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When Calhoun did so, Murgatroyd clung to him pathetically and said "chee-chee!"
Woodchucks stood erect and piped dolefully for an hour "chee-chee!"
When chee-chee had finished his story he ate six bananas without stopping and drank a whole bowlful of milk.
"And got stuck on the mud-bank," added chee-chee in a dreamy, far-away voice.
When Calhoun did so, Murgatroyd clung to him pathetically and said, "chee-chee!"
And one of the children in this family reminded chee-chee of a cousin of his with whom he had once been in love.
Then we all went out of the kitchen into the scullery and watched chee-chee climb the plate-rack like a sailor going up a mast.
This kept the crowd off while chee-chee and I hustled the last of the stores into the boat and clambered in ourselves.
Polynesia and chee-chee were the only other animals to go with us.
chee-chee, this word is used in a rather offensive manner to denote Eurasians, or children by an English father and native mother.


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New York – State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, has issued a statement in response to Mayor Bloomberg's financial reform proposal as outlined in today's State of the City Address:
"Mayor Michael Bloomberg highlighted the need to reduce the cost of government, and prevent tax increases, so to balance the City budget. This is a message of financial responsibility that will resonate with New Yorkers in each of our five boroughs because hardworking New Yorkers understand that tax increases make it less possible to live, work and raise a family here in New York.
The Mayor has asked that the State of New York make this the year that we look to reform civil service laws and at the same time, overhaul the pension system, while incorporating legal and administrative reforms that govern operations.
I am ready to listen to the Mayor's call to create jobs and balance our budget while protecting essential city services and New York's taxpayers. It is imperative that all 212 New York State Legislators, especially those who represent New York City, give every consideration to these proposals so to keep New York City moving. We must make adjustments so to yield a savings now, or we will have no choice but to make even tougher decisions in the near future."


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At once it became evident that John Wilson was the second hunter of whom Pythias had run afoul, for he had been wounded before.
Pythias once, scoffing at Demosthenes, said that his arguments smelt of the lamp.
They could no more have accepted the challenge of this brave creature, than they could have smitten Damon at the side of Pythias.
Pythias had done nothing wrong, but he had angered Dionysius.
Like Damon and Pythias, these two men were bound by the strongest ties.
It occurs in this sense in Edwardes' Damon and Pythias, composed about 1564.
At the height of his powers, Pythias faced a certain decline.
The friendship of Damon and Pythias was not more remarkable.
After the death of Pythias he is said to have married his concubine, Herpyllis, who was the mother of his son Nicomachus.
They've been thicker than Damon and Pythias for a long time.
"priestess of Apollo at Delphi," 1842, from Greek pythia (hiereia) "(Priestess) of Pythian Apollo, from a variant form of Pythios, an epithet of Apollo, from Pytho, older name of the region of Delphi (see python).


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Australia forced New Zealand to follow on in the rain-affected second Test today after dismissing the Black Caps for 244 at the Basin Reserve.
But rain fell during the tea break and play was called off at 4.55pm before the home side could begin their second innings.
The world champions (8dec-570) held a 326-run first-innings advantage after Michael Kasprowicz (3-42) and Shane Warne (3-69) cleaned up the NZ middle-order and tail before tea.
Lou Vincent top-scored for NZ with 63 in a defiant 199-minute knock while Daniel Vettori (45) kept the tourists longer in the field with a 32-run last-wicket stand with Chris Martin.
Vincent and James Franklin (26) earlier held up the tourists for almost an hour today after resuming at 4-122.
But Kasprowicz removed both within four overs with edges behind to Adam Gilchrist to spark a 5-46 collapse.
The dismissals took him to 99 career scalps and on the brink of becoming just the second Queensland-bred bowler to take 100 Test wickets.
Warne chipped in by having Brendon McCullum (three) scooping a diving catch to Michael Clarke at mid-wicket.
Craig McMillan (20) also lost his head facing Warne and was bowled trying to slog-sweep the leg-spinner.
Gilchrist strangely missed an Ian O'Brien edge off Jason Gillespie but only two balls later Gillespie bowled the tailender off his pads.
It is the first time Australia has enforced the follow-on since beating Zimbabwe by an innings and 175 runs in Perth in October 2003.
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September 6th, 2003, 2:33 PM
does anyone know were to get the sims
September 6th, 2003, 3:12 PM
um you mean where to get it for *free*?
you can always buy it if the money thing isn't a concern for you.
Or you can try burning it... well i'm not sure if people gives you dl of a PC games as they're giant in size... the best chance is either to burn it from a friend or from Kazaa (kazaa has everything...)
September 6th, 2003, 8:11 PM
I've tried burning a copy of The Sims for my sister, and it doesn't work. Maxis/EA Games has some sort of anti-burning block on the CD-ROMs, so it won't let you copy them. Aie. x_x
September 6th, 2003, 11:47 PM
well burning is never "impossible". If you're good at these stuff, there's ALWAYS a way to burn them. Like warcraft, i can't burn it with just a regular burner and no extra programs with it. But my friend has sucessfully bypass the security (somehow) and got me a burnt version.
September 7th, 2003, 4:48 PM
does anyone know were to download it
September 7th, 2003, 5:04 PM
i don't know... but there's a slight chance that it's on Kazaa (well Kazaa has a lot of stuff. Games, movie, dirty pictures and all)
September 7th, 2003, 5:08 PM
i don't know... but there's a slight chance that it's on Kazaa (well Kazaa has a lot of stuff. Games, movie, dirty pictures and all)
all of the sim games from kazaa dont work
September 7th, 2003, 5:31 PM
Even if there *was* a place just on the net to download it, I wouldn't post it. It's illegal you know. If you have no money of your own, I feel for you but we don't want to be a connector to illegal activies.
KaZaa Lite does have almost everything, I've used it a lot for things like subbed animé.
September 7th, 2003, 6:06 PM
"if you first don't succeed, try again"
that's all i can say... i can't really say much anymore. There's no other way to get yourself a free version of PC games except for stealing (which is even worst than dling a free one from Kazaa)
November 23rd, 2005, 2:02 PM
try EBgames it will probably have it
November 25th, 2005, 1:30 PM
I'm not liking this conversation.
You're not posting warez, but you're certainly not discouraging it's use. :\
Anyway...you hsould be able to buy the new Sims collection of all it's expansion packs in stores now or soon.


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The very bold and beautiful Jiah Khan who stunned the audiences with her mesmeric performance in her debut film Nishabd (in which she appeared opposite Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan) and the latest release Ghajini has now come forward to lend her helping hand for an extremely special cause 'Cut the Glass coated Manja, Not Birds' Wings' enacted by PETA.
For that PETA has come with a brand new creative AD in which Jiah poses in a dress as a wounded bird wrapped in kite string next to the tagline 'Cut the Glass coated Manja, Not Birds' Wings', making a plea to all the Kite-FIyers. The AD is shot by the ace photographer Farrokh Chothia.
Apparently the release of the ad coincides with the festival of Makar Sankranthi, during which kites are flown using glass-coated manja. When manja falls on trees and electric poles, it cuts through the wings of birds who become entangled in it. Thousands of birds are maimed and killed by glass-coated manja every year.
Glass-coated manja is also responsible for numerous human injuries and deaths every year, including passers-by travelling on bicycles, motorcycles or scooters. 'Glass-coated manja is a public health hazard and causes an excruciating death for birds who get entangled in it', says Jiah Khan. 'We're asking participants in the Makar Sankranthi contests and all kite-flying competitors to immediately stop using glass-coated manja and to conduct their sport in a way that isn't deadly to humans and wildlife.'
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Choosing Cat Names
Your cat's name says as much about you as it does your pet. A more human name might mean your cat is just like a child to you, while other names might better illustrate a beloved quality of your pet's, be it physical (think "Patches" or "Blackie") or part of his personality ("Dash" or "Sugar"). An offbeat name effectively displays your cleverness to your friends, while a popular, well-worn cat name might indicate a desire to cling to the comfortable, classic, tried and true.
But whether you're thinking quirky or popular, here are some things to keep in mind when naming your cat:
Choose a name kitty can recognize and respond to easily. One or two syllables is ideal. It's hard enough to get a cat's attention without a name like "Maximillian IV."
Pick a name your pet can grow into. "Baby" the kitten won't be a baby forever.
A classic name will be easier to call your cat in front of friends and family as opposed to something borderline embarrassing.
