It has a higher top speed than its Declasse- branded competitor (Merit).
The car's weakness lies in its poor suspension, as the car experiences incredible amounts of body roll and has a tendency to oversteer off throttle. Stability is average at high speeds, but due to its very soft suspension the car does wallow and float about quite a bit. The car does appear to have some decent tires on it, however, which does help with improving the handling quality, if only just a bit.
Crash deformation is also average, and the suspension does not take very long to start meandering one way or the other. The engine is not fragile, but is certainly not the toughest to destroy in the game, although it fares better than the Police Buffalo.
- The civilian version can not be obtained without mods.
- Spawns rarely, at the morning (between 8am and 11am), in Strawberry District.
- Spawns commonly in Strawberry and Rockford Hills in GTA Online.
- The vehicle comes in two versions. A model that features bumpers that are of the same color with the car`s body and a model that has black bumpers.
- The Stanier is not named in GTA IV. It is simply called whatever rendition it is (Police Cruiser, Taxi, etc.). As such, the technical first appearence of the Stanier is in GTA V.
- The dashboard on the Civilan version is the same as the Police version in GTA IV you can see a computer screen.


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Martha Stewart Crafts™ Triple Heart Punch CardItem# 33588This fun card will surprise your Valentine with a special message.
Step 1 Cut a 7"x5" piece of light pink cardstock. Find the very center of the rectangle when it is lengthwise, at 3½", and draw a light line from top to bottom using the craft ruler and the pencil.
Step 2 Using the Studded Heart punch, punch a row of three hearts so that they are centered on the pencil line.
Step 3 Using the scoring board and the bone folder, score a fold line 1¾" from each edge of the punched rectangle. These will make the flaps that open on the front of the card.
Step 4 With the craft knife, carefully cut the punched rectangle in half down the pencil guideline, through the center of the three punched hearts. Gently erase the pencil line.
Step 5 Cut a 3½"x5" piece of red cardstock. Using the tape roller, stick the two pieces of light pink cardstock to the piece of red cardstock so that the flaps with punched out hearts meet on the front of the card. The two halves of pink cardstock should also meet on the back of the piece of red cardstock.
Step 6 Using a pencil, carefully mark the center of each punched heart when the flaps are closed. Place a Handmade Valentine round icon sticker on each mark, so that when the flaps are closed the stickers pop through the punched hearts.
Step 7 Use a small piece of baking twine to gently tie the card closed.
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In SS Class recently we have been learning about the Romans, and their ledgendary gladitorial games. We created a "Lost journal" of a Roman gladiator, so here is some Excerpts of the journal that I created.
Roman Gladiator Journal EXCERPT:
Today, I have decided to start my journal, as my life
seems to spin out of control. My name is Titus Vibius
Secundus and I am a Gaul, for now. My village is on the
brink of being raided by the Romans. I don't know how to
feel about them, are they good, or bad?
It has been a few days, filled with chaos and
death all around me. People are dying of exhaustion
from the many miles of walking, from sickness, and
beatings, and starvation. They have stolen all the
belongings that any of us have brought along, jewelry,
weapons, and any other things that they could find, but I
was able to keep this journal by throwing it under a shrub
when they checked, and I grabbed it as we walked by,
but I think that one of the Roman guard saw me, I hope
that he doesn't check later...They talked last night about
going to Rome, so I finally know that we are headed for
the center of these horrible peoples homes. I would love
to burn their home to the ground, and destroy all that
they stand for and all that showed they even existed, but
that is not possible, yet.
So apparently gladiators go to school. What
is a school, though? Well, today I learned that we go to
a special school, gladiator school, also known as a Ludis
Gladiatorius. Here, we will be trained to fight, so we can
entertain the horrible Romans. Huh. Their form of
entertainment – I kill you, I kill you, I kill you, too. My
owner brought me here earlier this morning. When I
entered, there was a solemn looking man who looked at
me, then nodded and mumbled back to my owner. He
grabbed my arm and dragged me in through a set of
large gates. Inside, were various people. They walked
around alone, eying each other, sizing each other up for
a fight. Some of them walked around looking like me,
totally lost. I hear a large banging noise and I turn
around. The solemn faced guy said, "Once the gates are
locked, escape is not possible." Oh-oh.
Just now, I found this journal again, and
thought I'd make one last entry. It's been many years,
since that first fight. I have done well, or at least the
Emperor has thought so. After many years of fighting
valiantly, on my last game, as my opponent stood over
me, I once again raised one finger on my left hand, and
looked at the Emperor. He whispered to the man next to
him, who handed him a wooden sword. A gasp arose
from the audience as I realized what he had done. It was
a sign of freedom. I could retire from being a gladiator
once and for all, no longer forced to fight. Although my
fighting days are over, I will never forget what I had been
taught to do. I will never forget my friends who have all
been killed. Even though I am considered a Roman
citizen, I despise these Romans with their stupid killing
games, and I will to this day follow my promise that when
this empire is falling, I will be the one to light the city
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This is a part of my latest project in social studies class. After researching the gladiators of ancient Rome, each student in the class produced a booklet that was supposed to resemble a lost journal. We wrote entries from the eyes of a gladiator, from the moment they were captured to the point where they retired or died.
Roman Gladiator Excerpt:
June 5
I fought at the Colosseum today! I survived my first day at the gladiatorial games! It was a grim sight to see all those men die. It was especially difficult to kill someone. I have never done something like that in my life, but I knew I am closer to my freedom this way.
