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Johann Julius Anthon Christoph Specht's story - from Germany to North America to fight against the colonists as a mercenary to his capture by General Washington's army to settling in Nova Scotia as a British subject.
Johann Julius Anthon Christoph Specht is one of my 5th Great Greandfathers. I trace back to him thru my father, Watson T. Fisher (1925- ), his father Watson T. Fisher (1887-1925), his father Walter H. Fisher (1853-aft 1887), his mother Elizabeth Ells (1811- aft 1853), her mother Leah Susanna Specht (1793-aft 1823) and her father was Johann Julius Anthon Christoph Specht (1748-aft 1830)
Confusion: First lets get it straight about who we are talking about here. There has been much confusion on other web sites and family trees between my ancestor, Johann Julius Anthon Christoph Specht, and Colonel Johann Friedrich Specht. My guy was an Ensign in the German military, commonly called Hessians (more on Hessian's soon), who apparently came to North America around the same time as Colonel Johann Friedrich Specht, fought in the same areas for the British, both were captured by the Americans and both were apparently from the same area in Germany. With the similar names they most likely were related but these are two different people. Ensign Julius Anthon Christoph Specht was not promoted to Colonel as some have claimed.
Colonel Johann Friedrich kept a journal that has been published in English. There is one reference in it to Ensign Specht.
Information about Johann Julius Anthon Christoph Specht mostly comes from a journal kept by a doctor in his regiment as well as some colonial records, and canadian documents.
Spelling variations: Many variations of his name exist. Anthon is sometimes Anton. Once he settled in Nova Scotia it can be found as Anthony. Chistopher is also spelt Christoph. Johann is sometimes Joseph. Various spellings of Specht are Speicht, Speight, Spaicht, Spaight, Spate, Spates, Spacht, Spachts, Spait..Hessian - what's that?
Lets start with the definition From Wickpedia.com:
During the American Revolutionary War, Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel (a principality in northern Hesse) and other German leaders hired out thousands of conscripted subjects as auxiliaries to Great Britain to fight against the American revolutionaries. About 30,000 of these mercenaries were hired, and they came to be called Hessians, because 16,992 of the total 30,067 men came from Hesse-Kassel. Some were direct subjects of King George III; he ruled them as the Elector of Hanover. Other soldiers were sent by Count William of Hesse-Hanau; Duke Charles I of Brunswick-Lüneburg; Prince Frederick of Waldeck; Karl Alexander; Charles Alexander of Ansbach; and Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst.
One of the most famous incidents involving these mercenaries was the Battle of Trenton, where about 900 Hessians were captured out of a force of 1,400. General George Washington's Continental Army crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night, 1776, to carry out a highly successful surprise attack.
The troops were not mercenaries in the modern sense of professionals who fought for money. As in most armies of the 18th century, the men were mainly conscripts, debtors, or the victims of impressment; some were also petty criminals. Pay was low; some soldiers apparently received nothing but their daily food. The officer corps usually consisted of career officers who had served in earlier European wars. The revenues realized from their service went back to the German royalty. Nevertheless, most Hessian units were respected for their discipline and excellent military skills.
Hessians composed approximately one-third of the British forces in the Revolution. They included jaegers, hussars, three artillery companies, and four battalions of grenadiers. Most of the infantry were chasseurs (sharpshooters), musketeers, and fusiliers. They were armed mainly with smoothbore muskets, while the Hessian artillery used 3-pound guns. Initially, the average regiment was made up of 500-600 men. Later in the war, the regiments had only 300-400 men.
About 18,000 Hessian troops arrived in Colonial America in 1776, with more coming in later. They first landed at Staten Island on August 15, 1776, and their first engagement was in the Battle of Long Island. The Hessians fought in almost every battle, although after 1777 they were mainly used as garrison troops. An assortment of Hessians fought in the battles and campaigns in the southern states during 1778-80 (including Guilford Courthouse), and two regiments fought at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.
In addition to firepower, American rebels used propaganda against Hessians. They enticed Hessians to desert to join the large German-American population. In April 1778, one letter promised 50 acres (0.2 km˛) of land to every deserter. Benjamin Franklin wrote an article which claimed a Hessian commander wanted more of his soldiers dead so that he could be better compensated.
17,313 Hessians returned to their homelands after the war ended in 1783. Of the 12,526 who did not, about 7,700 had died, some 1,200 were killed in action and 6,354 died from illness or accidents. Approximately 5,000 Hessians settled in North America, both in the United States and Canada, some because their commanders refused to take them back to Germany because they were criminals or physically unfit. Most of them married and settled amongst the population of the newly-formed United States. Many of them became farmers or craftsmen. The number of their direct descendants living in the U.S. and Canada today is still debated.
In 1786, the British Government paid the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel a total of Ł471,000 in compensation for the loss of Hessian troops. (end Wickedia.com info)
Now with regards to the Hessian's being mercenaries or not: there are some web sites that are very serious about denying that the Hessian's were mercenaries using the argument that they cannot be called such because the were "Volunteers". These sites are posted by Canadian's that apparently feel ashamed by the use of the word "mercenary".
I've email a few of them this definition from dictionary.com of a mercenary:
mer·ce·nar·y (műr's?-ne(r'e-) Pronunciation Key adj.
1. Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain.
2. Hired for service in a foreign army.
1. a person hired to fight for another country than their own
I seems to me the only debate about calling the Hessian's mercenaries or not is that they were not hired and paid as individuals but as an entire army. They certainly were not allies of England or fighting for any cause except because there was payment between the English and German governments. I would also propose that this Wickpedia.com description of the Hessian's has been corrupted by the same web site authors that make the bogus claim that they were not mercenaries because they were voluteers. Whether they recieved payment beyond food as noted above is debatable. Other websites state they did recieve payment and certainly for my ancestor he recieved British land in Nova Scotia and I don't think that was because he was such a good looking guy alone! Anyway, the title is not that important but I felt the urge to rant on it a little to counter my revisionist Canadian brothers.
Its interesting to note that the Hessian's seem to pop up everywhere once you know their story. I was driving through the small town of Temple New Hampshire last week and pulled off to the side of the road to make a cell phone call. The historical marker below was at that location.
The beginning:
From what I have found so far Johann was born in Braunswchweig (called by most these days Brunswick -click for a link to a site with an excellent history of the region) between 1745 and 1748. It was mentioned in the Hatsfield Land Grant of 1801 that he was born about 1745. I have also found a date of 23 Mar 1748/49 on several family trees on rootsweb.com and Ancestry.com's OneWorldTree but none cite a source for this date. His father was Pastor Anthon Christoph Specht (1713-1789) and his mother was Sophie Breymann (1727-1754). His grandparents were Anthon Christoph Specht (1675-1721) and Anna Elizabeth Breymann (1687-1716) and his great-great grandparents were Christoph Specht (1646-1706) and Ilse Louise Steding (1650-aft 1675). I have not been able to find anything else about his life in Germany.