If you must name your cat something long, keep the shorter "call name" in mind, as that will most likely become your cat's working name.
If you're curious about what's popular in the cat name world, here are the top cat names on Catster.com:
Popular Female Cat Names: Chloe, Lucy, Bella, Kitty, Princess, Molly, Sophie, Angel, Lily and Baby
Popular Male Cat Names: Tigger, Max, Tiger, Smokey, Oliver, Buddy, Jack, Charlie, Simba and Shadow
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My Own Cat Names
Here's how I named mine: China (white); Umtaush (German for exchange); Sputnik; Trico (calico with bi-eyes); Boxer (Wegie with long legs); Mathis (ability to hold a note for a very long time).
~Connie B., owner of six felines, all rescues
Do Not Pick a Name Too Fast
I always try to find names to match the cat and personality. I have tried 5 or 6 names before the right one just pops up. Our cat Cleopatra got her name as her eyes look just like Liz Taylor's eyes in the movie. She is regal, good at lounging, and wants attention when she picks the time. Baily is smooth, but he has a kick to his personality, our Cocker, Harley, does not want to take off his Harley Davidson sweat shirt and will stare at it in the morning. He's not very big but he can hold his own with the big guys.
~Marsha O., owner of mixed breeds
Cat Names for Siamese Kitties
Loving Siamese cats, I tend to choose names like Ming Toy, Ming Too and Ming Yu for males and towns where I have lived for females - Cocoa, Salem, Lenox. But NOT at the same time - I can only have one Siamese at a time! Good two syllable names are easiest to learn.
~Carol Ann A., owner of aSiamese cat
Some Cat Name Suggestions
If your cat is striped, here some name suggestions: Stripes or Stripe, Tiger or Tigger
If your cat is fluffy and furry: Puff, Cotton, Fluffy
If your cat likes to jump, maybe: Leaper, Bounce, Jumper.
~Sophie, owner of a mixed-breed kitty
Fruit and Vegetable Names!
I have always named my cats after fruits and vegetables. Olive, Fig, Peaches, Pansy (sometimes a flower), Pepper, Squash, Quincy, Cherry, Berry, etc. My husband, on the other hand, has no imagination: Beau, Aries, Apollo. I like mine better!
~Bonnie T., owner of 11 cats, mostly fosters
Named After the Way I Got Him
I got Christopher on Christmas Eve, from freecycle, as a gift from my Dad. I'd lost my tabby mix Sophie in November 2009. He was not really free, though, as it almost cost $300 to get his shots and have him neutered. He's a healthy, lively cat and my first purebred. His three-syllable name seems to work just fine.
~Peggy D., owner of a Norwegian Forest Cat
Geology-themed Kitty Names!
My husband is a geologist, so we named our first cat, a tortoiseshell tabby, Zoisite, but call her Zoe for short. When we got the second cat, a black tuxedo tabby, we named him Obsidian, but call him Sid for short. Now that we've been using Zoe's name daily for years, we wish we had saved it for a child. Oh, well, I can't imagine her by any other name. If we get another female pet, we'll name her Lucite and call her Lucy.
~Kristina H., owner of a tortoiseshell tabby and tuxedo tabby
Cat Names: Movies and TV are a Good Source
I have four cats and one dog. The dog is named Kaylee after the character in the Firefly TV series. Two of the cats are brothers and are named Mingo and Fanty from the film Serenity, which is based on the Firefly TV series.
I also like regular human names for my pets. My other two cats are a brother and sister (and they turn 7 years old today!) who came along before Firefly/Serenity. My husband wanted to name the male Oliver and I came up with Abigail because it seemed to fit with Oliver.
~Deborah C., owner of four cats and a dog
Naming with Responsibility
When naming a cat, you need to:
1. Know the personality of your cat to pick a name that corresponds with it.
2. Find a very meaningful name to symbolize the beauty of all cats.
3. If you think you have the right name, but there are more that do the job, test out the name, and say it for a few days to try it.
4. Make sure your cat understands the name - make sure it isn't too long, or too short.
~Corttney F., owner of Mischeif
Our Cats are Named for Their Looks
My first cat was white and called Frosty, the second was born blind, so I called him Bumper (he mapped out the flat by bumping into things first), then there was my tortoiseshell, Spice (her fur was the colour of nutmeg, pepper, paprika and ginger). Now I have Smudge - big and black and lays in the sun, Socks, who has white paws, and Domino, who is fluffy, black and white and just wants to play!
~Teejay P., owner of three moggies
Pop-Culture Names Are Fun
I don't own any pets right now, but would certainly love to someday :) If I were to have a dog, it'd be a Dachshund ("weiner dog"), hence Oscar ("my baloney has a first name"). Then alongside Oscar, there'd of course be a Felix, like the Odd Couple, because cats and dogs are natural rivals -- but I've heard that if they are acquainted while young, there's much less chance of "animal animosity." And so if the cat were female, she'd be Felicia (and even male and female *people* have a tendency to be rivals *lol*) -- so lots of pop-culture elements to take into account there!
Hopefully Felicia wouldn't turn Oscar into a "grouch" that hides in the trash can ;-) Anyone who knows the old TV series and/or the movie the show was based on, also would note that Oscar *was* the sloppy one (the messy Muppet was in fact based on Oscar Madison), and Felix the neater one...which does also kind of hint at the grooming patterns of dogs and cats :-D
You could also call the cat Hello (essentially a unisex moniker), so that when you address him/her by name, you're really saying, "Hello Kitty."
~Kate M.
Try to match the name with the personality
My male Bengal/Egyptian Mau mix's name is Alex. My female Norwegian Forest Cat/Maine Coon mix's name is Coon.
Some more names are Flower, Lady, Stephanie, Bounce, Tumbles, Karsha, Rumbles, Tumbler, Rumbler, Playful, Sweetie, Cutie, Amy, Alexis, Sparkle, Ruby, Crystal, or Dancer. All depending on kitty's personality.
If your cat is fluffy, then you could name it Fluffy or Fuzzy. You could buy a cat name book or a baby name book. TV cats' names such as cats on Must Love Cats or Cats 101 may help you find a good name.
~Taylor B., owner of a Bengal
Some names just seem to fit
My kitties are:
Bob -- so named due to his lack of a tail.
Wild Cat -- as a kitten, she was quite the energetic little girl!
Buddy -- he came to me (already named) from one of my son's friends. I didn't change his name because it just seemed to fit.
Peanut -- a feral kitty I socialized last summer. She is a tortie and her tan and black patches reminded me of a peanut butter cup.
Sally -- Peanut's calico sister, just looks like Sally.
Robert -- Sally's son, ginger like Bob but complete with tail!
Tim-Tim -- Sally's son, he has a spot on his muzzle like a tick, but Tick is an awful name!
~Betsy S., owner of several domestic shorthairs
I'm a Trekkie
Currently I have Tribble, Kira, Renee, Hester, and Chloe. Past Trek cats have been B'Elanna, Neelix, and Chakotay.
When the name doesn't quite fit they get nicknames -- B'Elanna became Miss B, and Chakotay became Cho, and Hester is Hissy Face.
~Marla S., owner of five mixed-breed cats
Biblical names are fun
We've had a number of different cats (and dogs) in our lives, and have had fun searching the Bible for great names.
We've had Elizabeth, of course and she goes by Lizzy, Ezekiel known as Zeke, Ziporah is Zippy, Malachi was Mallie, Deuteronomy was Dude, Nicodemus was Nicky and then there was Caleb, Chloe, Abigail and Phoebe. There's more than just "Mary and Joseph" as names in the Bible!
~Linda G., owner of mostly mixed breeds
It's all in the tone of your voice
i named my cat Violet, and she responds to it so well. When I am looking for her I will call out "Viii-iiii," and she recognizes it because of the high-pitched voice I use.
I recommend a name that cats will know by the way you are calling out for them. She always comes when I call for her!
Getting Names from Everything!
Our black cat is Midnight because Velvet did not fit her. Our Tuxedo cat is Spaz, and our part Maine Coon is Ziggo, for two of our favorite Battle Bots. Our two Siamese are Max (who told me in the car on the way home that was his name) and his sister, Hoshi, named after a character on Star Trek: Enterprise.
Sierra, our tortoiseshell, was a name I just kind of liked. Doc, our huge 2-year-old ginger cat, was named for Doctor Who, and our little white baby (1 year old) with one blue eye and one gold eye is Opal, named after our daughter-in-law's birthstone. They are all rescues.