I was a bit distracted by the Colosseum's beauty when I was there today. It also has a brilliant layout and structure. The Colosseum is a gigantic oval; inspired by the Roman theatre semi-circle shape. The elliptical shape allows many spectators to have a great view of the arena below. The sprawling awnings above the seating shade all the spectators nicely. The arena is the smaller elliptical field where all the fights are held. The ground is scattered with sand to absorb blood. That is just from the outside, but the Colosseum has a genius substructure and crowd management system that allows great function for workers, gladiators and spectators.
The Colosseum contains many passages that lead you to exactly where you need to go. Each class of people sat in a different area, so it was important that nobody accidently ended up on the wrong side of the arena. I saw that the emperor's party entered the seating from the north and through the Magistrates entrance. The consuls enter through the south. The performers entered from the west and through the Porta Triumphalis or the ceremonial entrance of the gladiators. All the dead bodies were carried out through the Porta Libitinesis or the death gate. Each entrance and exit functions perfectly.
Everyone seemed to be seated socially when I was there. I noticed that the women sat in the back on the wooden seating. I knew the spectators were seated by marital and profession status because the soldiers and the bachelors were seated separately. The tiers of the seating were separated clearly and far so that nobody would mix together. The Romans hate mixed crowds.
I don't like going to the gladiatorial games, but I want to find my family one day when I'm free. Andreas told me I fight again in two days. I hope I win again.
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This is an excerpt from the Lost gladiator project we did.
I go on the next couple of weeks. The different gladiators I fight against each have different weapons. Some had a gladius, one had a rete, another one had a spear, and another had a trident and one had a dagger.
A gladius was the roman name for a sword, and the rete was their name for a net. Different gladiators used different weapons and it wasn't uncommon. Gladiators also used different things to protect them selves. Some would wear helmets and if they didn't they would wear a Galerius or shoulder-guard to protect their head, but most wear helmets. There were two basic shields one that was smaller and easier to maneuver but protected less and one that was large like the ones they used it war. It was harder to maneuver but protected more. Another thing that protected them was the greaves it's kind of like a modern day shin guard but it's made with metal.
I had fought so many gladiatorial games I couldn't count. I went to the next coliseum thinking it would be a regular amphitheater however when we got to the amphitheater it wasn't just a coliseum it was the Coliseum in Rome.
The Colosseum in Rome was a symbol of the roman military. It was built were over the place where Nero (a roman emperor) had his lake. The sack of Jerusalem financed building it in 70 C.E. It was the greatest of 200 amphitheaters and even though the arena was mainly used for the gladiatorial, it is also used for beast fighting and punishment for Christians and criminals. The punishment may have included being thrown in the arena with wild animals. The Colosseum was a 616 ft. X 512ft. ellipse of pure genius, built by the slaves. It is 160 ft. tall with four tiers and it has a capacity of 50,000. Before the Colosseum was built, the gladiatorial games were previously held in the forum.
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In 7th grade social studies we are learning about ancient Rome and Roman Gladiators. The assignment was to create a fictional journal, either using primary or secondary source, telling about the life of a Roman Gladiator. Although we were writing fictionally, we had to keep history in mind and write historically as well.
Roman Gladiator Exerpt:
Now, how to train… I do no think I will go to a gladiatorial school to be trained with the slaves and criminals for I will be far better than them, and they also might try to take some of my money. I am rich Roman so; I believe I shall hire a personal trainer. I must also, with the help of my trainer, decide what type of gladiator I would be most successful as. I have fourteen choices. I could become a Myrmillo, who carries around a dagger and a shield, a Thraician, I would carry a small shield and a curved dagger, an Andabatus, who charges blindly on horseback at their opponents, and Essendarius, who drives a horse-drawn chariot, a Retarius, who snares their opponents in a net, and wears very little armor, this is the most vulnerable type of gladiator. I do not think I will disguise myself and fight as a woman. I could also be a Samnite, who carries a sword and a large shield, and has a visored, crested helmet, I could become a Dimachaerius, who fights with two swords and wears not as much armor as the other types of gladiators. I could become a Laquerius, who is the same as a retarius but carries a lasso instead of a net, a Secutor, who is lightly armed and chases their opponents, a velitus, who is only armed with a spear, an Equites, who fights on horseback, though for the crucial part of the fight they get off and fight on foot. I could also be a Thraex, who carries a small, square shield, a Hoplomachus, who is a standard favorite of the Romans though I do not see myself fighting as a Hoplomachus, who only carries a very small round shield for armor.
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This is an excerpt of the Roman Gadiator Journal, we have been learning about ancient Rome and gladiators.
This journal was found on February 19, 2012 by a group of unprofessional archeologists.
This journal was found in northern Rome under pieces of an ancient Rome column. It tells the story of a Gaul boy named Aquila who was captured by the Romans in 200 AD, and his journey to becoming one of the greatest Roman Gladiators that ever lived.
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In social studies we created a journal on every day life as a gladiator and learned aboute the colosseum.
I am becoming more adept at the weapons they are training me with. My favorite weapon is the sword. I am ambidextrous, which means that I have the advantage of using both my Dear Diary,
I am now known as a Gladiator. I look back at my life, and it seems like yesterday that I was peacefully living as a tribesman among my Gaul people. Then in the blink of an eye, I was captured by the Roman Empire and trekked many miles back to Rome. The trip was horrendous. I thought I would die before I made it to the city of Rome. Many of my countrymen died on the trip and my heart breaks for their families that have no idea what ever became of them. As for my family, they don't know where I went or what has become of me either. However, I am hoping one day to return to the people I love and survive this great challenge that is set before me.