In 1775 he was in the Light Batl. "von Barner", Company Captain Ludwig Thomae (retired 1783),Prem.-Lieutenant Gottlieb von Gladen (1783 to the Land Militia Regiment),Second-Lieutenant Andreas Meyer (1783 to the Land Militia Regiment),Ensign Johann Julius Specht (stayed in Canada 1783),Surgeon Brandes.The Journey
From Americanrevolution.org
The first German troops to start for America were the Brunswickers. These marched from Brunswick on February 22d, 1776, two thousand two hundred and eighty-two strong, and were embarked at Stade, near the mouth of the Elbe. The second division of Brunswickers embarked at the end of May - about two thousand men. The first Hessians set out from Cassel early in March, and were shipped at Bremerlehe, near the mouth of the Weser. The second division was embarked in June. Together they numbered between twelve and thirteen thousand men. They were for the most part excellent troops and well equipped, for the Landgrave's little army was one of the best in Germany.
The march from Brunswick or Cassel to the port of embarkation was a comparatively simple matter. The troops passed from the territory of their own prince into the Hanoverian dominions of the King of England, and these reached to the sea. The Prince of Waldeck sent his regiment through Cassel without trouble. The Prince of Hesse-Hanau, the Margrave of Anspach-Bayreuth, and the Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst had a longer road and more difficulties before them.
General Riedesel set out from Brunswick on the 22d of February, 1776, for Stade, on the Elbe, at the head of two thousand two hundred and eighty-two men. The troops were embarked between the 12th and the 17th of March, and got to sea on the 22d of that month. There were seventy-seven soldiers' wives with this division. The remainder of the Brunswick contingent marched to Stade in the month of May. The divisions amounted together to the number of forty-three hundred men. The regiment of Hesse-Hanau, six hundred and sixty-eight strong, joined the expedition at Portsmouth. The Brunswickers were reviewed and mustered into the English service by Colonel Faucitt, who was not pleased with the appearance of the soldiers. Many were too old, many were half-grown boys. The uniforms of the first division were so bad that the English government was obliged to advance Ł5000 to Riedesel to get his men a new outfit in Portsmouth. He was cheated by the English contractors, and when the cases of shoes were opened at sea, they were found to contain ladies' slippers. For a Canadian campaign no overcoats had been provided. New uniforms for the first division were sent after them in the course of the summer (As late as January, 1779, fourteen Brunswick soldiers and two soldiers' wives froze to death on a march in Canada, and about thirty were frost-bitten; and their officer excused himself on the ground that they were insufficiently clad - Eelking's "Hulfstruppen," vol. 1 p. 187.)
The general was well pleased with the spirit of his troops. "I cannot sufficiently describe the contentment of our soldiers," writes he from shipboard, to his old chief, Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick; "all are bright and in good spirits." (Eelking's "Riedesel," vol. 1 p. 18.) Soon, however, sea-sickness came to add to the discomfort of the crowded ships. "The soldiers have almost all been sick, and most of them continue so, as do also my servants," writes Riedesel to his wife from off Dover. " The poor cook is so bad that he can't work at all, nor so much as lift his hand. This is very uncomfortable for us, for Captain Foy and I have to do our own cooking. You would laugh to see us." Before the end of the voyage the drinking-water was foul (Baroness Riedesel, pp. 13, 22.)
The rest of the story continues into 1778 and beyond but Johann's company must have sailed out right away as I have him arriving in Canada from several sources in 1776.
He crossed the Atlantic on the vessel "Ost-Rust". On board were :
Captain von Geusau, Lieutenants Johann Caspar Hannemann, Philipp Sigismund Cruse, Georg Friedrich Gebhard Fricke, Ensign Johann Julius Anton Specht, Captain Leoplod Franz Friedrich Balthasar von Plessen, Ensign Johann Edmund Fromme and 108 men of the company of Captain Geusau.
he is listed as arriving in Quebec Canada in 1776 per WILHELMY, JEAN-PIERRE. German Mercenaries in Canada. Beloeil, Quebec: Maison des Mots, 1985. 332p. Page: 263
In August of 1777 the Hessian's were under command of British General Burgoyne and were advancing into what is now the Vermont/New York region. Burgoyne decided to split his forces (some call this a blunder) and send several thousand Hessian's to Bennington as reports were the American's had a large amount of stores there that his army could use. Short version is they got their butts kicked and this is where Johann was wounded and captured.
From "An Eyewitness Account of the American Revolution and New England Life", The Journal of J.F.Wasmus, German Company Surgeon, 1776-1783, translated by Helga Doblin.
p.73 (1777) Aug 16th near Bennington "From the Breymann Corps Ensign Specht..wounded and taken prisoner."
p.75 Aug 19th had to sign the parole that we would not desert etc .. ..new Captain name of Johnson..under command of Gen Felloes who will accompany us to Boston. Lieut Breva remains in Bennington;and Ensign Specht, all 6 of whom had been wounded, went along.
p.77 Aug 22nd. ..marching to Gt Barrington. and Ensign Specht.. went along with the Reg. Surgeon Vorbrodt.
27th To Springfield
31st To Boston (note from JR Fisher- I read elsewhere that he may have been held in New Hampshire. I sail past the remains of an old colonial time period fort in the summers in New Castle NH. Would love to know if he was kept there.
p.188-119 September 27 were in Rutland (from JR Fisher -I am told by friends that there is a historic market in Rutland Mass noting the location of a revolutionary war prison-need to find out about that) at 1pm. We met all our officers here since no privates would be exchanged, 6 offocers, i.e. and Ensign Specht, stayed behind. They were to take their quarters in Westminster
Feb 5th Lieut Gebhard and Ensign Specht departed to Rutland from here i.e. Westminster. From the ext these "prisoners" quartered themselves with the inhabitants
1780 Rutland Dec 13
Captain von Bartling, who departed for New York on Sept 11, has not yet returned. Until his return Ensign Specht shall stay with the rest of the prisoners. NB: The officers were waiting to be xchanged.
1780- Johann Specht in New York, New York as POW. From different Source noted as follows. SMITH, CLIFFORD NEAL. Muster Rolls and Prisoner-of-War Lists in American Archival Collections Pertaining to the German Mercenary Troops Who Served with the British Forces during the American Revolution. (German-American Genealogical Research Monograph, 3, in three pts.) DeKalb, IL: Westland Publications, 1974-1976. 177p. (Pt. 1, pp. 1-64; pt. 2, pp. 65-119; pt. 3, pp. 120-177.)
1781 Rutland Jan 13th
Together with Capt. Von Bartling, Lieut. Gebhard has also returned, who, on orders of our Maj, Gen. Von Riedesel, is to stay behind here with the prisoners of war together with Ensign Specht. Note:Ensign Johann Julius Anton Specht of the Braunschweig Chasseur an Jager Regiment; is recorded as having been taken prisoner at Bennington and later discharged from service in America/ Elster p. 423,440
1782 Sept 15th
We received news that Lt Gebhard and Ensign Specht are still in Rutland. 1783 June 3rd
Ensign Specht [is] still in Rutland
So ends the notes about Ensign Specht in the good Doctors Journal. Of confusion is the record I found noted above putting Johann in New York City in 1780 while the Dr. Wasmus' journal has him in Rutland before and after that date. Other info has him mustering out of the Brunswick Corps in New York City in 1783 so perhaps the reports Wasmus recieved were incorrect or perhaps these are more confusion between Johann Anthon and Johann Friedrick?