~Mig C
One Unique Name
I named my cat a very unique name. When he was a kitten and walked by me, I would pick him up and say, "Come here, you little fart." After my husband died, I found LittleFart laying on my husband's ashes, so I added Bert to his name. So now his name is LittleFartBert.
I have a couple of other names in mind for a new cat. Button, which is short for Get Your Butt Out Of My Face; and End, short for I Don't Want to See That End. Both are nicknames, and are cute and short.
~Jeannie V, owner of LittleFartBert
Furr-Purr and Funny Girl
Our first cat, Furr-Purr or Purr-Furr (didn't matter), loved purring and shedding. Her nickname was Shed-Spread or Shoe, 'cause she would sit in the middle of the floor like a discarded shoe. She was a shorthair gray, barely striped. Her baby sister was a beautiful calico longhair, who when she spoke came out in a squeak, hence her name, Squeeks. She took great pains with her appearance, and was very self-centered. Only when I was studying would they both want to be on my lap, on top of the book at the same time.
Now we have Bella, with blue eyes, a big white cat with Siamese in her ancestry. The vet calls her a Tabby Point. She has tabby markings on the side of her face, rear splotches and tail. Her younger "sister" is Funny Girl, who has an upside-down Spanish question mark next to her nose. She is my tuxedo kitty. She started out as Funny Face, but there is more than that that causes humor. She is very curious and when I'm hand sewing will bite the scissors hanging from a ribbon around my neck. She had fun with the toilet paper till I got after her (rarely do I do that, she is very tender-hearted). She loves playing games and getting her tummy fondled. Then the fine white underbelly hair goes everywhere!
~Jean F., owner of a Tabby
Unusual Names Are Fun
i like to name my animals very differant names, such as Tabu (kitten), Loki (dog), and Thor for my cockatiel.
~Jen H., owner of a Himalayan
Take Your Time!
If you really like the name the shelter or adoption center/clinic gives your cat or kitten, you can use it. My family got our kitten, Jasper, about a week ago and we all wanted to keep his name, which was Apollo. But I found on the Internet that choosing your own name is better. Also, it should ideally have two syllables and/or end with an E.
We have two cats. Lilly, the 4-year-old with beautiful looks and the heart of a kitten, and Jasper, the 8-week-old who was found on the side of route 80 but acts like he was born and raised in the most caring home ever.
~Nicole D., owner of a Domestic Shorthair
Personal Interests Are a Good Source to Draw From
When I was a kid, my brother brought home a little tuxedo kitten. Given the cat's pointy ears, and my brother being a big Star Trek fan, he was named Spock ... until the cat got a little older and we realized he was a SHE. Then we settled on Little Black Cat.
I adopted a dilute calico kitten the January before last. I like Harry Potter and Final Fantasy games, but I figured nearly EVERY fan of those franchises would do the same thing and I wanted to pick something more unique. I'm also a Beatles fan, so I went with Penny Lane. For short, she's called Laney, which I actually learned from Seinfeld, where that was Jerry's nickname for Elaine.
~Nathan R, owner of a Domestic Shorthair
My goddess
I am fascinated with Egyptian mythology, so when I adopted my kitten I named her Bast after the Egyptian goddess who was associated with cats. If you like mythology, you can't go wrong with god and goddess names.
~Jean A, owner of a Domestic Shorthair
Names That Fit the Cat's Personality
We adopted a cat from our local shelter on June 21, hence the name Summer.
Angel was part of a feral cat litter who took care of the other small ones. Now she is big and fluffy and called Wigglebum, but she responds to both.
~Cindy R.
Find a Funny Name That Fits
My first cat's name at the moment is Astro because I remember sitting outside looking at the stars when I was thinking of a name for him.
My second cat's name is Allsorts because he truly is just full of all sorts!
I had a black cat called Liquorice, but he ran away from home. =(
~Kiara W.
Name Your Cat After Something You Love
You should name your cat after someone you love and respect, or after something you or your cat likes to do. Our family likes hockey, so we named our dog Puck. I'm only ten!
~Acacia J., owner of a mixed dog breed, Puck
cross-gender name
My cat is male, but was called Suzie (after Siouxsie Sioux) from a young age, which stuck, and is called Bubbs by his young human companion. To get round the gendered name we write it as Sioux, which means "little snake."
~Corv M., owner of tabby
Precious by name and by nature
I named my cat Precious because that is exactly what she is to me, and she lives up to her name. Anyone who meets her, falls in love with her because of her sweet personality.
~Dorothy L
Another vote for unusual names
I have a gray-brown tabby boy by the name of Mudpie because of his coloring.
Kanenee is a brown-and-white tabby girl who was rescued at 4 weeks old. She weaned herself at that age and wanted to use the big kitty box. Kanenee means "A little thing in the eye is big," which is African. And, boy, did she ever think she was a big kitty!
I have a little white-brown tabby foster boy by the name of Kitt 'N Kaboodle. Then there is Axl Rose, who is handsome enough to be a rock star! His sister is a black kitty named Miss Jones, for "The Devil In...," who is quite a little diva. Another orange and white rescued boy is named Orange Ruffy.
~Joy Ann L., owner of many rescue and foster cats
Sometimes a little research helps.
Both my kitties are rescues.
KaKo is an American adaption of the Japanese word for "Adored One" -- she is a beautiful 3-year-old Oriental ColorPoint whose parents were alleycats. Pierce got her name because when I rescued her in a really bad area of town, her ear looked like someone had used a hole puncher on it. Our Vet and Vet Tech asked whether her name was Hole Punch. She was about 3-4 weeks old & weighed 9 ounces. She is now a 6-month-old, healthy longhaired beauty. Both girls get along very well together.
~Debra B, owner of an Oriental ColorPoint Siamese
From the heart
I named all my cats from my spiritual beliefs. from the movie-book The Lord of the Rings i named my first cat Samwise Gamgee, because of his loving and loyal relationship with Frodo by his side till the very end. He gives honor to that name, he is so sweet and loving and he is by my.side always.
My brown tabby is named after a beloved spiritual teacher, Lazarus. I call him Zar. My beloved tuxedo who showed up at my door was Sweetpea; she passed as a kitten afer being spayed because of a bad reaction to the anesthetic. i miss her terribly.
~k. johnson, owner of an American Shorthair
My Masterpiece
After my little dog Oreo (Eo, for short) died. I decided to get a cat. I wanted a calico, and I wanted to give it an artist's name. Every time I thought one would be available the mother would move it, or something else happened.
A friend told me about 3 kittens abandoned by their mom. When I got her at 6 weeks, she was so beautiful and had big blue eyes. She was a Siamese mix, but the name Monet just seemed to fit. And as it turned out, she is just as temperamental as an artist.
I wouldn't trade her for anything. I gave her the middle name Lucy-fur (Lucifer).
~Kathy W., owner of a Siamese
Mix It Up
There have been a number of cats in and through my life with me and my late husband. Each one took a while to name; some came with names that didn't suit us and/or the cat.
We named some for their physical attributes; "Sunflower/Sunni" was a bright, talkative, yellow lady. "Mitzi" was a play on big mitts as she was polydactyl, and very feminine; and "Jasper" because he was the exact orange color as the encyclopedia illustration for that gemstone.
Some names just fell into place. "Katie" -- after I got tired of calling her just "kitty" and she seemed to know the difference! "Queenie," because the vet called her dying mother a queen -- a cat term I didn't know at the time. "Carina," which is a constellation, and also means darling or little darling in several languages and "Orion," another constellation. "Saber," who adopted me, because he looked sharp and was mentally very sharp.
In the '70s, Sunni had a litter, and I remember giving all five ginger kittens temporary names, but I only remember "Bouncer" -- that was how he moved.
I named each of over two dozen rescues, at least until I found homes for them. "Daisy" was just as perky as a daisy. "Tucker" made me think of "white-bib-and-tucker." "Crybaby" was just that! "Angus" was solid black. "Freddie" was a variation on his temperament -- a fraidy-cat. Some of the new parents kept those names.