Dear Diary,
The process of me becoming a Gladiator was awful and humiliating. I was first sold into slavery at an auction. People actually bid on me, and I was forced to disrobe and people made fun of my body and how "strong" I looked. I was so embarrassed as the slave seller bid me like a common animal, that I cringed as finally, a wealthy man bid on me, and dragged me home in shackles, threw me into a slave pit, and left me for dead. I never thought I would survive that first night of humiliation and loneliness.
Today was my first day of training. I survived the "night from hell" which consisted of rats, a flea infested bed of straw, and a watered down supper of "leftovers" from my new "Master." Now that I am "officially" his "Gladiator slave" I am now privy to meals of high protein, as long as I "perform" for him. I met my trainer today, as he is a brutal task master. He pokes us in the back sharply if we do not do exactly as he instructs. I have never had experience with the weapons he is making us use and worst of all we have to fight each other; the other "gladiator slaves" in our compound that the Master owns. I feel so guilty hurting these other men, or may I say "boys" as we are barely of age. We learned archery, sword fighting, and other means of hurting and maiming one another permanently. If we don't "make the grade" and "succeed as strong, impervious to pain and mayhem gladiators, then we are eliminated, permanently, this means DEATH. I am so scared, I can barely breathe, but I have to press on, and not give up, or my life is over, and there will never be any chance of seeing my family again. This is what gives me the strength every day to train and fight. Not for the Roman Empire, but for my people and the improbable but not impossible chance of reunification with my people once again.
Combat is intense. I am being trained by "supposedly" the best Gladiator trainer in the land. This means that hopefully, I won't be killed on my first attempt at being a Gladiator at the world famous Colosseum. My first manner of business, was declaring an "Oath to my "Gladiator trainer" which I later found out from my gladiator friends, which I basically agreed to be his slave. This was not what I expected.
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This is an entry from my gladiator journal. This entry is about living in the coliseum and about what training was like for gladiators. I hope you like it.
I was sent to live at the coliseum, the largest amphitheater in Rome.
As terrified as I was, the colosseum was even more impressive
than my old masters mansion. Huge awnings covered the 50,000
seats around the arena, a huge circle of sand. Inside the actual
struncture, tunnels wound through the walls of the building,all
of them leading to the seats. We entered the substructure of
the building and the guard shoved me into a cell I was to
share with 8 other Greek women. I didn't mind the sleeping arrangements
so much, I was used to sleeping on a pile of hay at the domus
and all of the women were
very friendly considering the circumstances they were under.
The girl sleeping next to me was especially nice. Her name was Achima
and we became very good friends. All of the girls in our cell were from
conquered lands like myself, but in other parts of the barracks criminals and
Romans who couldn't pay the high taxes shared quarters with wealthy Romans
who had actually volunteered to become gladiators. I can't imagine how anyone
could be so stupid.
I was told that I was going to be trained as a Refiarius, the most vulnerable
Type of gladiator. The Refiarius fights with a net and a trident. Training is hard. Every morning we wake up at dawn. We began the
day with breakfast, followed by ten laps around the arena. Next, we
lift weights for a full hour to build up our arm muscles. After that its
time for one hundred push-ups and one hundred fifty sit-ups. Then we
practice fighting on a straw man on a platform. Since we are training as
Refiarius Gladiators, we practice with wooden tridents and daggers. On
the first day, the trainer beat me for slashing the straw man with my
dagger. "Slashing is for Greeks! Stab like a real Roman!" I decided that
telling him I wasn't Roman would be a bad idea. After lunch we often
watch some of the more advanced Gladiators do practice fights. Usually
some spectators from the city will sit on the other side of the colosseum
to watch as well. After watching them for awhile while our trainer
pointed out their tack ticks to us, we were sent of to do another ten laps
and finally we would do a practice fight of our own but with wooden
weapons. After a long hard day, we eat dinner and then head off to
our cells for bead. I'm so exhausted every night; I'm usually asleep before
I even hit my pile of straw. Everyday I think of Marcus and where he might be.
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I am a 23 year old man named Abeldarus, I am a middle class man. I decided to be a gladiator because I got bored because all I did was sell food and I didn't like it, so I decided to be in the gladiator world like Giuglio Caesar.
Giuglio Caesar was my favorite gladiator when I was a little boy. He was a Retarius gladiator, he had protection on his left arm with armor. He had a net that would trap opponents and kill them. He always won all the gladitorial games. I used to go to the games with my parents.
I gave my market to my friend, who was looking for a job. He is my only friend.
I went to the Colosseum to sign up to be a gladiator. I walked up to the Colosseum to sign up, they opened the gates and I walked in. They closed the gates and I knew I was stuck in there for the rest of my life. I felt very intimidated, but at the same time really excited.
I was given a trainer, who will train me for the games. They gave me a fake sword made out of wood. I am using that to practice because they can't trust me with a real sword yet.
After three days, I'm the Colosseum training all day. I started meeting a lot of people who were in here for a really long time. They are also training to be gladiators. Some of them are slaves, some are criminals
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This is an excerpt from the Journal of a Roman Gladiator project I made in Social Studies class. We were supposed to pretend to be a gladiator in ancient Rome and create a journal explaining the details of gladiators, what Rome was like at that time, and important facts about the colosseum.
Roman Gladiator Journal Excerpt
May 5, 156 C.E.