Next I found this: Regisnation from Duke of Brunswick's troops in America,14 July 1783, to become British subject and settle in Nova Scotia. Source: British Headquarters Papers (Carleton-Dorchester Papers) v.50 n.47. Photo copy (N.8436) NYPL Manuscripts Div. Located in same volume p. 267. One can assume the American's finally released him. From other accounts of prisioners at that time many were just kept in homes with loyalists with their word of honor they would not flee so I don't suspect he suffered to much. Many of the British prisioners in New York/New Jersey did not have it so good and were crammed onto prision ships where many died of disease. It is an interesting fact to note that disease was still rampant in those times. For every Hessian killed in battle 5 died of disease. And from the Hatfield Land grant of 1801- S#303: Ensign Julius Specht was discharged in New York, at which location he was after having been released as a prisoner of war. His whereabout isnot known at this time. (Debor)
Also, the following from the Hatfield Land Grant of 1801 -S#1p238: Specht, Johann Julius Anton. Ensign. Regt. Barner. Brunsw. troops. Remained by permission in America (Riedesel, p273) Anthone Specht, ensign, Brnsw, troops, wishes to avail himself of the Duke's permisssion to remain in this country and become a British subject in Nova Scotia (Carleton Papers, vol.24, #126;vol. 32, #87; vol. 50, #47)
A Free Man
Going to make some more assumptions here: His first child, Thomas William Specht, was reportedly "born at sea" in 1783/1784. The rest of his children were born after and in Nova Scotia. His wife's name was Elizabeth born about 1762 in Massachusettes. No record of her maiden name has been found yet. One can assume he married her 1783 or 1784 after he mustered out and before he set sail to Nova Scotia.
July 1784: Anthony Specht
p 61: Anthony Specht west of Marr's Brook, Barton - this info also from the Hatfield Land Grant of 1801The following book also makes more detailed reference to teh families homestead. p.61 1783 Gilberts Point Settlement
Anthony Specht est of Marr;s Brook, Barton
"Along the Shores of Saint Mary's Bay" by J. Alphonse Deveau, 1977
Volume 1 page 9:
(Mr. Deveau is talking about the origins of town & area names)
BARTON. It is situated near the head of Saint Mary's Bay. It's
Indian name was "Wagweik" or "Wagwitk" meaning "running out to an end". It
was sometimes called Saint Mary's Bay. The first Way Post Office was called
Specht's Cove. Christopher Specht had a grant, lot no. 42A, at the cove
which bears his name. He also left his name to Specht's Brook, which empties
into this cove.
Barton is named in remembrance of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Barton.
Below is the location of Specht's Cove and brook. They are located south of Barton and north of Plympton on the map above. The Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada, topographical map 21 A/12, Digby, NS, scale 1:50,000, shows a "Specht's Cove" in the St. Mary's Bay near the village of Barton, appr. 8 miles east of Digby.
1786 - Elizabeth Charlotte Specht was born this year in St. Mary's Bay, N.S.
1788 - Mary Specht born 1788 in St. Mary's Bay, N.S.
1790 - Hannah Frederica Specht born 19 Jul 1790 in St. Mary's Bay, N.S.
1796 - Anthony Christopher Spech was born 20 Jun 1796 in St. Mary's Bay, N.S.
1801 - The Hatfield Land Grant was issued on January 29,1801 in order to settle land claims in what was then known as Annapolis County. The land in question had previously been granted under the Botsford Grant in 1784 but the grantees didn't fulfill the conditions of the grant and the property was forfeited to the Crown. The lands in question had been settled by other people who had made improvements and wanted to have legal title to their property. Many of those included as grantees were given their property as a reward for military services during the American Revolution or as compensation because their property in the US had been confiscated because they had remained loyal to England. The Hatfield Grant consisted of 91632 acres and was issued to 275 individuals and one Church. It is also known as the Grant of Confirmation. The area was designated by the name of the Township of Digby and was still part of the County of Annapolis.
Speight, Antho. Town of Digby, Block F,After 1833 - I have been unable to find a death record for Johann but there are records of him signing deeds as late as 1833, thus his date of death is something after that. Have not found any records of Elizabeth's death either.
Final Thoughts:
There were other stories and info I found in my research that I disregarded as not being accurate or factual. I may be right or I may be wrong in those conclusions thus I want to list here what I discounted in case someone has evidence to the contrary.
"He fought at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, (Actually fought on Breeds Hill , Charlestown MA), and at Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y., 1776-1783. He was a P.O.W., held at Portsmouth NH or Mass." The claim of him being at Bunker Hill in 1775 makes no sense on several counts. First it conflicts with departure and arrival dates noted above. It could not have been Johann Friedrich either due the departure and arrival dates. At first I was wondering if Johann Anthon came to America 1775 or before and did fight at Bunker Hill and then retreated with the loyalist to Nova Scotia when they fled Boston but that does not match the facts. Also, I have not seen anything that says Hessian's were at the battle of Bunker Hill. Also, as noted above Burgone went to Ticonderoga and sent Specht's company to Bennington where he was captured so he was not at Ticonderoga - perhaps this was Johann Friedrich there?
"Although a descendant gambled some of the land away, much of it is still occupied by Specht's and their descendants today." I don't dispute this just cannot find any sources for the story, as interesting as it sounds:)
Other Sources and references
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ John H. Mertz Rootsweb site on Hessians.


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If someone could get their skintones right, that would be Velázquez The assumption that Spanish people are dark-skinned is an exaggeration which has other origins-- political rivalry-- and has no real genetic base. If you came over here, you'd be surprised at how pale-- pasty, even-- we can be.
This was a judge doll for a dolling contest called Through the Ages, where you have to make up a character and dress them according to the fashion of their times for three rounds. I participated last year and won, so I became a judge for this year's. The idea behind these dolls, which you can check on the site by clicking the Judges link, was to draw ourselves following our favourite historical fashion style. Hence the dark hair and eyes; those are mine. There's not enough Spanish fashion or culture around and I just had to go for these humongous dresses I adore. The skin was a happy accident when I played with the colour settings, it looked better with orange hues in there rather than the paler ones it originally had. I may have lost some accuracy but it looks much better this way. Thanks a lot for the comment
I'm sorry if I sounded too blunt with the skin colour thing, people just assume things and I tend to get too defensive about my country. After all, it's my reality. I admit that I've never attempted shading non-white skin, probably because I'm white and most people around me are too.