~Joleen G, owner of three mixed-breed cats
Our Dropped-Off Orphans
Ours are called Junebug, Boodeeka, Evinrude (Rudy), Pitiful (because he squeaks instead of meowing -- we call him "Piti" or "Bub"), Looey Zhakhar, Big Boy, Amie, THE Princess (her former owner called her *Booger-nose," so she had a self-esteem problem which leveled out following her name change), Mickey Mouse (Mick), Mr. Winston Tumbleweed (who mostly gets dubbed "Muttonhead" because he's the resident troublemaker), Whisper (who also gets called Biscuit and Mega-Doom), Long-tail (L.T., a big lover who was initially raised/suckled by an old mama raccoon who still lives out back -- he waddles and makes raccoon sounds, chattering, grunting, and never meowing).
All are former dropped-off orphans except for THE Princess, and all are different breeds unless you count Heinz 57 as a breed. We recently lost The Sluggo (our most affectionate Tom) and Sugar, a little seal-point Siamese -- they were both very old. Rudy is 18, a diabetic, and if he lives 10 more days I'll be surprised, but we're giving him lots of additional love right now.
~Patrick C., owner of a rainbow of colors and types
Choose What's Important to You at the Time You Adopt
Our first cat, a black male, was named Darcy. My mother found him in a pet shop, and she really likes Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice.
The cats we have now are tabbies. Misty, our female, is named after Artemis, the goddess of hunting, which is shortened to Misty after the woman we bought her from said "Farty Arty."
Our male cat was going to be called Ash, partly because I was reading a book where Artemis was shacked up with Acheron, which is shortened to Ash, and partly because of Ash and Misty in Pokemon. But then my favourite character in the show Bones died, so his name is Murray, which turns out works well with Misty anyway.
~Janet S, owner of two Domestic Shorthairs
Get to Know Your Kitten First
Our first pair were twin Maine Coon mixed-breed boys, Chip and Dale, after the chipmunks. Chip was always full of energy and pushy, while Dale is more laid back. Unfortunately Chip was hit by a car 5 years ago, but Dale, nicknamed "Big D," is still going strong and will be 12 in March.
We also have a small black female with a broken tail tip that we rescued almost 5 years ago. She is named Willow, because she is soft and graceful.
Our newest addition is 6-month-old Peaches, Peach for short, who is a shorthair dilute calico kitten. Since she's dilute calico, the red color is peach-colored on her. Plus she's soft like peach fuzz, and extremely cute and full of energy!
I find one- or two-syllable names or nicknames work best for calling them, especially if they're outside.
~Brae S., owner of three pampered pusses
I named my black cats after Satan ...
I have five Orientals, three of which are ebony Orientals. I named them all after Satan: Louis Constantine Fur (Lucifer), Basilio Leandro Zbub (B.L. Zbub), and Say-10 (Satan)! Why? Because I always found it funny that black cats are associated with witchcraft and the devil when they are sweet as sweet can be.
My black and white Oriental is called Passepartout (master key) and the white Oriental is called Ratatouille. Love the names and love the cats!
~Gesa, owner of five Orientals
Girl Kitties with Boy Names
We named our first cat Teddy before we knew we were supposed to look under her tail (we were not cat people)! This started a trend. We always adopt female cats, and have named subsequent kittens Charly and Billie. They've all been rascals, so the "tomboyish" names really fit them.


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Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 9:28 AM
To: 'Tracy Phillips '; 'm0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch '
This is very possible!
In this scenario, there is no NAT going on (enable enhanced NAT and don't
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The m0n0 is routing you to his own LAN interface from the outside then.
I have this running and it works like it should.
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From: Tracy Phillips
To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Sent: 19/10/03 6:56
Subject: [m0n0wall] I need help with this scenario
I would like to have some feedback on this scenario that I have.
I have servers at a datacenter that I want to provide a dedicated
If I setup the Lan IP to what is should be (a public IP), how will I
the firewall?
I don't think I can configure it via the WAN can I? Maybe I am just
the obvious.
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Thanks for your time,
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The Università per Stranieri di Siena is launching a beginner level MOOC (Massive Online Open Course). The course is free and a good opportunity to sample some Italian online: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/learn-italian
Starting date: 16/5/2016
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A presto.
More ways to study Italian online/blended learning:
Would you like to take your online course to a new level?
Italian is now also available in the BA in Arts (Humanities & Social Sciences) at the National University of Ireland, Galway. This is a new part-time Part-time programmes delivered via blended learning, which prepares students to progress in the rapidly changing global environment. Our flexible, broad-based curriculum allows you to choose a degree pathway that reflects your individual interests and career objectives. The curriculum includes specialisms in Archaeology, Economics, English Literature & Drama, History, Training & Education Management and Modern Languages.
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After the summer…
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COSTA MESA, Calif.– The legendary Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra (formerly the Kirov) open the 2012-2013 International Dance Season at SegerstromCenterfor the Arts in OrangeCountyOct.2-7 in an exclusive Southern Californiaengagement. For their eighth visit to the Center, 200 members of the Company, including dancers, musicians, and crew, will bring to life Mariinsky's sumptuous and traditional production of Swan Lake. Among the most revered ballet companies in the world and with more than 250 years of history, the Mariinsky Ballet ofSt. Petersburg,Russia has presented some of the greatest dancers and choreographers.
Originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Company dates back to the 1740s, following the establishment of the first Russian dance school (now the VaganovaBalletAcademy) in 1738. Today, the Mariinsky Ballet carefully guards its legacy, and the Company's renditions of Swan Lake, Giselle, and Paquita remain unrivalled. The premiere of Swan Lake took place in 1895 and dancing the leading role became a turning point in the biographies of many famous Russian ballerinas, including Marina Semenova, Galina Ulanova, Natalia Makarova, Alla Osipenko, and Galina Mezentseva. Now this role is danced by today's generation of dancers, who infuse Swan Lake with a new life.
Included in the cast for the performances atSegerstromCenterfor the Arts will be Victoria Tereshkina, Alina Somova, Oxana Skorik, and Ekiaterina Kondaurova sharing the role of Odette-Odile and Vladimir Schklyarova, Evgeny Ivanchenko, Daniela Korsuntsev, and Timur Askerov as Prince Siegfried.
Tickets to the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra are currently available online using the Center's convenient and fun Seat Buddy feature, located at SCFTA.org as well as at the Box Office at600 Town Center Dr.inCosta Mesaor by calling (714) 556-2787. Free Preview Talks will be conducted by Elizabeth Kaye one hour prior to each performance. The Friday, Oct. 5, Preview Talk will be sign language interpreted.


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Sometimes people speak to you in a language you're not expecting. You might assume they're speaking in the language you were expecting, and try to make sense of their utterances as if they were in that language, which just confuses you.
An example of this happened the other day when I went to pick up my laundry from the laundrette. One of the guys who works there is Chinese, and I'd heard him speaking Mandarin on the phone so thought I'd speak to him in that language. He wasn't expecting this and thought I was speaking English, so couldn't understand me. I explained, in English, what I was saying, then we chatted in Chinese for a bit and he understood me perfectly.
A similar thing happened to me when I was in Dublin in June – most of the kitchen staff in the hostel I was staying in were Chinese and I thought I'd be clever and order my breakfast in Mandarin. They weren't expecting this and could make head or tail of what I said to them.


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|Ten teams of undergraduate marketing, finance, accounting, and Industrial Distribution Management students analyzed a real-life seasonal inventory and logistics challenge as part of the 2002 Case Competition held at the University of Illinois in April. The inventory and logistics challenge was encountered by Kimberly-Clark, one of the sponsors of the competition.
"Now we know that we're ready to go out and actually do it!"
Competing teams presented their recommendations to a panel of judges from the Department of Business Administration in the College of Commerce and Business Administration and managers at Kimberly-Clark. In addition to a highly applied learning environment and opportunity to make contacts with industry representatives, the case competition carried a scholarship award. A total of $12,000 in scholarship prizes were awarded to the team members that placed first, second, third, and fourth.
The Kimberly-Clark Scholarship Case Competition winners were announced on April 19, 2002 at an award luncheon held on campus:
Both students and judges were enthusiastic about the competition. The students were pleased with the opportunity to analyze an actual and timely business problem, develop a strategy, and get immediate feedback on their managerial prowess. An additional advantage was that the feedback was provided by the Kimberly-Clark managers who worked on this business problem. As a representative of one of the winning teams noted, "This was a great opportunity to work on a real-world problem, push ourselves to find the best possible strategy and then to communicate it to the actual decision-makers at Kimberly-Clark and get feedback on our thinking. Now we know that we're ready to go out and actually do it!"