It's been 18 days and I've gone through a lot. First of all, when the prisoners were split up and given to the slave dealers, groups of 5 or 6 of us Gaul's were put up on a stand for auction and Romans started yelling out pricing. It was completely humiliating. And then people with diseases or any type of problem had to hold up a sign pointing out there defects, isn't that crazy! I don't know how long the auctions went for because I was one of the first ones sold. An upper class looking man bought me for a lot higher price than everyone else was offering but, I don't know what that means, it's not like he knew if I was going to be a good slave or not. The man brought me to his elaborate domus and the first thing he did was measure my height and weigh me, 6'2'' 240 lbs. he wrote on a piece of paper. He started to grin a little a bit and I was a little scared because of the circumstances. He told me I was lucky and that I could have been sold to do slave work which I was confused about since I thought I was just bought to do slave work. The next day, my owner Antonius brought me to ludus gladiatorius, or gladiator school. So I'm going to be a gladiator I thought, this is insane. I was very surprised and nervous for I thought I would automatically die in the next week. Antonius brought me to the lanista, a retired gladiator that was going to train me. He told the lanista to train me hard and that this is an expensive investment that could be big. When Antonius left, the doors were locked and I had a feeling that I wasn't leaving this place for a long time. I was a pupil in the school and not all of the pupils were slaves. Some of them were criminals, bankrupt people, poor people and even volunteers trying to make some money. I have been exercising hard every day and am actually being given good, plentiful meals. I haven't even gotten whipped yet, you get whipped if you don't train hard. I practice with a wooden sword and hit a man of straw over and over again each day until my arms are in serious pain. I was eventually given 2 wooden swords to practice with in each hand because the trainer thought I might like it better and I did, it felt more natural. I have just finished another days training and am feeling more and more comfortable with the weapons as time goes on.
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In social studies class, we have been learning about Rome and it's people. Some things we have been learning about are the Colosseum, Gladiatorial Games, and everyday Roman life. The most recent project in the Rome unit is that we created a fictional journal of a Roman gladiator. Here is an excerpt of the journal I created:
Roman Gladiator Journal Excerpt:
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This is the Journal of a glatiator that I wrote to learn facts about Glatiators, Colloseums, and life in Rome.
Today I was working in the bread
shop with master, when I was told that the emperor requested I was to be sent
to become a gladiator. They took me away along with a few other slaves.
They took us to the barracks where I will stay during my training.
I was sent to barrack number 15, and I will start my training tomorrow with all
the other gladiators. Most of us are slaves, but some of the other gladiators
were free men who volunteered for fame, and there are a couple upper class Romans
who were forced to become gladiators for the emperor's amusement. I wish I was
sent to one of the larger barracks because one of the other slaves told me that
they had their own fighting grounds there and that members of the same fighting
style have their own private trainers. Some of the other gladiators bond
together in their own formal associations. Membership is constantly fluctuating
here. I heard that when a gladiator dies they often let their fellows bury
them. When we got here they had us take an oath that meant giving ourselves
slave status, not that I already am. I am still unsure if I should make some
friends here because I might have to face them in battle.
Today we were sent
to the training school. Last night they fed me very well and I met many new people.
I was surprised to see that not all gladiators are men, some of us are woman.
They will put me on a special diet so that I can have lots of energy for battle.
The trainers tested us to see what type of gladiator we will be, and what
techniques and fighting styles we will use. I was chosen to be a Retiarius, because
I used to be owned by a fisherman and I am very handy with a net. I was sent to
a special training unit because I am left handed. Most of the other gladiators are
jealous because left handed gladiators have an advantage over right handed ones
because there not used blocking their left side. Most fighting styles came from
those the Romans conquered, so I was given the Egyptian fighting style since I was
born there. Fighting styles are also very stereo typed here, so I hope I don't get
laughed at. People in the straining school are very competitive with their
grades (paloi).
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This is a excerpt from the roman gladiator project we did.We have been studying rome and we learned about Gladiators. We had to make a jouranl that one of the roman gladiator would have kept .
The training is so hard , it feels like you have died. I hate it here but know that it is helping my mom and sisters. Every time you don't train hard enough you get whipped hard. I am a Dimacharius gladiator, which means I fight with two swords and little armor. It is very scary. We have practice fights. I learned I have my first fight in 5 days a with a samnite.
Samnite gladiators fight with a large shield, helmet and a sword. This means they have lots of protection, unlike the Dimacharius.
Home , the one place I cannot be. The only place I can't stop thinking about. I wish I was at home to be there for my sisters and my mother. I was never married. I didn't want to become a gladiator, but they just came to the house and took me. They took me because we couldn't pay the taxes , but they told me if I become a gladiator my family would be safe. So I'm a gladiator now. I hope I fight and win so I get the wooden sword so I can go home. They told me if I fight to win and get the wooden sword they would let me go and I wouldn't have to worry about food or paying taxes. I want to go home badly.
The wooden sword means you are free and you have won your freedom. It means you don't have to fight anymore. You don't have to be a gladiator anymore but you can be. You can go home
and live your life freely. You live and don't have to train or fight anymore. That is what the wooden sword was.
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The following is an exerpt from our Roman Gladiator journal we did in Social Studies. It talks about the life of a Roman Gladiator the Coliseum and the way of living in Rome..