It's even sadder when you get to know when those stereotypes were created and why. And to think there's still people who believe them and go around claiming that there's no way Spanish people can have fair skin and hair or a particular eye colour. Ugh, The Tudors, I'm not that knowledgeable about TV shows based on them, but most historical series I've watched or heard of make me want to scream. It's okay to make up facts and create a fictional account of whatever you wish. But that doesn't mean that you can change history to meet the audience's expectations. Most people do not realise that these shows are actually the best way to approach people to history and that, as such, they are really powerful weapons. However, since all they care about is getting more audience, they basically turn history into a mockery of itself and sell cheap sex scenes and random facts without even consulting any respectable expert on those topics. Btw is there a single series on the Tudors that has a blonde woman playing Catherine?
I'm glad you liked my other entries and learnt something from them. It's shocking how much people misinterpret Spain and have such a limited-- and manipulated-- vision on its history and culture. Thanks for your reply. It's refreshing to deal with these topics in such a calm manner

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Quick Draw 03
Mar 10th, 2012 | By Nikita | Category: News, Quick DrawThis is the third Quick Draw of 2012, and if the level of work is any indication, the bar has been raised every single time! Say hello to Dan Adona and Vasileios Stergioudis. Dan has recently been a frequent contributor recently and Vasileios has contributed for quite some time. Both artists have approached this Quick Draw from different perspectives & with different aesthetic, yet outstanding results. Take a look at their work, and tell us (and the artists) what you think! [NOTE: All If applicable, designs may be copyrighted by the respective artists. We have permission to post them here, but you must get permission from the artist for any other use of their design, or to post them elsewhere.]
Dan Adona Jr.
Since this is my first QD challenge, i was surprised to get a fairly simple word… NOT. This turned out to be very challenging since i wanted to veer off from my usual font-styling. However, in my experience a word or phrase and its letter correlation pretty much dictate the font style.
After deciding to do a rotational ambigram, I first did my letter correlation to see which letter match with which. Then come in the sketches. I'm a very rough sketcher which tends to be a problem when digitally tracing the lines, but i'm used to it.
I set out to try and do an ambigram with intertwining letter parts, but if it's not doable – I have in mind a simpler design. the challenge here, I found, was the "a" and the "g-t" correlation. although "a" is simple enough, finding an accurate letterform to match the entire font style was tricky. solving the "g-t" problem took me longer than I expected. i tried using the "r"'s leg and even styling the "i" dot for the "g"'s outer bowl. All in all this process yeilded me two font styles: one semi-gothic and the other scriptic.
I usually just do half the ambigram (for convenience, mostly). So I scanned the sketches and imported them to a vector based program for tracing and node editing. after fully re-creating the half-ambigram, I line it up to see the whole image. then I tweak the ambigram basically to try and improve legibility and/or aesthetics.
After a half-a-dozen semi-gothic design varieties, editing the ambigram with either or both with coreldraw and/or photoshop as may be required, commences. I decided to go with a simple design with the argentine flag as inspiration. Finishing the scriptic style, however, demanded more attention so it would not read "Vargentina" rather a double stemmed capital "a".
Vasileios Stergioudis
Argentina! Blue and yellow!!! I love this colour combination!
First of all, I started thinking of different types of ambigrams: Rotational, mirrored, totems etc. When I found out that it would turn great as a rotational ambigram, I wonder how I wanted it to look like. Handwriting? Dirty? Modern? Well… I commenced designing the basic structure, using straight lines. Then, after a drawing some curves to design G-TI, I realised that a graffiti approach was a very nice solution.
The central EN was not so difficult to construct. The real challenge was to turn A as itself, but lower-case. A self-symmetric glyph is not so appealing when it is not located around the center of the image, so I rejected a capital-to-capital glyph. The lower-case "a" seemed as an "e" when rotated, so I had to stretch it a little bit so that the little curve that would form the horizontal line for the capital A would serve as a baseline to the lower-case "a". That way, A seems stretched upwards, but "a" does not seem stretched downwards.
However, I realised that the construction I designed earlier (the geometric one) had more to say than just a simple sketch. Thus, I went on to a second version of the ambigram, which I name "Ortho". I vectorised it while trying many differences (capital-lower T, horizontal lines, lean degrees of elements).
All I had to do is colourise it, adding a contour. Personally, I like the graffiti version more than Ortho. However, take a look at the second version.
Dear Dan and Vasileios, thank you for your fantastic work and unique take on the same word!
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A virtual talking dog. A personal emergency response system (PERS) bracelet. A caregiver background check service site. These were among the top pitches from companies presenting their innovative health products and programs at the recent AARP-sponsored Life@50+ Expo.
A recent post on the Assisted Living Federation of America blog relayed highlights from the Health Innovation@50+ Live Pitch competition, focusing on the Top Ten finalists' entries. Of note: the post was written by Brian Lang, CEO of Seniors in Touch; his young company fosters connections between residents of senior living communities and their families.
Each of the finalists' solutions present a response to the challenges currently facing the long term care industry. Many of these challenges — how to improve the quality of life for people with dementia, how to provide support to caregivers at home and in assisted living, and how to support seniors aging in place alone, to name a few — will not be going away anytime soon, making these creative approaches (and more like them) even more crucial.
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Chris Brown
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Chris Brown is an American singer-songwriter who is well known for a number of chart-topping R&B singles and a highly publicized domestic violence case involving his then-girlfriend and pop singer Rihanna in February 2009.
Online History
2009 Domestic Violence Arrest
On Febuary 8th, 2009, Rihanna was hospitalized after getting involved in an argument with her then boyfriend Brown, which escalated to physical violence leaving the celebrity diva with several visible face injuries. Later that day, Brown turned himself into police custody and was arrested under suspicion of making criminal threats.
On February 10th, the entertainment news blog Inside TV[1] published an article titled "Chris Brown and Rihanna: More Fallout," which reported that several companies and organizations had begun distancing themselves from Brown, including the Wrigley Jr. Company, the Milk Mustache campaign and Sesame Street.
GMA Interview
On March 22nd, 2011, Brown was interviewed on the talk show Good Morning America, in which he was asked about about his legal issues regarding the assault case (shown below). The same day, TMZ[7] published a post titled "Chris Brown Violent Outburst at 'GMA'," reporting that the singer-songwriter was enraged after the interview and stormed into the dressing room before shattering a window with a chair.
Following the outburst, Brown reportedly tweeted "I'm so over people bringing this past shit up! Yet we praise Charlie Sheen and other celebs for their bullshit!", which has since been deleted.
Twitter Feud with Andy Levy
On August 16th, comedian Andy Levy responded to a tweet by Brown about the photo fad planking, saying that he "spelled 'punching' wrong." As of November 11th, 2012, the tweet has been retweeted over 11,800 times and favorited over 2,850 times.
You spelled "punching" wrong. RT @chrisbrown: No more planking for me unless it's on a sexy lady! Lol
— Andy Levy (@andylevy) August 17, 2011
On August 18th, YouTuber PathOfJioFreed uploaded a video clip of Levy on Fox News sarcastically apologizing to Brown for insulting him on Twitter. Within one year, the video accumulated over two million views and 11,900 comments.