The panel of judges praised the advanced business skills the students exhibited. Talks to plan the next scholarship case competition are under way. IDM Director William Qualls noted that the competition is "an excellent way to showcase the talents of our students to industry. By sponsoring this event, Kimberly-Clark has recognized the superior quality of our graduates."
The IDM program is one of eight concentrations in the Department of Business Administration. The program's mission is to develop students who will become leaders capable of handling the complexities and challenges of an industrial-oriented business environment in the next millennium.
Kimberly-Clark (KC) is a $14.5 billion dollar global consumer-products company whose products include Kleenex®, Huggies®, Pull-Ups®, Kotex®, Scott®, and Depend®, are used everyday by people in over 150 countries. KC is the nation's second largest personal and household care products company and an industry leader in core technologies, fibers, non-wovens, and absorbency. The case competition is one of many initiatives KC has at the University of Illinois.


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Developer Westfield has withdrawn its planning application for the controversial John Lewis-anchored second phase at Sprucefield, near Belfast.
The 205,000-sq ft Outlet at Bridgewater Park in Banbridge, Northern Ireland has secured 12 new tenants and is now 70 per cent let. In addition a further 7 per cent is in solicitors' hands and 20 per cent in advanced negotiations.
Multi Development has signed four more retailers at Victoria Square, its £320m regeneration scheme in Belfast city centre. All Saints, Reiss, Billabong and GBK will all be opening their first stores in Northern Ireland.
Arnotts' €750m redevelopment of its Henry Street store in Dublin city centre has been given the green light by Dublin City Council. The decision is still subject to ratification by the Irish planning appeals board but it is a step forward for the 1.6m-sq ft Northern Quarter development.
Plans for the development of a former police station in west Belfast has been met with opposition from local residents.
Even though Ireland now has the third highest level of shopping centre space per capita in Europe, the pace of shopping centre development activity shows no signs of abating, according to new research from Jones Lang LaSalle.
Rarely out of the headlines, solicitor and property developer Noel Smyth has been involved in one deal after another, many of which have a strong retail element, as with his latest coup with The Square shopping centre at Tallaght in Dublin.
Right now, the finishing touches are being made to the €500m Athlone Towncentre, in the Irish Midlands, which is scheduled to officially open on October 18.
On the issue of cross-border trade the general perception is, that given the recent political troubles in Northern Ireland and its close links with the South, that a wealth of information is available.
The big MacDonagh Junction shopping centre in under-shopped Kilkenny city is set to open at the end of October. The development covers 50,000 sq m, half of which will be retail space, and construction work by Michael McNamara & Co is due to be completed in September.
Don Nugent has been centre director at Dundrum Town Centre since it opened in 2005, but he has retail in his blood. He has worked on both sides of the fence as a manager and buyer in department stores as well as spending time as manager of The Square at Tallaght. It was this breadth of experience that led Shopping Centre Ireland's readers to vote him their manager of the year.
At Bannon, executive chairman Joe Bannon, managing director Neil Bannon and director Marcus Wren head a team of more than 30 chartered surveyors and commercial property specialists who focus on areas of active asset management and property development.
Sean Mulryan's Ballymore Properties was one of the driving forces behind the recently opened Whitewater in Newbridge, Co Kildare, and this won it the Developer of the Year award. Whitewater was Ballymore's first foray into large-scale mall development, but it's hungry for more, with proposals on the table for the Arnotts site in Dublin and the Florentine site in Bray.
Shopping Centre Ireland's special award went to Joanne Jennings, who has spearheaded the Belfast City Centre Management Company during a time of significant regeneration in Belfast, with retail playing a pivotal role in the city centre's renaissance.
Cork-based firm Musgrave is a tremendous power in retailing in Ireland and yet it attracts little of the media attention or occasional opprobrium often generated by Dunnes Stores or Tesco Ireland. In many ways, with its Centra and SuperValu brands, it is the quiet but highly effective third force in Irish grocery retailing, but this in no way diminishes its retailing capacity and influence.
Delegates attending the annual general meeting of the Northern Ireland Region of Shopping Centres (NIRSC) heard how impeccable customer service standards must be achieved in order to support the substantial investment being made to create world-class local shopping centre infrastructure.
Southwark Council has selected a consortium led by Lend Lease for the ambitious £1.5bn regeneration scheme to redevelop the Elephant & Castle district of south London. Lend Lease and its partners First Base and Oakmayne beat competition from St Modwen, owner of the existing shopping centre.
Hammerson has sold a 50 per cent stake in its 800,000-sq ft West Quay shopping centre in Southampton to GIC Real Estate, the investment arm of the government of Singapore, for £299m.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the investment management organisation that invests Canada's national pension fund assets, has ploughed over £275m into UK retail property. The fund emerged as Henderson Global Investors' partner in the £253m purchase of the Whitefriars Quarter shopping centre in Canterbury from Land Securities.
Joint owners of Brent Cross shopping centre, Hammerson and Standard Life Investments, are creating more space at the 860,000-sq ft north London shopping destination to accommodate retailer expansions.
Westfield and Hermes have unveiled plans for an 800-seat café court in the heart of the new £340m Westfield Derby, opening on 9 October.
Swedish fashion giant H&M has become the last large space user within Eden, High Wycombe. It has signed up for an 18,500-sq ft, two-level store in a prime location situated between anchor tenants House of Fraser and Marks & Spencer. Other recent signings at the 825,000-sq ft scheme include Swarovski and Zest Juice Bar.
Shopping centres across the country are accused of offering the same bland, homogeneous mix of retailers. There's nothing new in this - a very similar argument surfaced some years ago - but now, shopping centre owners are increasingly looking to their catering offer as a way of highlighting that elusive point of difference, making their centre a unique experience that offers something special.
The Victoria Quarter in the heart of Leeds city centre is a unique shopping development, home to 75 national and international designer brands.
Food business Pret A Manger looks set to have an ever-greater presence in shopping centres with the impending launch of its first 'Pret Pod' that has been developed as a stand-alone unit to be placed in the aisles of malls.
It feels like I am the only person in the world not going away for a summer holiday this year, having taken mine in the depths of winter. But while our esteemed editor enjoys the sun in Corsica, I caught the train on a rather rainy day to visit Cardiff.
Retail property body BCSC has just completed the industry's most in-depth research programme to date: 'The Future of Retail Property'.
We visited Meadowhall to see how it had coped with the recent flooding. The hoardings on the lower level of the shopping centre showed that the vast majority of units had indeed been affected.
British Land's 1.2 million-sq ft Meadowhall shopping complex and the Magna attraction are only about a mile apart, on opposite sides of the M1 motorway. But their managers - Mohammed Dajani and Matthew Beck - had never met before we asked them to swap jobs for a day.
Found in the heart of the newly-established Hampton township, Serpentine Green is an edge-of-town shopping centre in Peterborough that also provides local shopping for its nearby residents.
Accessibility and customer flow are important considerations for multi-level shopping centres and as such fitting escalators and lifts into new and existing centres can often take a lot of forward thought and planning.
Accessing great heights inside a shopping mall can be a difficult challenge for maintenance and cleaning staff.
The SCEPTRE Award for Centre Manager of the Year at a large shopping centre went to Susan Harris from Frenchgate, Doncaster.
This year Shopping Centre's readers have voted the John Lewis Partnership as their SCEPTRE Retailer of the Year.
HAMMOND PHILLIPS has made two new appointments in its asset management team. SARAH MILNE-DAY joins from Scurr & Partners as property manager. And MANNY ELMAN, formally financial controller at Cluttons, has joined in the newly-created position of head of management accounts.
UK retail sales were up by 1.2 per cent on a like-for-like basis, compared with July 2006, while the three-month trend rate of growth fell to 2.1 per cent from 2.5 per cent in June, for like-for-like sales, and to 4.1 per cent from 4.6 per cent for total sales, reflecting the continuing growth of retail space.
July saw the Retail FootFall Index (RFI) hit the highest level so far in 2007, as summer rain drove consumers away from the seaside and into shopping centres.
Being 'shipwrecked' in a shopping centre may sound like a dream to most women, but five shoppers at MetroCentre endured a gruelling five days and four nights on the Gateshead centre's very own desert island in a bid to win the holiday of a lifetime.
All aboard! A special collaboration between Chapelfield in Norwich and 'one' railway was celebrated recently with the launch of a unique, 'wrapped' train.