The Roman Gladiator Journal Excerpt
Today is the 9th of January 2011. We found this ancient journal that was left behind by a Roman Gladiator by the name of Antonius Domitius. It was found early this morning in the substructure where the cages use to be. That's where they would often contain the Gladiators and animals before the fight. It tells us so much new information that we may have never know without this. He talks a lot about how he is a Murmillo Gladiator and how often he would have to train. One of the things that us historians found very interesting was how often he would talk about his best friend Titus and of course his family. When his family heard that himself and his best friend Titus were both bought by a wealthy roman to become a gladiator they were very disappointed. His family didn't want him to go off to training school and learn how to become a Gladiator because they were very nervous of him never coming back to help with the family business and of course risking his life. He was the oldest of 3 and had 2 younger sisters. They lived in a small house by their family business. Titus his best friend also left his family and went on to also become a Roman Gladiator. The sad part was when they heard the news of what type of Gladiator they would become. Titus became a Hoplomachus Gladiator while Antonius became a Murmillo. The both got really upset about this. This was the most common match up to make the fights fun to watch. They didn't want to get matched up to one another and have to risk their own life or even their best friend's life. Right now we are getting the journal analyzed and getting all the information out of it that we may need for later in history. We also need to make sure it is ok to publish and put it in the town library. Hear take a look at some of the entries. There has to be at least over 450 entries in hear it's all about how his life started and ended as a Gladiator.
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In social studies class we wrote fictional journals from a Roman Gladiators point of view. We researched Roman daily life, what life was like for a Gladiator, and the Colosseum.
Here is an excerpt from the journal:
This is the lost journal of Maximus. Archaeologists found his journal in a small hole in a wall while they we renovating an ancient apartment building in Rome. The first "gladiators" were slaves that fought at funerals in honor of their Masters memory. The fights were staged by the wealthy to display power. In the Colosseum the number of gladiators was a key attraction because more gladiators meant a larger, more spectacular show.
Maximus was a Murmillo gladiator. A Murmillo was known as a, "fish-fighter," because they had a fish on their helmet. The Murmillo was heavily armed with a large boot over their left leg to protect it from their opponent's sword, a large shield, a dagger, and a leather belt. The most common opponents of the Murmillo were the Thraex and the Hoplomachus.
Before Maximus was a gladiator he was a poor son of a farmer. When he was 12 and his education ended he worked on his family's farm with his three surviving brothers, until his parents died of malaria and they he lost the farm because the taxes were too high for them to pay.
Maximus and his oldest brother, Valerius, decided to become gladiators, while their younger two brothers joined the military. Once Maximus and Valerius took an oath to start training they practically became slaves. Maximus fought for almost two years. Valerius, a Retiarious, however only fought for two fights before being killed.
When a man takes the oath to become a gladiator he is promising to be a loyal gladiator. Maximus said that his older brother Valerius was becoming a Retiarious. A Retiarious was lightly armed, there for they were the most vulnerable gladiators. They had "fishermen" armor, wearing left arm and shoulder protection, no head protection and carried a net, dagger, and trident.
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In social studies for the past week, our class has been studying Roman gladiators. We learned about daily life in Rome for the gladiators and the way that they trained for the games. We also learned about the different types of gladiators and the Colosseum. Here is an excerpt from my journal:
March 23, 234
Today was my first day at the ludas gladiatorius. I am starting in the first grade. Agrippa was the first lanista that I met at the school. He is retired from being a Secutor. He is one of the fastest runners I have ever seen.
March 23, 234
A ludas gladiatorius was a training school for gladiators. Gladiators have to go through grade levels. Agrippa was a lanista, meaning that he used to be a gladiator but has retired. He now taught at the school. A Secutor is a type of gladiator that chases his opponent. He would have had to run a lot in his training, if he wanted to be a strong and popular Secutor.
March 24, 234
Today was my second day at school and I was given my sword. I have started my daily exercising and I have been assigned to a barrack, where I have a trainer. In the barracks that I am in, everyone is of the same fighting style. Tonight we are to be bonded together in a formal association.
March 24, 234
The sword that a gladiator in-training would use would be made of wood. It keeps the gladiators from seriously hurting or even killing their opponent in practice. The gladiators would exercise daily to build up the strength they would need in battle. The larger barracks would have their own trainer. The fighting styles were grouped with each other so it would be easier for the trainers to teach. When they were bonded together in formal association, it means that they would try to be a gladiator and not intentionally hurt themselves or each other.
May 14, 234
We started the day with a warm-up and then all the gamblers placed their bets. We got our weapons and then the musicians piped up. Next I fought to the death with Alba. After hours of fighting, she was injured and I was awarded with a wooden sword. It doesn't really help me. She still lived.
May 14, 234
Opponents would have practiced with wooden swords while gamblers set their bets on either gladiator. When the gladiators were given their weapons, in Aeliana's case, a shield and a sword, the musicians began to play their flutes, pipes, and war trumpets. The gladiators would then fight to the death or serious injury of the other. Wooden swords were given to the victor. The sword symbolized freedom. Palm branches might have also been given to the victor. The emperor would have listened to the crowd to decide if the gladiator lived or died. The crowd must have thought highly of the gladiator or he or she would have been killed and dragged out of the Colosseum.
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We researched Roman gladiators, the colosseum and, daily lifestyle for social studies. Theses are some excerpts from the journal I wrote about it.