2012 Halloween Costume
On November 1st, Brown published a photograph of himself and several friends dressed as Middle Eastern terrorists to his Instagram[8] account (shown below). The picture was criticized by many as being culturally insensitive toward those of Middle Eastern descent and was subsequently reported on by various news sites, including BuzzFeed,[9] Vibe,[10] The Sun[11] and Yahoo News.[12]
Rihanna's Photo at Chris Brown's Concert
On November 9th, Redditor krillokrokodil submitted a post to the /r/WTF[13] subreddit titled "Posters of beat up Rihanna posted in Stockholm before Chris Brown concert," which highlighted a photograph of a poster advertising an upcoming Chris Brown event with a superimposed photograph of Fenty with visible facial injuries (shown below). Within 19 days, the post received over 23,700 up votes and 2,100 comments. The following day, Vice[14] published an article criticizing the posters, claiming it was unethical to use the image of a battered woman to make a point.
Twitter Feud with Jenny Johnson
On November 25th, 2012, Brown tweeted that he looked "old as fuck" to which comedian Jenny Johnson responded by calling him "a worthless piece of shit." Immediately after, Brown responded by attacking Johnson, saying she should perform fellatio on him, that he would like to fart on her during intercourse and defecate on her eyes. Following the exchange, Brown deleted his Twitter account.
I know! Being a worthless piece of shit can really age a person. RT @chrisbrown: I look old as fuck! I'm only 23…
— Jenny Johnson (@JennyJohnsonHi5) November 25, 2012
2013 Assault Arrest
On October 27th, 2013, Brown was arrested in Washington D.C. on charges of a felony assault after getting into an argument with a stranger and allegedly attacking him outside a hotel. According to TMZ[16] and the police report, the alleged victim, who was later identified as a 20-years-old Maryland resident Issac Parker, claims that Brown and his bodyguard punched him in the face after he and his friend tried to photobomb two women trying to take a picture with the R&B singer, who allegedly said "I'm not down with that gay shit, I feel like boxing" before throwing a punch. Meanwhile, unnamed sources close to the singer disputed Parker's account by asserting that the man tried to trespass onto the singer's tour bus.
On October 28th, after spending a day and a half in police custody, Brown and his bodyguard Christopher Hollosy were released after pleading "not guilty" to the reduced charge of misdemeanor assault.[17] If convicted, Brown faces a maximum of a $1,000 fine and six months in jail. Within hours of release, Brown thanked his fans for supporting him via Twitter.[18]
MAD Magazine Parody
On March 13th, 2009, the humor publication Mad Magazine released a comic titled "You're a Bad Man, Chris Brown!", featuring a parody of the Charlie Brown comic series in which the R&B singer is portrayed as a misogynist who is prone to violence (shown below). The comic was subsequently featured on BuzzFeed,[4] Funny or Die and FunnyJunk.[6]
2012 Grammys Performance
On February 15th, 2012, the viral content site BuzzFeed[2] published a post titled "25 Extremely Upsetting Reactions to Chris Brown at the Grammys," which featured updates on social media websites by people saying that Chris Brown could "beat" them if he wanted (shown below).
That Guy with Glasses Review
On March 11th, Todd from That Guy With Glasses posted a video review of the Chris Brown song "Turn up The Music" (shown below), in which he scolded the performer and promoted his single topic Tumblr[15] blog "Trolling Chris Brown."
Key and Peele's Parody
On October 10th, the sketch comedy television show Key and Peele featured a parody music video mocking Brown's abuse of Rihanna (shown below).
Search Interest
External References
[1]Inside TV – Chris Brown and Rihanna More fallout
[2]BuzzFeed – 25 Extremely Upsetting Reactions to Chris Brown at the Grammys
[3]The Huffington Post – Chris Brown's Vulgar Twitter Attack on Jenny Johnson, Comedy Writer
[4]BuzzFeed – You're a Bad Man, Chris Brown
[5]Funny or Die – You're a Bad Man Chris Brown
[6]FunnyJunk – Youre a bad man Chris Brown
[7]TMZ – Violent Outbursts at GMA
[8]Instagram – fuckyopictures
[9]BuzzFeed – Chris Brown Tweets a Photo of his Culturally Insensitive Halloween Costume
[10]Vibe – Chris Browns Terrorist Halloween Costume Causes Twitter to Sound Off
[11]The Sun – Fury Over Controversial Chris Brown's Sick Terrorist Costume
[12]Yahoo – Chris Brown's Terrible Terrorist Costume
[13]Reddit – Posters of beat up Rihanna posted in Stockholm before Chris Brown concert
[14]Vice – You can't just plaster rihannas beaten face over stockholm
[15]Tumblr – Trolling Chris Brown
[17]Reuters – Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty to assault
[18]Twitter – Chris Brown's Tweet


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When people with diabetes get injured(break a bone, get scraped,etc.) why does it take longer for their wounds to heal compared to someone without diabetes?
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TSMC very recently opened an extension to its Fab 12, so as to increase production capacity and respond to the recent and urgent increase in demand. Phase 5 of the Fab should begin mass production in the third quarter but also serve as the basis for R&D for the foundary for forthcoming technologies.TSMC says that it is currently working on 28nm and 22nm engravings in the Fab 12 Phases 1 & 2, but 22nm and the processes to follow will in fact be finalised in phase 5. TSMC says moreover that it envisages launching mass production of 28nm in Fab 12 Phase 5 in the fourth quarter or in the same period as GlobalFoundaries! Reduction in the fineness of transistors is a critical point for the foundaries and it looks as if GlobalFoundaries arrival on the market is forcing TSMC to up its game.
Wed already told you it would be and current releases are confirming it: 2010 looks set to be the year of the SSD. Prices are likely to fall, capacities increase and releases abound.Today its over to SuperTalent to announce a new range. Designed for the pro sector, these TeraDrives will use the much anticipated SandForce SF-1500 and should give reads and writes in the order of 250 MB/s. No information has been given on random reads/writes and small files yet but the SandForce SF-1500 should be pretty efficient with these. Capacities range from 50 to 400 GB for MLC versions and 50 to 200 GB for SLC.


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Oxidation is just a fancy word for rust. If you are operating a brewery, dairy production line or really and food service production facility, rusty contamination ruins your product, and probably puts you in violation of USDA guidelines. Production and distribution facilities that are completely dry have little to worry from oxidation - as standard steel cabinets are powder coat painted. That being said, the above mentioned areas can be moist - and that is where our high quality KingCab stainless steel cabinets come in very handy. Two of the largest brewers in the US are customers, and we are ready to provide our fine product to all brewers small and large.
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There are many other items that are used in conjunction with stainless steel cabinets. We provide various customers with steel or metal storage cabinets, Industrial pallet racks, conveyors - both powered and roller type, as well as a broad line of material handling equipment. Cabinets are used in storage of items, but how are those bulky items moved to the cabinet for storage? An A Plus Warehouse Aluminum platform truck allows you to safely transport your product to our stainless industrial cabinet. It is also worth noting that Aluminum is corrosion resistant relative to steel as well.