Real estate firm John Arkwright & Co donned their walking boots and put their best feet forward in the Red Cross Three Peaks Challenge last month, winning the 'Top Fundraising Team' award and helping to raise a massive estimated total of £100,000.
Fay Jameson, marketing manager at Ocean Terminal, took a well-earned rest alongside America's most famous family when they visited the Edinburgh mall.
BCSC's Summer Reception, held recently at the Wallace Collection in London, came a day after BCSC launched 'Shopping Places for People' - its view on the future of retail property over the next 10 years. Pictured at the event (l to r) Stuart Rose, chief executive of M&S; Michael Green, chief executive of BCSC; Maddie Strachan; and past BCSC presidents John Strachan, global head of retail at Cushman Wakefield, and Andrew Ogg, managing director of architects Leslie Jones.


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Roch. + J. Witnesses + 2009 = $$$
It is a relationship that has stood the test of time going on 21 years.
The couple? The City of Rochester and the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Recently, the Jehovah's Witness religious group signed up for another round of meetings in the summer and fall at Rochester's Mayo Civic Center.
It will hold seven meetings with the four district meetings in the summer expected to attract 6,000 people to each, while the three fall circuit meetings are forecast to have 1,250 to 950 attending each.
For the city, the relationship is a profitably one.
Each of those four 6,000 person district meetings bring in an estimated $1.18 million economic impact, says the Rochester Convention & Visitors Bureau. The three circuit meetings in the fall are expected to bring in $209,000, $107,000 and $144,900 respectively.
So by the Rochester convention bureau's estimation, the Jehovah's Witnesses' meetings will bring a financial boost of biblical proportions to Rochester - $5.46 million.
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Thomas Thwaites is trying to build a toaster from scratch, by hand, by himself. As I tried to explain in the previous post I think that this is just about the coolest art project ever. Luckily for us he thinks Shapeways is, "totally great, bringing on of the future!" and so he answered a few of my questions.
On the Toaster Project web page he details all of his challenges. He has videos of smelting iron ore in a leaf blower furnace and lots more on the project website. Everyone's favorite video seems to be the one of him trying to smelt iron ore in a microwave. My personal favorite is the one of the Argos toaster that he is trying to 'replicate.' It is embedded below and fantastic.
Argos Value Range 2 Slice Toaster from Thomas Thwaites on Vimeo.
He takes a simple cheap every day household item the "Argos Value Range 2 Slice Toaster" and bombards it with all the fetishism and bombast usually reserved for more 'deserving' things such as cars. It shows us that he is serious about his subject, his challenge.
Joris: What was the most difficult thing to do so far?
Thomas: Making the iron (originally i was planning on making steel, but as iron
was so difficult i realised that steel for now, is well out of reach of
'the common man'). My first attempt at smelting in a furnace burning
coke melted the ore – and i think i refined it to some degree, but the
black hard, magnetic, metallic tasting lump that i got out at the end
wasn't workable into toaster shapes. I therefore resorted to the
microwave smelting – that took a lot of experimentation with different
times, crucibles, mixtures of coke and partially refined ore, etc. I
got workable iron in the end though, but it was a long process.
Joris: Are you bored with mass production?
Thomas: I think mass production is quite amazing as a system, the look of most
products is quite boring… and
even highly 'designed' stuff by 'designers' I find a bit dull; I went
into one of those
'design' shops in Rotterdam and was just quite bored by the kind of
witty takes on objects that it was filled with. I think the aesthetic
of 'products' needs to become a bit more raw – less smooth cases
covering everything. I also think that the authenticity of making
something yourself is extremely important.
Joris: What made you take on this project? People getting out of touch with technology and divorced from it because of its complexity?
Thomas: I was curious to see if I could do it, but I also wanted to add
something to the debate around the environmental/economic crisis The
need to buy less stuff to protect the environment, and the 'need' to
buy more stuff to maintain the economy seem to be on a collision
course. There's a feeling in some circles that we should retreat to
self-sufficient ways of life – I wanted to investigate what this would
Joris: Could I buy your toaster?
Thomas: Yes, but it would cost A LOT more than the £3.94 'value' version on which it was based! It is after all, unique…
Congrats to Thomas for his now working toaster and this fantastic project! He is basically doing by himself for one thing what Shapeways, in due time, wants to do together with you for all things. I'm now off to convince my girlfriend that his toaster is a household appliance that we need.


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Oswald Herbert Ernst
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Brigadier General Oswald H. Ernst
June 27, 1842
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|March 21, 1926
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Oswald Herbert Ernst (June 27, 1842 – March 21, 1926) was an astronomer, engineer, military educator, and career officer in the United States Army who became superintendent of the United States Military Academy. Over a forty-year career, Ernst served as an engineer during Sherman's Siege of Atlanta during the American Civil War, commanded U.S. troops at Coamo during the Spanish–American War, Cuba and sat on the original commission for the Panama Canal after retirement from active service.
Early life[edit]
Oswald Ernst was born June 27, 1842 near Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Sarah Otis and Andrew H. Ernst.[1] His mother was descended from Richard Warren, who traveled to Plymouth Colony from Southampton, England on the Mayflower.[2] Andrew Ernst was himself the son of a recent immigrant, a burgomaster who had fled Germany during the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards settled in the Ohio River valley.[2] The younger Ernst was an excellent student, admitted to Harvard in 1858, left that place of learning to accept an appointment from Ohio to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1860.[3]
Military career[edit]
When the American Civil War broke out, plebe Ernst stayed at the academy with the Union-born cadets while most southerners left for the Confederacy.[4][5] Ernst graduated USMA just before his twenty-second birthday and was immediately billeted to First Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers.[6] Within the month, Ernst was employed by the Army of the Tennessee as assistant engineer before Atlanta, took part in the Battle of Ezra Church, and was engaged in siege activities before Atlanta's surrender.[6] In October, 1864, Lt. Ernst was back at West Point as assistant professor of engineering,[7] lecturing about what he'd learned of practical siege engineering in the four months since his graduation.[8]
Ernst married Elizabeth Amory Lee in late 1866,[2] and spent the years immediately after the war working on constructing fortifications on the Pacific coast, and remained so occupied until 1868. He was promoted to captain in March 1867, and had command of an engineer company at Willets Point, Queens, from 1868 until 1871.[7] After detail as "Astronomer of the U.S. Commission to observe in Spain the Solar eclipse of December 22, 1870,"[8] from 1871 until 1878, Ernst was again lecturing USMA cadets about "practical engineering" and commanding the post's elite engineer company. While teaching cadets and writing the Manual of Practical Military Engineering, Ernst found time to author articles for Johnson's Encyclopedia[8] and raise his two daughters Helen Amory and Elizabeth Lee.[9]
From 1878 until 1889, Ernst was chief engineer on Osage and Mississippi River projects, and was responsible for the deepening of shipping routes in Galveston Bay.[8] In 1889, Ernst became military aide-de-camp to President Benjamin Harrison and chief engineer in charge of Washington's public buildings and monuments. In 1893, the Ernst family returned once again to West Point, this time to occupy the superintendent's billet.[2]
After the explosion of the USS Maine in February, 1898, Ernst was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers and put in command of the 1st Division of volunteer troops deployed to the Puerto Rican Campaign.