Journal Excerpt Prologue In the year 2004, on an archaeological dig in the city of Pompeii, I, Germaine Lenkle, found the journal of a Roman gladiator called: Appius Octavius Magnus. We brought the journal to America and analyzed what the journal revealed about the lifestyle of a Roman gladiator. In the journal, Appius talks about his life as a Roman gladiator. With the help of the American government, we have taken excerpts from the journal and explained the meanings and what is going on in the journal. The journal was found in Pompeii. This city was one of the cities that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Pompeii was one of the three cities, including Oplonti and Herculaneum, that was covered in ashes when the volcano erupted. The ashes that rained down from Mount Vesuvius covered the three cities in white-gray covering, literally freezing the people, pets, and buildings in place. It was found under the body of a man who we assumed to be Appius. In his words, the journal explains all of the hardships and luxury's of a Roman gladiators life. It also explains the structure and purpose of the Colosseum and training centers. May 30. The banquet. "Tonight we held a banquet. Although were are not wealthy, my wife put together a wonderful meal and invited our friends over for supper. We had, as an appetizer, fried bulbs, and for soups we had puree of lettuce leaves with onions. For our main course we had the most delicious smoked pigs stomach. The brains stuffed inside were cooked to perfection and had just the right amount of juice left inside them. For dessert, we had stew of apricot. Then all of our friends left and we went to bed on full stomachs." In Roman households, the meals he explained above were common and there were many more that we would consider rather unappetizing today. For instance, for appetizers there were, snails fed on milk. They were fed on milk to take all of the gravel and silt out of their stomachs. They also had minced sea-crayfish-tail bulbs. For main courses they also had electric ray with hot raisins, boiled crane with turnips, leg of boar, roast flamingo with Jericho dates, dried onion, honey and wine and wood-pigeon. "I have won again, however I did not receive the money I was hoping for, I received a wooden sword and a pat on the back. I came home and my son was still feverish and sweating. My wife told me that she had called for a doctor but he had never shown up. I took matters into my own hands. I went down to the doctors building and refused to go until a trained medicinal man came with me. He came to our house assessed my son, bled him, then gave us a recipe to give him to help his fever. We payed the doctor and he left." Appius's prize was not the one he had hoped for, no matter who the competitor, your prizes or winnings could vary from money and freedom, if you were a slave, to a pat on the back and some cheering. "Today my daughter turned 12. Since our family is not wealthy she will continue her education with her mother. She will learn how to cook, clean, wash clothes, take care of babies and much more that you will have to ask my wife about. We are all so proud of her. We held a celebration in he honor. It included her favorite meal; leg of boar. We will not have a celebration like this again until my next oldest son is sixteen." Roman girls and boys were taught by their parents until they were three or four. Then they would go on to their formal education. The formal education stopped for girls when they were twelve. That was when they learned to be house wives and mothers by being taught by their own mothers. For boys, formal education stopped when they were fifteen or sixteen. This was when they would find a job, and learn to be a 'good man' from their father. Boys had the option of going to rhetoric school if they wanted to be a law man or work for the government or empire.
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Really hope Larry's squad first beats the **** out of Mizzou & has a nice run in the tourney. I really wish we could of hung on to him, but then again, that means Fred never would of happened. On the what if's side, I do wonder just how much further LE could of taken us.
Its good to see Larry doing well, he paid the price for his poor behavior here and deserves to have some success as he is a good coach.
Go get 'em Larry
Missed the beginning of the game. Any LE party at Missouri references?
I miss LE, dude can flat out coach.
Not the Missouri incident specifically. But they did mention his struggles with alcohol and the fact that it caused him to lose a coaching job over it.
LE looking really old at half time interview.
I would love it if Larry could get some sort of revenge by sending Zoo home early
"Me not winning isn't important. You do!"
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I miss LE, dude can flat out coach.
Please, don't get me wrong, I agree with you. But, at ISU, it was time for him to go or shape up. I feel bad for what happened to him and the ISU program after his departure, but it's obvious that bad things were starting to happen with him at the helm. We were on the verge of being a basketball powerhouse, then the first round loss in the conference tourney, then the loss to you know who and whammo, quickly it was time for Larry to move on. I'm sorry that I am still a little bitter. I'm glad he's got his **** in order, but honestly, a lot of ISU basketball woes lie on his shoulders. We literally were on the verge of Basketball dominance when he ****ed it all up.
The Fighting Eustachys are doing work on the wannabe Confederates
Life is good
They said that Larry said he wanted to end his career at CSU. Larry is an amazing coach and I hope he has a lot of success at CSU before he is done.
"The greatest risk in life is not taking one"
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I would love it if Larry could get some sort of revenge by sending Zoo home early
I honestly believe that LE doesn't really feel like he wants or needs any revenge. Some ISU fans miss him, others hate him for the fiasco, but LE seems completely at ease with the events of his past. Listening to him, I think he is honestly happy.
It was great seeing him look so calm at half. I think he needs to switch from 16 diet cokes a day to water though haha.
I'd like to see them win it all, still love that guy.
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LE looking really old at half time interview.
Said the exact same thing at half.
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The Vol State at Livingston expansion project is complete
Submitted on January 28, 2010 at 3:50 PM
The Vol State at Livingston expansion project is complete, and more than a hundred people turned out Thursday for an open house and ribbon cutting to celebrate the occasion. The college facility is a partnership between Volunteer State Community College, the City of Livingston, Overton County, and the generous donors who realized the importance of expanding student facilities and opportunities in the Upper Cumberland area.
Vol State at Livingston is a degree granting center, offering a variety of classes and degree concentrations. Donors, civic leaders, educators and the public had the opportunity to view the new facility, which in total includes: 15 classrooms with the latest teaching technology; ITV interactive television classroom, science-biology lab, NewSkills computer lab, library, 18 faculty offices, administration offices, outdoor and indoor study areas, and a new parking lot. Several of the classrooms are prepared for Allied Health classes.