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A archaeological digging that has been taking place near the port of Ensenada for the last few weeks, has yielded more than 1,000 pieces that are believed to belong to one of the first galleons that crossed the Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and Mexico. Some porcelain plates and other objects, that were manufactured in China in the XVI century, seem to have made it ashore as a consequence of a shipwreck that took place circa 1500.
The Jesuit missionaries, one of the first groups to establish a community in the Baja peninsula in the XVII century, reported at the time the finding of porcelain and wax objects along the shore. These reports were the reason for the current excavation by the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (National Institute of Anthropology and History) to take place.
But this is not the first digging in the area. The sand dunes that cover some portions of the Ensenada seashore have been studied before, but only a few artifacts had been uncovered. This time, with the use of metal detectors and the help of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, the archaeological investigation is proving fruitful and the discovery of the objects from the sunken galleon is an important step towards uncovering a hidden part of Baja California's past.


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Four North Providence Police Officers In Hot Water For Making Kids Who Knocked over A Mailbox Do Pushups
WPRO – Four police officers in North Providence will face disciplinary action after an incident where they ordered a group of five mischievous teenagers to do pushups on the side of the road was caught on film. The video filmed by a neighbor, was posted on YouTube and sent to WPRO's Tara Granahan on Saturday. It has since been removed. The incident took place on Friday on Mark Road in North Providence after the officers caught the group of teen prankesters who knocked down a neighborhood mailbox. North Providence Mayor Charlie Lombardi described the officer's behavior as "unacceptable" and "stupid.""Taking the law into their own hands is unacceptable," Lombardi told the WPRO Morning News with Tara Granahan and Andrew Gobeil in the first interview since the incident. Lombardi said he would support suspending the officers for their behavior but he will ultimately leave any disciplinary action up to the police chief. He noted he has full confidence in the chief to handle the matter in a "professional and stern manner." "It's not going to fall by the wayside," promised Lombardi, who noted that officials took immediate action after hearing about the incident including interviewing neighbors in the area. He described the video as a "little nauseating," saying the police should have handled the situation better and that this particular behavior will not be tolerated. Steven Bronw of the RI ACLU applauded the initial response of the mayor and other officials. He said the officers' behavior was clearly "inappropriate" and he hopes that the investigation will lead to a "proper repsonse."
I don't even know what we're talking about here? We talking about pushups? Pushups? We talking about pushups? Really? Like if anybody should be mad here it should be the person whose mailbox got knocked down. I mean what kind of soft ass punishment is that? Pushups ain't gonna bring the mailbox back to life. Seriously if you're going to go the pushup punishment route they should have at least made these kids play football Friday Night Lights style. Teach them some discipline. It's either that or go to jail. But whatever the case may be the Mayor and the ACLU have to calm the fuck down acting like these kids got assaulted and trying to suspend the officers. We talking about pushups man. Pushups.
PS – I laugh everytime I realize North Providence is a real place.
Double PS - I almost forgot that this Mayor who is ranting and raving here is the same bro who made a firefighter wax a fire truck for disrespecting his name. Umm hypocritical much?


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A trial of Reolysin with chemotherapy for head and neck cancer that has come back or spread to other parts of the body (REO 18)
Please note - this trial is no longer recruiting patients. We hope to add results when they are available.
This trial is studying a treatment called Reolysin alongside paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy for squamous cell cancer of the head and neck. It is for people whose cancer has spread to other parts of the body or has got worse despite previous chemotherapy with a platinum drug.
Squamous cells are the flat, skin like cells that cover the inside of the mouth, nose, larynx and throat. When a cancer starts in these cells, it is called a squamous cell carcinoma. Many head and neck cancers are squamous cell carcinomas. Doctors can treat these cancers with radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy depending on the extent of the cancer.
Cisplatin and carboplatin are 2 chemotherapy drugs that doctors often use. They are called platinum drugs. You often have one of these drugs alongside drugs such as 5-FU or a taxane drug. Paclitaxel is a taxane drug. If the cancer does not respond to the first treatments, or if it comes back later, you may have more treatment, including chemotherapy.
Reolysin is a new type of treatment that uses a virus called 'reovirus'. Reovirus is very common in the environment and rarely causes illness. We know from research that it can kill cancer cells, but it does not seem to affect normal cells. Having Reolysin with chemotherapy may help people with head and neck cancer.
The people taking part in this trial have already had chemotherapy that included a platinum drug, but their cancer has come back or spread to other parts of the body. The aim of the trial is to see if having Reolysin at the same time as carboplatin and paclitaxel is more helpful than having chemotherapy alone.
Who can enter
You can enter this trial if you
- Have squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the mouth or oropharynx, larynx, hypopharynx or nasopharynx that has come back or has spread to another part of your body within about 6 months of finishing chemotherapy with a platinum drug
- Have at least one area of cancer that can be measured on a CT scan or MRI scan
- Have recovered from the side effects of any other cancer treatment (apart from hair loss)
- Are well enough to be up and about for at least half the day (performance status 0, 1 or 2)
- Have satisfactory blood test results
- Are willing to use a reliable form of contraception during the trial if there is any chance you or your partner could become pregnant
You cannot enter this trial if you
- Have cancer that has spread to your brain
- Are having any other experimental treatment as part of another clinical trial
- Have had chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy or hormone therapy in the last 4 weeks
- Have had surgery (apart from minor procedures such as biopsies) in the last 4 weeks
- Have already had a taxane drug for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
- Are taking drugs that suppress your immune system (immunosuppressants)
- Have had a heart attack in the last year or have certain other heart problems
- Have any other medical condition that the trial doctors think could affect your taking part
- Are known to be HIV positive or have hepatitis B or C
- Are pregnant or breastfeeding
Trial design
This phase 3 trial has recruited 167 people. It is a randomised trial. The people taking part are put into treatment groups by a computer. Neither you nor your doctor can decide which group you are in. You will not know which group you are in either. This is called a double blind trial.
Everybody taking part has treatment in 21 day (3 week) cycles of treatment.
People in group 1 have paclitaxel, carboplatin and Reolysin on day 1 of each cycle. You have treatment through a drip into a vein, which takes about 4 to 5 hours. On days 2, 3, 4 and 5 you have Reolysin alone, which takes about an hour.
People in group 2 have paclitaxel and carboplatin in the same way, but instead of Reolysin, they have a dummy drug (placebo).
Before you have paclitaxel, you have some other medication to reduce the risk of having a reaction to the drug. And you have medicine for 5 days to reduce or prevent flu like symptoms such as fever, chills and headache.
The number of cycles you have depends on how well the treatment is working. You can have up to 8 cycles of treatment with all 3 drugs. If the cancer does not get any worse, you may continue to have Reolysin (or placebo) for as long as your doctor thinks it is helping you.
The trial doctors may ask your permission to take a sample of your cancer (a biopsy). If you agree to this, you will have a biopsy before your treatment and another after at least 2 cycles of treatment. This will help researchers to study the effects of the virus. You don't have to have these biopsies if you don't want to. You can still take part in the trial.