Selected works by Ernst[edit]
- Account of the Eclipse of 1870 in Spain. H. Battalion Press. 1871. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- A Manual of Practical Military Engineering. New York: D. Van Nortstrand. 1873. p. 296. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- An Address Before the Graduating Class of the Engineering School of the Missouri University. Statesman Book and Job Printing House. 1881. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Bixby, William Herbert; Casey, Thomas Lincoln (1905). Report Upon Survey, with Plans and Estimates of Cost, for a Navigable Waterway 14 Feet Deep from Lockport, Ill: By Way of Des Planes and Illinois Rivers, to the Mouth of Said Illinois River, and Thence by Way of the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Mo. United States Mississippi River Commission;. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 544. Retrieved April 19, 2009. Missing
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- Mississippi River Improvements: Hearing. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. March 30, 1906. p. 22. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Gibbons, George Christie (March 30, 1906). Report upon the Chicago Drainage Canal (2 ed.). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 54. Retrieved April 19, 2009. Missing
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- Ernst, Oswald Herbert; Gibbons, George Christie (1910). Report of the International Waterways Commission on the Regulation of Lake Erie: with a discussion of the regulation of the Great Lakes system. International Waterways Commission. p. 169. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Ernst, Oswald Herbert; Gibbons, George Christie (1910). Regulation of Lake Erie: Message from the President of the United States. International Waterways Commission. p. 158. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ Leonard & Marquis, Who's Who in America, p. 655
- ^ a b c d Men and Women in America, p. 575
- ^ Class of 1862, Fiftieth Anniversary Class Report, p. 86
- ^ Chambers, John Whiteclay. (1999). The Oxford Companion to American Military History, p. 4. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "America's Civil War Comes to West Point." Accessed Nov 11, 2010. Copyright © 2010 Weider History Group. http://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-comes-to-west-point.htm
- ^ a b Cullum, Biographical Register, V.3, pt.1, p. 17
- ^ a b Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Ernst, Oswald Hubert". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ a b c d Cullum, Biographical Register, V.3, pt.1, p. 18
- ^ Class of 1862, Third Report of the Secretary, p. 28
- Barnes, Mark R. "The American Army Moves on Puerto-Rico, part 3". Spanish-American War Centennial website. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Cullum, George Washington (1891) [1850]. Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy (pdf). 3. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin. pp. 17–18. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Dyal, Donald H.; Carpenter, Brian B.; Thomas, Mark A. Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Harvard Class of 1862 (1912). Fiftieth Anniversary Class Report. Plimpton Press. p. 110. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Harvard Class of 1862 (1875). The Third Report of the Secretary. Alfred Mudge & Son. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. 4. The Biographical Society. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Leonard, John W.; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1913). Who's Who in America. 7. Marquis Who's Who. pp. 655–656. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. L.R. Hamersly & Company. 1909. p. 575. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- "Oswald Herbert Ernst, Major General". Arlington National Cemetery website. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- Thomas, Joseph (1905). Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. 1. J.B. Lippincott company. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
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Dr. Roy, Associate Professor of Oncology, has a long-term research goal to understand the role of repair of DNA damage, induced by oxidative stress in the prevention of cancer, neurological disorders and aging. The projects ongoing in the laboratory are to elucidate the basic reaction and regulatory mechanisms of DNA repair enzymes for mutagenic oxidative base damage and lipid peroxidation-induced exocyclic (etheno and propano) DNA adducts, which are induced by endogenous and exogenous oxidative DNA damaging agents including ionizing radiation. The current research interests also focus on the evaluation of role of DNA repair enzymes in carcinogenesis using experimental animal models and in human population for cancer risk assessment.
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Arkansas State will face Ball State in the GoDaddy Bowl.
Ball State accepted an invitation to the Jan. 5 game at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on Sunday. Arkansas State was already set to play in the GoDaddy Bowl for the third consecutive year.
Ball State (10-2) reached double-digit victories for only the third time with a 55-15 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 29.
''Ball State has been challenging their opponents on both sides of the ball and we think this matchup will be another exciting one for Mobile, the universities and the fans,'' GoDaddy Bowl President Jerry Silverstein said.
ASU (7-5) beat Kent State in last season's game for the program's first victory over a ranked team and lost to Northern Illinois two years ago. The Red Wolves have won or shared the Sun Belt Conference championship three straight years.
Ball State lost 45-13 to Tulsa in the GoDaddy Bowl on Jan. 6, 2009.
Ball State is led by quarterback Kenneth Wenning, the school's all-time leader in touchdown passes and passing yards, among other records.
Wenning is also the first Ball State quarterback to pass for 10,000 or more yards in his career.
Then the GMAC Bowl, the Mobile game produced the highest-scoring bowl game in 2001. Marshall overcame a 30-point halftime deficit to beat East Carolina 64-61 in double overtime.


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A US Black Hawk helicopter went down today near a flashpoint of the anti-American insurgency, and the US military said all nine US troops aboard were killed.
Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference the helicopter made an "emergency landing" near Fallujah, where rebels have forced down three helicopters since November.
A witness told The Associated Press that he heard the whoosh of a rocket, saw it hit the aircraft in the tail and watched the chopper crash in a blaze.
Farmer Mohammed Ahmed al-Jamali, 27, who lives close to the crash site, said he rushed to the scene to find all those on board were dead.
He said there were two helicopters in the air, both with the distinctive red crosses of medical evacuation craft, and that the second one was hit.
"I was in the farm, I heard the sound, looked up and I saw the rocket hit. It hit it in the tail," al-Jamali said.
Student Waleed Kurdi, 23, said he "heard a loud explosion and I saw the fire in the air".
He said the helicopter exploded in two before it hit the ground.
American troops arrived about an hour later, while a helicopter patrolled above, al-Jamali said.
Kimmitt said there were nine military personnel on board and all were killed.
He said the reason for the emergency landing was not immediately clear, that troops had secured the site of the crash and that an investigation was underway. Soldiers kept journalists far from the site, about six km south-west of Fallujah, but they were able to see soldiers collecting the wreckage.
The helicopter was a medical evacuation aircraft but it was unclear if it was carrying patients, a military official said.
In the deadliest single attack on US forces since the Iraq invasion began in March, 17 soldiers were killed on November 15 when two Black Hawk helicopters collided above Mosul in what the military called a likely grenade attack.
A US helicopter was shot down on January 2 near Fallujah, killing one soldier.
Guerrillas hit a helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade near Fallujah on December 9, forcing it to make an emergency landing. The two crewmen on board are uninjured.
On November 2, a Chinook was shot down near Fallujah, killing 16 American soldiers and injuring 26. The military believes a SA-7 shoulder-fired missile hit one of the chopper's rear-mounted engines.
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Synthetic Biology seeks to use information biologists have learned about genetic code and its expression to control and create man-made machines for various purposes. This field has specifically been focused in genetic sequence replacements, mutations, and expression. I want to start to apply principle of engineering and synthetic biology with the scientific knowledge of epigenetic functionality of DNA to a useful end.
Presently, I am considering ways to mimic computation at the epigenetic level using histone tail modifications to express or repress effective gene sequences. Also, I'm interested in in vitro assembly of chromatin.
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 01: Early Promises of a Redeemer of Mankind
- Chapter 02: The Sixty-Nine Weeks of Years
- Chapter 03: The Prophetic Students of the First Century
- Chapter 04: The Stopping of God's Clock
- Chapter 05: The Seventieth Week
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Chapter 01: Early Promises of a Redeemer of Mankind
When man sinned, he fell from his high estate. God then drove him out of the Garden of Eden lest he should put forth his hand and partake of the tree of life and live forever in his fallen condition. When, however, that tragic event took place, God immediately made an announcement that He would send the Redeemer into the world who would deliver a crushing blow to Satan, the instigator of all trouble and evil. This pronouncement is found in the language spoken by the Lord to the serpent:
And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life; 15 and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." (Genesis 3:14,15)
These verses constitute the text of the Bible. Everything that is recorded within the sacred volume is but the unfolding of this announced plan to salvage everything that is possible from the wreckage caused by Satan and sin.
In this germinal statement, one sees that there is to be a conflict between him who is called the seed of the serpent on the one hand and Him who is designated as the seed of the woman on the other. What the former will do to the latter is compared to a flesh wound upon the heel, whereas what the latter will inflict upon the former is compared to a crushing blow upon the head. While this statement has within it the embryonic thought of a struggle between the forces of good on the one hand and the powers of evil on the other, which had a partial fulfillment at Calvary, it is a definite prediction of a specific conflict that will take place between these two personalities or individuals.
In the expression "the seed of the woman" lies inherent the idea of the virgin birth of the Redeemer of mankind. If one had only this single statement and no additional information, it would be difficult for him to conceive of a definite idea regarding the virgin birth of the Savior. Nevertheless, since the genealogy of men was always reckoned through the male and never through the female, this expression immediately assumes something very extraordinary and strange about this individual. When it is read, however, in the light of later revelations, it becomes immediately apparent that what is enigmatic in the prediction is elucidated by the doctrine of the virgin birth of King Messiah. This mystery in the light of these later predictions becomes a revelation.