Vol State classes started in Livingston in 1991. By 1994, increasing enrollment led to discussions about a new facility. The Tennessee Board of Regents approved the plan in 2004. Construction began in July of 2005. The $5 million project was finished this year. It was funded by donations to the Livingston Campus Campaign, and those donations were matched by the Tennessee Board of Regents. The total amount raised by the community was $2,286,516.
Vol State offers day, evening, video, online and hybrid classes in Livingston. More than 50 courses are scheduled this spring.
Photo: A ribbon cutting marked the completion of the four and a half-year expansion project at Vol State in Livingston. Front row left to right: Greg McDonald, Director of Business Development, Livingston-Overton Chamber of Commerce; State Senator Diane Black; Rita Reagan, Director of Marketing and Tourism, Livingston-Overton Chamber of Commerce; Livingston Mayor Curtis Hayes; Dr. Warren Nichols, President of Volunteer State Community College; J.J. Oakley, major donor; Julia Bishop and Budd Bishop, major donors. Back row: David Gregory, Vice-Chancellor of Administration and Facilities Development, Tennessee Board of Regents; Overton County Mayor Kenneth Copeland; Dr. Steve Copeland, Regent; Michael Powell, Director of Vol State at Livingston.
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Fall of 2004: 486
Fall of 2009: 738
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August 1991: Volunteer State Community College classes are offered in Livingston for the first time.
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The Central Committee (CC) of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi that met on Friday in Dar es Salaam under the chairmanship of President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete agreed that stern and disciplinary measures be taken against all ministers, their deputies and other government officials implicated in the Controller and Auditor General's (CAG) reports.
At face value, this news sounds great. I wish to commend the rulling party for the comedic meeting and resolutions, for they together help in keeping the party to its current level of public trust. Fairly innovative, I think.
Similarly, the Central Committee endorsed the President's intention to reshuffle the cabinet. Once again, that looks like being very democratic and participatory. All of this deserves compliments. But we should look at these recent events with very cautious minds and critical brains. We can not be taking every word from the horse's mouth exactly as it comes out; hence the call for caution and suspicion!
Will disciplinary and legal measures really be taken against the ministers and deputies as well as their surbordinates? What has been past the experience in these or similar regard? Who has disciplined who in this country in the past? It is my humble submission that, based on historical experience, neither serious disciplinary nor legal measures are going to be taken against the leaders who have been implicated in the CAG's reports.
Ideally, I would have believed that after the reports had been released, the next step would have been for the law enforcement organs to arrest all the culprits and file charges against them. The rest would come as part of the court process, not anything else.
But we know that the principle of equality before the law which is enshrined in the Constitution of Tanzania has not been up to standard. Some common and lower cadre citizens have been condemned harshly, including death through the death penalty or mob justice, when some of these high-ranking politicians and civil servants have 'stolen' public resources without stern measures going their way! It will be the beginning of a new era to have those implicated in CAG's reports face any serious measures this time around.
But where is the police force to arrest? Where is the office of the DPP? Where is the office of the Director of Criminal Investigation? Where is the Directorate of Intelligence? Where is PCCB to investigate the whales involved in the grabbing of these public moneys?
Where is the Ethics Secretariat to establish these leaders' base wealth and their property two years later? Where is the money theft surveillance? Where is all that authority that is established constitutionally and whose existence is paid for by public taxes?
Therefore, I do believe that there is even going to be serious implementation of the Central Committee's resolutions afterall. Those were the past times of Julius Kambarage Nyerere and Edward Moringe Sokoine, whose action-oriented leadership truly scared anybody from stealing public funds or engaging in economic sabotage as many of our officers in government are now doing.
The question as to whether or not any measures will bring about any positive impact in improving financial discipline and accountability in the country will depend on the vibrancy of law-enforcement organs in combating public theft.
After all, any modern government must act on the basis of the principle of collective responsiblity. The misbehaviour of one minister, deputy or permanent secretary amounts to misbehaviour of the entire government. But do we feel this way today? Why shouldn't we have gone ahead with the no-confidence vote in the Prime Minister to signal that the 'entire government' had been tainted.
Bravo to those members of Parliament whose bravery led them to sign the no-confidence petition. Despite the manouvres by House Speaker Anne Makinda, the message has been delivered to the PM and his entire government.
Paramount to all this is the supremacy of the people! How soon do we allow ourselves to forget that the power in the United Republic of Tanzania is vested in the people?
Do we know that Article 8 of the country's constitution actually states that the government shall derive all power from the people? Do we remember the clause in our supreme law that promotes government accountability to the people?
Unless the entire government is made to account and fresh elections are called, piecemeal measures are highly unlikely to result in meaningful financial and public service discipline. Repeat: Highly unlikely.
Let us undertake civic education on how a government can be made to fully account for its actions or ommisions and this country will see less of this misbehaviour.
Deus Kibamba is a policy and political analyst based in Dar es Salaam. He has wide experience in promoting good governance and accountability across Eastern and Southern Africa. He can be reached by email: [email protected] and telephone: +255 788 758 581.


text: Manorexia is an experimental instrumental project of composer J. G. Thirlwell (primarily of Foetus). Manorexia was formed in 2001. As opposed to Thirlwell''s other instrumental group, Steroid Maximus, Manorexia features no collaborators and eschews musical structure for a more free-form and spontaneous approach. The results are often described as cinematic and textural. To date all albums have been released on Thirlwell''s own Ectopic Ents label and have been sold only at concerts or via the Official Foetus Website. "The Mesopelagic Waters" album has been released in march 2010 on John ZornÔ[][]s Tzadik label. It contains tracks from the first two Manorexia albums and is performed by a chamber ensemble. "Dinoflagellate Blooms" is a studio album of all-new material and is released in both stereo and 5:1 surround. The band was chosen to perform at the ATP I''ll Be Your Mirror festival curated by ATP & Portishead on September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.