Hospital visits
Before you start the trial, you will see the doctor and have some tests. These tests include
You go to hospital for treatment on the first 5 days of each treatment cycle. You do not have to stay in hospital overnight, but you do have to stay for at least an hour after each infusion of Reolysin (or placebo) so that the hospital staff can monitor you closely.
On about day 8 of each cycle, a member of the study team will phone you to see how you are. They will ask about any problems you have noticed and any medication you are taking. If they are concerned about anything, they may ask you to come to hospital for a check up. You have a CT or MRI scan every 6 weeks.
After you finish treatment, you will have another scan and an ECG. You will see the trial doctor a month later and then every 3 months. At these visits the doctor will examine you and you may have blood tests and a scan.
Side effects
Reolysin is a new drug, so there may be some side effects that doctors don't know about yet. In earlier trials, side effects have included
- Fever and chills
- Headache
- Tiredness (fatigue)
- Runny nose
- Cough
- Feeling or being sick
- Diarrhoea
- A drop in blood cells causing an increased risk of infection, bleeding or bruising problems, tiredness or shortness of breath
- Loss of appetite
- Temporary changes in liver function tests
The most common side effects of carboplatin and paclitaxel include
- Fatigue
- Sickness
- A drop in blood cells
- Hair loss
- Numbness and tingling in your hands and feet (peripheral neuropathy)
- Sore mouth
- Diarrhoea
- Kidney problems – you will have blood tests to check for this
- Loss of fertility
We have more information about carboplatin and paclitaxel in our cancer drugs section.
Location of trial
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Please note: we cannot help you to join a specific trial. Unless we state otherwise in this trial summary, you need to print this page and take it to your own doctor to discuss.
Find out how to join a trial or contact our cancer information nurses for other questions about cancer by phone (0808 800 4040), by email, or at
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With the release of the final instalment of the hugely popular Twilight franchise, actor Peter Facinelli says he's left with a "bitter-sweet" feeling.
The 38-year-old actor, who has been involved with the series since it began in 2008, makes his final outing as Dr. Carlisle Cullen in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.
"Good things kind of have to come to an end at some point," admitted Facinelli. "I haven't felt yet the sense of its completion because I am still doing press and I am still talking about it ,and I still get to see cast members at certain events and award shows.
"I think in January I'll feel like it's completely over, the final film would have come out, I won't have to be doing interviews about them any more – and I think that's when the sadness will kick in."
The concluding episode in the saga follows on from Breaking Dawn - Part 1 where Bella, played by Kristen Stewart, becomes a vampire and gives birth to a child.
Following Bella's union to Edward Cullen, Facinelli explains that there is a "moment of happiness and then clouds roll in as the Volturi catches wind that this baby has been born – and it's a big vampire no no to have a vampire child".
He added: "They come and threaten our family. It's higher stakes that in the sense that not only is one person's life been threatened, but our whole family is now being threatened.
"Carlisle's ideology is being threatened because Carlisle started this kind of cult family where it is anti-establishment. You have these vampires that are nomads, they are very animalistic and Carlisle basically says I'm not going to do that, I'm going to do my own thing over here.
"I think he hopes that one day maybe this idea catches on. and maybe one day you can have vampires and humans living together in harmony. And in this film if the Volturi wipes out his family that whole ideology is also completely wiped out."
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 opens in the UK on November 16.
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Homeopathy and herbal remedies are different! Homeopathy is not quackery. My husband uses it to control his high cholesterol and it worked so well that our GP wanted to know which remedy it is.
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Szczesny earns great Scott praise
rentford boss Andy Scott hailed Wojciech Szczesny after the Arsenal loanee pulled off a late wonder save to earn a 0-0 draw at Bristol Rovers. The 19-year-old Pole somehow threw himself to block a point-blank shot from Chris Lines nine minutes from time following good work from Rovers' young substitute Elliot Richard. Lines held his head in disbelief, but afterwards Scott said: "That was just a routine stop for Wojciech. We have kept 14 clean sheets this season and he has been in goal for about 10 of them. "His performances suggest that he would not be out of place in the Championship or even the Premier League. It has reached the stage where when he lets in a goal we wonder why he hasn't saved it. "Arsene Wenger rates him very highly so it's unlikely he will be staying with us beyond the end of this season, but he has done a tremendous job." Scott added: "We have had a busy schedule with an inexperienced team and the players deserve huge credit. To be on 57 points with a few games to go is something most people at Brentford would have settled for at the start of the season."
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Villain Of The Week: Clueless Courtney
The exhibitionist teen bride is acting up on Couples Therapy.
There have been rumors that teenage bride Courtney Stodden and her sleazy middle-aged husband Doug Hutchison have been angling for a reality show ever since their bizarre marriage in 2011 turned both into an ongoing tabloid spectacle.
Turns out they might not really need a new show, since our new Villain of the Week, Courtney, has turned herself into the dominant personality on the second season of VH1's Couples Therapy.
Let's be real: despite the presence of real-life therapist Dr. Jenn Berman, this show is not a substitute for real treatment. But we see some genuine moments of pain and insight on occasion, and as on the show that sort of inspired it, Celebrity Rehab, almost all the participants understand that it is wise to at least appear as if you're taking the process seriously.
But as you probably could have guessed from the fact that they got married in the first place, Courtney and Doug don't even take their own lives seriously, so giving that kind of respect to a mere reality show is beyond them. The two are allegedly taking part in this season because of conflicts arising out of their age difference (as a nation goes "Duh!").
But there has been an ongoing problem relating to Courtney's attire in the group therapy sessions. Unwilling to abandon her tabloid image for even this supposedly genuine process, she has been showing up in boob-baring and midriff-baring tops (even bras-as-tops), and shorts and skirts that often flirt with a gynecologists'-eye view. Dr. Jenn tried to persuade her that her clothes were a distraction that kept the others from concentrating on self-improvement – or as fellow cast member Tashaunda "Tiny" Hailey put it, "I just got tired of seein' the bitch ass cheeks."
We're going to leave aside Courtney's nonsensical self-regard (which peaked when she insisted to Dr. Jenn, "I have saved many lives!") or the distinct feeling that we still haven't seen anything from her that seems like an authentic personality.
So on the last episode, Dr. Jenn told Courtney that a dress code appropriate to a therapy session, or to regular life in general, would be imposed. After making a show of going along and actually dressing semi-professionally for one session, the teen bride decided to go back to being "naughty" for her next therapy appearance. Her rationale was that she needed to give her fans what they expect from her, and that dressing the way she wants is the same thing as taking a stand against "bullying," as well as acting in the spirit of Erin Brockovich.
Dr. Jenn threw the pair out of therapy, but the previews for the next episode indicated that Doug and Courtney would return, because VH1 isn't run by complete idiots. This raises the question: can Courtney really be a villain when she's merely filling her assigned role on the show? My feeling is yes, because while the others in the cast might certainly be in it for fame more than for self-help, there's at least some sense they are taking the sessions seriously. Courtney 's combination of stupidity and total self-absorption isn't really entertaining, and can't be much fun for the rest of the cast.