But who is the seed of the serpent? The proper approach to this question is a close examination of the expression "the seed of the woman." This phrase evidently is a reference to some person, a man, who, as one gathers from the context, is more than a man. Since "the seed of the serpent" has this mortal combat with "the seed of the woman," it becomes evident that he likewise, in all probability, is a man. But there is something supernatural about this individual. There are hints here and there in the Scriptures that offer clues as to his identity and activities. Since this seed of the woman, who is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ, is to deal a terrific blow to the "seed of the serpent," and since, according to the Book of Revelation chapter 19, Christ at His second advent will come in mortal combat with the beast, who is none other than the Antichrist described in John's first epistle, and slays him, one immediately arrives at the conclusion that probably this world dictator is the one who is referred to as the seed of the serpent. But why should such a character as he be thus designated? An examination of Revelation 13 and 17 possibly will unlock the mystery. This individual receives the death stroke in the middle of the Tribulation. But from it he is healed or restored. Prior to this incident he enjoys the period that is referred to in Revelation 17 as "the beast that thou sawest was." He is slain and thus is ushered in the time that is designated as the period when he "is not." During this time he will be in Hades; that is, his spirit will be there. But he is not to remain there always. Shortly he is restored to life; Satan bringing him back by his supernatural power and energizing him. This event seems to be the thing referred to by Paul in II Thessalonians 2:8 in the statement, "whose coming is according to the working of Satan." When he is thus brought back to life, he enters that period of his career referred to in these words, "and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into perdition."
When he is thus brought back from the dead and Satan has full possession of him, all men who have heard but have not accepted the truth will be deceived by his supernatural powers and activity, and the whole world will wonder after this beast. The resurrection of this lately-slain potentate by the power of Satan may have been in the sacred penman's mind when he referred to him as "the seed of the serpent." The combat of Genesis 3:15, studied, therefore, in the light of the many passages that point to the final clash between the Christ and the Antichrist, seems to be the thing referred to in this primeval announcement.
This promise of a redeemer who would put down all opposition to God made an indelible impression upon both Adam and Eve. When their first son, Cain, was born, Eve immediately said, "I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah" (Genesis 4:1). The words, "the help of," are in italics in the American Revised Version. This fact shows that the translators supplied them, thinking that they would convey to the English reader the correct idea of the Hebrew text. Sometimes this device in the translation, designed to aid those not knowing the original, is indeed helpful; in other instances, it is misleading. This case happens to be one of the latter in my judgment.
Let us translate literally what is in the Hebrew without supplying any words. The sentence reads thus: "I have gotten a man, even Jehovah." The early Jewish Targum, the Aramaic translation, renders it this way: "I have gotten a man, even the angel of Jehovah." These Hebrew scholars supplied the word "angel." In doing this they were nearer the meaning of the original than our translators, who inserted the words as indicated above. In the early books of the Scriptures at various times the "angel of Jehovah" is said to have appeared to certain ones of the ancient worthies. Hence the Jewish translators, realizing that there is a supernatural element in Eve's statement and knowing that the angel of Jehovah did make appearances to man at different times, inserted the word "angel." When one simply makes a literal translation of the Hebrew, as given above, he sees an echo of the primitive promise in her statement. In other words, she thought that her firstborn was the fulfillment of the promise regarding the seed of the woman. But, as the sequel to the story shows, she was sadly mistaken.
Lamech, when his son Noah was born, had clearly in mind the original promise, for he said, when he named his son Noah, "This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed" (Genesis 5:29).
The word "Noah" means literally "rest." Lamech knew that the world was suffering under the curse which fell upon the earth when Adam and Eve sinned. In his prophetic vision, however, he was granted a view of the work which his son would accomplish in the unfolding of God's plan of the ages. He therefore spoke of his future accomplishments by saying that God would comfort their hearts in their work and toil because of the curse which was resting upon the ground. When this prophetic utterance is read in the light of the historical facts concerning the flood and its spiritual significance, one can see that Lamech was not given all the truth, but only a partial vision of the future. The Lord's sending a flood to destroy the wicked from the face of the earth was indeed a mercy and was also a comfort to Lamech, Noah, and their families. They realized that the world was becoming so very wicked that life for the godly would become more miserable day by day. Thus to purge the world of the wicked was indeed a comfort and consolation to the righteous. It is altogether quite probable that as Lamech viewed the future and saw the work of his son, there also appeared the dim outline of Him whom Noah typified; namely, the redeemer of man who will in deed and in truth deliver man from the toil of his hands which has been brought about by the falling of the curse upon the earth at the time of man's disobedience.
Lamech, like his grandfather Enoch, had his gaze fixed upon the future, expectantly looking for the day when the "seed of the woman" would bring the longed-for deliverance. Doubtless this hope had been kindled in the heart of this venerable patriarch by Enoch, his grandfather, who in prophetic vision looked forward and saw the time when the Redeemer of mankind will come with ten thousands of his saints and will execute judgment upon the wicked and the ungodly (Jude 14, 15).
Abraham, the friend of God, who walked with his Maker by faith, looked forward with eager anticipation to the time when this Deliverer would make His appearance upon earth and would free man from the effects of the fall and the curse. He, his son Isaac, and his grandson Jacob were prophets to whom God gave visions of the future (Psalm 105:13-16). By faith Abraham was granted a vision of the day of Christ and was glad (John 8:56).
Upon his deathbed, Jacob, in vision, looked out into the future and gave the outline of the condition of his descendants in the latter days. In this unfolding of the future he saw the time when Messiah, who is called Shiloh, would make His appearance; for he declared, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be" (Genesis 49:10). Without a doubt Jacob saw the time when Messiah would come and stated that the ruling power and authority would not depart from the tribe of Judah until He should make His appearance. For the first time in the sacred record is there given any idea as to the time when He would appear. We must admit, however, that this prediction is rather vague and indefinite, but the time element does begin to appear dimly in this prediction.
Balaam, the false prophet, invited by Balak, king of Moab, to curse the Children of Israel who were at that time passing along his borders, was granted a prophetic vision of Israel and of her future. Thus, the Spirit of God came upon him four times and gave him information concerning Israel and her future king. For instance, in the first oracle (Numbers 23:7-10) he revealed the fact, regarding the promise made to Abraham, that his seed should become as numerous as the stars of heaven and emphasized this thought in the following rhetorical question: "Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel?" The vision of Israel thus increased was so very entrancing to the false prophet that he exclaimed spontaneously, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!" In his next oracle (Numbers 23: 18-24), he saw that Israel would be free from all perverseness and iniquity and that Jehovah God would be in her midst while the shout of a king would be heard among them. Thus, in this oracle there is clearly revealed the fact that Israel's future King in her midst is to be Jehovah. In the third oracle (Numbers 24:3-9), a vision of the land of Israel when the curse is lifted and its fertility restored is given in the most glowing words. Reference again is made to the might of her king.
In the last oracle granted him, Balaam caught a clear vision of this future sovereign of Israel and shouted:
I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not nigh.
There shall come forth a star out of Jacob,
And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel,
And shall smite through the corners of Moab
And break down all the sons of tumult" (Numbers 24:17)
Balaam beheld this future king, but it was clearly revealed to him that His appearance upon earth was not to be expected immediately. The implication, however, is that His coming would be in the rather distant future. Thus the time element again appears dimly to be seen here on the horizon of prophetic vision.
The history of Israel has indeed been one of pain, tragedy, and catastrophe. Never has a people been more persecuted than the Hebrews. Throughout their long career their history has been written largely in tears and blood. It is true that during short intervals she has enjoyed a little peace and prosperity. But these periods in comparison with the times of sorrow have been indeed very short.
Continual suffering and disaster has at times heightened and intensified the longing for the appearance of the deliverer. Naturally the question was repeatedly asked by both the prophets and the psalmists: "How long, O Lord, how long?" From the contexts in which this question appears, it is clear that information with reference to the time when deliverance would be wrought by the appearance of King Messiah was sought. It was as the apostle Peter declared: These messengers of God were constantly seeking the answer to the question concerning the time and the manner of time when the Messiah of whom they spoke would make his appearance.
Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them." (I Peter 1:10,11)
The prophets and the psalmists were indeed very much concerned about the salvation which we have in Christ now. They therefore thought about and searched diligently concerning what time and the manner of the time the Holy Spirit had in mind when He foretold the sufferings of Christ and the glories that should follow.
After centuries of silence on this point, the Lord finally through the prophet Daniel gave the answer to the question. This revelation is recorded in Daniel 9 and was given in the year 538 B.C., which, in Biblical chronology, is the year 3587 Anno Homonis.
With the data which we have collected in this chapter, we are now ready to approach an intensive study of the one prophecy of the Old Testament which gives the exact time when Messiah would be cut off. Of course, as we shall see later, He had to appear on earth before He could be cut off and have nothing.
Chapter 02: The Sixty-Nine Weeks of Years