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Friday, April 22, 2011
Classic Style on a Windy Day
12 comments:
- styleforlife said...
Love her, total classic and such elegance.
xx Emily of EL Vintage
- April 22, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- gracie takes fashion so seriously it can turn ugly said...
outstanding x
- April 22, 2011 at 11:02 AM
- Elra's cooking and baking said...
She looks marvelous, elegant, beautiful!
- April 22, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- Nuit said...
beautiful!!! so graceful! x
- April 22, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- Musette said...
so elegant and lovely!
ps. even though I'm not quite at a 'certain age' yet - whenever I am inclined to go out looking like a bag lady I stop by here, so I can SNAP OUT OF IT!
- April 23, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Jill said...
Her remark about "amusing accessories" reminds me that, sadly, our popular culture increasingly favors vulgarity and exhibitionism over more subtle expressions such as wit and humor.
- April 23, 2011 at 11:12 PM
- THis is Belgium said...
simple but top class !
- April 24, 2011 at 2:02 AM
- Kamilly Almeida said...
Very pretty!
The shoes are beautiful, classic!
The scholarship wonderful!
I love the lipstick, combined with the laundry, gave a touch of color!
XOXO & Female await you in the Infinite.
Muito bonita!
Os sapatos são lindos,clássicos!
A bolsa maravilhosa!
Adorei o batom,combinou com a roupa,deu um toque de cor!
Beijão & aguardo você no Infinito Feminino.
- April 24, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- melina bee said...
she has totally beautiful hands, I've always wished for tapered fingers like that
- April 24, 2011 at 11:54 PM
- Jewellery Channel said...
She is looking stunning..Stylish and gorgeous!!
- April 25, 2011 at 7:26 AM
- Isabel said...
Super elegante ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Besos Isabel.
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- April 25, 2011 at 6:36 PM
- Bankgkok Pattaya Taxi said...
Fashion is the art of the application of design and appearance or splendor to clothes and components. Style design is inspired by social and social latitudes, and has varied eventually and place. Designers function in different ways in developing clothes and components. Some function alone or as part of a team. They attempt to satisfy customer desire for successfully designed clothing; and, because of time required to bring a clothing onto the market, must at times anticipate changing customer tastes.
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Patriots' Moss feels 'not wanted' without contract offer
By William Bendetson
Special to CBSSports.com http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/13894020/patriots-moss-feels-not-wanted-without-contract-offer
Sep. 6, 2010
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots receiver Randy Moss, speaking for the first time since camp began, expresses frustration because the team has not offered him a new contract.
Moss, 33, entering the final year of a three-year deal, is scheduled to earn $6.4 million this season and said he thinks he deserves a new pact based on his production the past two seasons.
"When you have done so much and put so much work in, it kind of feels like I am not wanted," Moss said in an exclusive interview with CBSSports.com. "I am taking that in stride and playing my final year out and whatever the future holds is what it holds, but it is kind of a bad feeling -- feeling not wanted. It is not like my production has gone down. I am speaking from an individual standpoint. I don't know about Tom (Brady's) or whoever else's contract.
"I am a little older and understand the nature of the business -- the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted."
Last season, Moss caught 83 passes for 1,246 yards and 13 touchdowns. In 2009, he had 69 receptions for 1,008 yards and and 11 scores. Those seasons came on the heels of a 2007 campaign when he registered 98 catches for 1,493 yards and 23 TDs.
Like Brady, also 33, Moss is entering the final year of his deal and the Patriots would have to spend a lot to keep both players. The team usually prefers that players play out the final year of their contract before giving them a new one. That was the case last season with nose tackle Vince Wilfork, who received a new contract in the offseason after his six-year deal expired.
The team still has not reached an agreement with OL Logan Mankins. He remains a restricted free agent because of the absence of a new collective bargaining agreement even though his five year contract expired at the end of last season.
The Patriots open Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals at 1 p.m. ET on CBS.


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Wheel Arch Angels is an automobile customization shop in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that specializes in tuners. It has one location, in the Ocean Flats district of San Fierro.
The shop is available after completing Zeroing In in the Wang Cars asset mission strand in San Fierro.
The cars available for modification at Wheel Arch Angels are all tuners. All available modifications at Wheel Arch Angels center around street racing: the front and rear bumpers, roof, exhausts, spoilers and side skirts are all replaced. The parts are made by two companies, Alien Styling and X-Flow. Available paint jobs depend on the tuner being modified, and are reminiscent of street racing decals. However, (done on the PC version) when heavily modded cars from this garage is stored in a player's garage, the custom paint job may disappear completely, and when a player tries to repaint the car with the same paint scheme, the game claims that the color scheme is already on the vehicle. In order to avoid this glitch, it is recommended that people play the game legitimately without using any cheats (not even a trainer should be used). One confirmed cheat which is known to trigger this glitch is the money cheat found on trainers.
- Paint Jobs (3 paint jobs)
- Colors
- Exhausts (Alien and X-Flow)
- Front Bumper (Alien and X-Flow)
- Rear Bumper (Alien and X-Flow)
- Roof (Alien and X-Flow)
- Spoilers (Alien and X-Flow)
- Side Skirts (Alien and X-Flow)
- Wheels
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- Hydraulics
- Nitro (x2, x5, x10)
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- In the beta, Wheel Arch Angels was instead a TransFender.


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