And honorable mention to Doug – it's not like he's any prize either.
Are you enjoying the antics of Courtney this season?


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"This year provided new opportunities for us with July 4 falling on Wednesday," said Mike Scott, Chamber CEO, "so we decided to put on a six-day celebration of our Nation's Independence. Not only will we have the best fireworks show in the Southwest, we will top off the celebration on Wednesday with a patriotic salute consisting of a musical performance of '1776' and a spectacular laser light show on the historic square."
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Tarleton's Langdon Center Big Band will perform USO-style music at the Granbury Conference Center at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Dance the night away with 1940's music. The Chamber expects a sell-out crowd so get your tickets early for this fun evening complete with WWII era uniforms and antique military vehicles. Admission fee is $15 at the door or purchase your tickets in advance at the Chamber.
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Robert Roy MacGregor (Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair; baptised 7 March 1671 – 28 December 1734), usually known simply as Rob Roy, was a famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century, who is sometimes known as the Scottish Robin Hood.
Rob Roy is anglicised from the Gaelic Raibeart Ruadh, or Red Robert. (He had red hair, Ruadh being Gaelic for red-haired, though it darkened to auburn in later life.)
Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the Baptismal Register of Buchanan Parish. His father was Donald MacGregor and his mother Margaret Campbell. In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. They had four sons: James (known as Mor or Big), Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Along with many Highland clansmen, at the age of eighteen Rob Roy together with his father joined the Jacobite rising led by Viscount Dundee, known as Bonnie Dundee, to support the Stuart King James II who had been deposed during the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Although victorious in initial battles, Dundee was killed in 1689, deflating the rebellion. Rob's father was taken to jail, where he was held on treason charges for two years. Rob's mother Margaret's health failed during Donald's time in prison. By the time Donald was finally released, his wife was dead. The Gregor chief never returned to his former spirit or health.
Rob Roy was badly wounded at the Battle of Glen Shiel in 1719, in which a British army of Scots and English defeated a Jacobite and Spanish expedition that aimed to restore the Stuart monarchy.
Rob Roy became a well-known and respected cattleman — this was a time when cattle rustling and selling protection against theft were commonplace means of earning a living.[1] Rob Roy borrowed a large sum to increase his own cattle herd, but owing to the disappearance of his chief herder, who was entrusted with the money to bring the cattle back, Rob Roy lost his money and cattle, and defaulted on his loan. As a result, he was branded an outlaw, and his wife and family were evicted from their house at Inversnaid, which was then burned down. After his principal creditor, James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose seized his lands, Rob Roy waged a private blood feud against the duke until 1722, when he was forced to surrender. Later imprisoned, he was finally pardoned in 1727. He died in his house at Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder, on 28 December 1734.[2]
Another version of this series of events states that Rob Roy's estate of Craigrostan and Ardess were forfeited for his part in the rebellion of 1715. The Duke of Montrose acquired the property in 1720 by open purchase from the Commissioners of Enquiry.[3] K. Macleay, M.D., in Historical Memoirs of Rob Roy and the Clan MacGregor quotes, "...but he had taken the resolution of becoming a Roman Catholic, and he accordingly left the lonely residence we have described, and returning to Perthshire, went to a Mr Alexander Drummond, an old priest of that faith, who resided at Drummond Castle." Macleay takes the view that Rob did this out of sorrow for his crimes.
In 1716 Rob Roy moved to Glen Shira for a short time and lived under the protection of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll also known as Red John of the Battles, "Iain Ruaidh nan Cath." Argyll negotiated an amnesty and protection for Rob and granted him permission to build a house in the Glen for the surrendering up of weapons. "Traditionally the story goes that Argyll only received a large cache of rusty old weapons."[4] A sporran and dirk handle which belonged to Rob Roy can still be seen at Inveraray Castle. Rob Roy only used this house occasionally for the next three or four years.
In July 1717, Rob Roy and the whole of the Clan Gregor were specifically excluded from the benefits of the Indemnity Act 1717 which had the effect of pardoning all others who took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715.[5]
Some time around 1720 and after the heat of Rob's involvement at the Battle of Glen Shiel had died down, Rob moved to Monachyle Tuarach by Loch Doine and some time before 1722 Rob finally moved to Inverlochlarig Beag on the Braes of Balquhidder.
Glengyle House, on the shore of Loch Katrine, dates back to the early 18th century, with a porch dated to 1707, and is built on the site of the 17th century stone cottage where Rob Roy is said to have been born. Since the 1930s, the Category B-listed building had been in the hands of successive water authorities, but was identified as surplus to requirements and put up for auction in November 2004, despite objections from the Scottish National Party.
The Rob Roy Way, a long distance footpath from Drymen to Pitlochry, was created in 2002 and named in Rob Roy's honour.
Descendants of Rob Roy settled around McGregor, Iowa, United States, and in 1849 it was reported that the original MacGregor seal and signet was owned by Alex McGregor of Iowa. The Scots Gaelic clan seal was inscribed "S' Rioghal Mo Dhream " ("Royal is my race"). The signet was a bloodstone from Loch Lomond, and was sketched by William Williams.[6]
In 1878, the football club Kirkintilloch Rob Roy was founded and named in his memory.
The year 1723 saw the publication of a fictionalised account of his life, The Highland Rogue.[7] Rob Roy became a legend in his own lifetime, and George I was moved to issue a pardon for his crimes just as he was about to be transported to the colonies. The publication of Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott in 1817, further added to his fame and fleshed out his biography. Hector Berlioz was inspired by the book to compose an overture. William Wordsworth wrote a poem called "Rob Roy's Grave" during a visit to Scotland. (The 1803 tour was documented by his sister Dorothy in Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland. The editor of the book changed the place of burial to the present location.) Adaptations of his story have also been told in film including the 1922 silent film Rob Roy, a 1953 film from Walt Disney Productions Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue and the 1995 Rob Roy directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starring Liam Neeson.
In 1894, a bartender at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City created the Rob Roy cocktail in honor of the premiere of Rob Roy, an operetta by composer Reginald De Koven and lyricist Harry B. Smith loosely based upon Robert Roy MacGregor.[8]
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I'm a lucky guy, and I've been able to share some pretty interesting things with my family.
I was really lucky this time and got to spend 10 days here in Japan with my dad and step-mom.
Father's day a little early for me. Was really a great way to spend it. I'm guessing the call I made was appreciated on the actual day of celebrating, but got to believe the early reveling was more memorable. Bless Fathers. I know I'm blessed.
We didn't really get to go out and do much since the trip came up a little faster than we expected and we all had our regular stuff and work to do, but it was great just hanging out with them.
At least it was for me. They said they enjoyed it, but I'm not so sure
The boys were really happy to see them both, and it was great to just see them all together.
I did take them to Nagoya Castle one day during their visit which was pretty interesting.
Here are a few photos from their visit: