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Posted at: 02/22/2013 8:08 AM | Updated at: 02/22/2013 8:11 PM
On Friday, News10NBC's Nikki Rudd was scooping up your favorite flavors at the Friendly's in Gates.
It's all for the "Cones for Kids" campaign at Friendly's. You can donate $5 to the Easter Seals and you can get a book full of coupons including two free Friendly's happy ending sundaes.
All the money raised helps children and adults in our community with special needs.
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Why Romney Needs to Be Concerned About the Election
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And it is six weeks to the election and the real clear politics dot com average of all the polls together have President Obama leading Mitt Romney.
By just over three and a half percentage points we -- joined by Greg -- -- chief political strategist for the Potomac research group and Greg.
Is it already over from Electoral College standpoint you -- like Obama just about there.
Please just about there -- Jersey getting to 270 if you add in Iowa where he's well ahead if you add in Ohio worries a little bit ahead.
You're awfully close to points -- -- -- I think that do run -- -- has to be really concerned number one is voting is already started.
And about a third of the vote will be done before.
November sex so even if he does well in the debates he's got to factor that in the other point is this that.
An unusually low number of voters are still undecided in some polls under 10% so even if Romney wins 60%.
Of the undecideds that still may not be enough.
Now -- Wall Street know this -- Wall Street already now baked and Obama's gonna -- I think so I mean everybody looks it in trade -- I think in -- been too extreme in their odds frankly.
But everybody who looks at.
That to seven the number has to conclude the path is easier for Obama I think what Wall Street also was factoring in is that the Republicans will do pretty.
Pretty well in the senate and the house so you'll get a checks and balances -- type of environment.
-- checks and balances there yeah -- And does it look like Romney's gonna lose Florida -- he's got got some decaying support among the elderly and if he loses Florida it's over right.
We can go to bed by 103011 o'clock on election night if he loses Florida that's still way too close to call but.
It's safe to say that the Romney ticket is in trouble in Florida -- and I think that the I trumping every other issue is Medicare and a lot of senior citizens don't realize that this would only affect people under the age of 55.
Now argue astounded that Romney is managing to lose this thing given that we have a president and incumbent presiding over the worst recovery in modern history.
-- what I -- -- so I had a speech last Tuesday night in John Boehner is home district in Cincinnati.
And people who know Boehner came up to me after my speech -- -- what the hell is wrong with Romney's campaign -- be losing to this guy.
It's a complicated question I don't think the candidate is an all -- great.
But the campaign is made mistake after mistake.
Well and what about the tax situation now you know Romney on sixty minutes Obama on sixty minutes.
A lot of what Romney said about 47% not paying any federal income tax turned out to be true.
It's true but it's really hurting in the state like Ohio you could almost feel Ohio starting to slip away it's a very blue collar state.
A lot of people there who do depend on government.
I I agree that that's an issue that should be raised the problem is Mitt Romney is probably not for best messenger to raise that issue.
Yet even he last -- that it's not a campaign problem is that sometimes it's a candidate problem and as one political actually he is undisciplined.
Thank you very much Greg about.
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Birthplace: | Crépon, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France |
Death: | Died in Arques, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France |
Occupation: | Forester of Arques, Heiebasaud Eikadaouuin, Neieckt Aweiieck, |
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About Herbastus "le Danois" de Crépon
A fictitious person. See Todd A. Farmerie, Robert de Torigny and the family of Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy (Dec. 1996).
Herbastus (Herfast) "the Dane"
Parents: Ranulf and his wife
Wife: (Josceline)
1. Sainsfrida (married to a forrester)
2. Gunnor (married Richard le Bon)
3. Herfast
4. Wevia (married Thorold)
5. Aveline (married Osbern)
6. (parent of Beatrice)
Although many people seem to claim that the father of the sisters and brother "de Crépon" was either King Harald Blatand (Bluetooth) of Denmark or his brother (son of Gorm the Old), this scenario seems very unlikely and lacks evidence. It is more likely that he was either a Danish immigrant to Normandy or the son of one, who settled in the area of Crépon in Calvados, Normandy, east of Bayeux. Some sources also associate him with the community of Arques, which is most likely the area which later became the site of the 11th century castle Arques-la-Bataille in Haute-Normandie near Dieppe. Some sources say that he was a forester in Arques.
Robert de Torigny and the family of Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy (by Todd A. Farmerie, Ph.D.; Dec 1996):
Robert de Torigny, writing after the Norman Conquest, recorded the genealogical traditions which tied many of the Norman nobility to the family of Gunnor, first mistress of Richard I, then Duchess of Normandy. He reported the tradition that Richard had become infatuated with the wife of one of his foresters, but being the pious wife, she substituted her sister Gunnor, much to everyone's satisfaction. He proceded to name the siblings of Gunnor, and also indicated that she had numerous nieces, who are left unnamed, but whose marriages and descendants are provided.
The genealogical information contained in his account has at various times been praised and condemned, but recent opinion seems to favor the view that, while minor errors abound, the genealogies accurately represent a tradition of shared descent that may account for the rapid rise of these nobles.
The parentage of Gunnor and her siblings is unknown. While some sources call her father Herfastus, this was in fact the name of her brother. She has also been claimed as daughter of the Danish royal family, but there is no evidence for this, and the context of her coming to the attention of Richard I and the family's subsequent rise to power militates against her being a royal daughter. Douglas argued (in a 1944 English Historical Review article on the family of William Fitz Osbern), based on the donations of brother Arfast to the monastery of St. Pere, that the root of the family was in the Cotetin region of Normandy, but van Houts has suggested that the Cotetin land was granted to Arfast, rather than inherited by him. Thus we are left with the more ambiguous statements of Torigny and others that she was a member of a Norman family of Danish origins.
The only known brother of Gunnor was Arfast/Herfast, of whom we gain what little insight we have from a trial of heretics conducted by King Robert II of France. Arfast testified that he had pretended to join the sect, all the better to denounce them when the time arose. He later donated lands to the monastery of St. Pere, to which he retired. He had at least two sons: Osbern, who was steward to the later Dukes, and was murdered by William de Montgomery while defending the young Duke William; and Ranulf, known from charters. Osbern maried a niece of Richard I (the daughter of his half-brother) and by her was the father of the Conquest baron William Fitz Osbern.
Gunnor had at least three sisters, of which the oldest appears to have been Senfria (Seinfreda), who was wife of the (unnamed) forester from the area of St. Vaast d'Equiqueville, and it was her charms which are said first to have attracted the attentions Duke Richard I. She appears to have had at least one daughter, Joscelina, wife of Hugh de Montgomery. (Torigny makes Joscelina daughter of another sister, Wevia, but a contemporary of Torigny, in demonstrating the genealogical impediment to a marriage of a bastard of Henry I to a Montgomery descendant specifically calls Joscelina's mother Senfria, and the inheritance by the Montgomerys of large holdings suggests that Joscelina was a significant coheiress to her parents, which does not match Wevia's family where the two sons would be expected to acquire most of the family land.) Hugh de Montgomery and Joscelina had a son Roger, but contrary to Torigny's statements, he was not the Conquest baron of that name, but instead his father. By a wife possibly named Emma, Roger had: Hugh; Roger (who married Mabel of Belleme and played a significant role in pre-Conquest Normandy); William (who murdered cousin Osbern); Robert, and Gilbert.
Duvelina, a second sister of Gunnor, married Turulf de Pont Audemer, son of a Norman founder Torf, and uncle of the first of the Harcourts. They had at least one son, Humphrey de Vielles, who in turn was father of Roger de Beaumont, another Conquest-era baron.
Wevia, the only other sister of Gunnor named by Torigny, married Osbern de Bolbec (who is otherwise unknown to history). They had at least two sons: Walter Giffard, ancestor of the English Giffard/Gifford families, and also, through a daughter, of the Clare family; and Godfrey, whose son William de Arques had two daughters and co-heiresses.
Torigny indicates that Gunnor had numerous nieces, naming the descendants of several of them, but usually not naming the nieces themselves or their parents. As has already been seen with niece Joscelina, the accounts of these families are more difficult to harmonize with other available sources.
One niece is said to have married Nicholas de Bracqueville, and to have had William Martel and Walter de St. Martin. As to Martel, there seems to have been a connection to Bracqueville, since Hawise, daughter of Nicholas married Hugh de Wareham, son of a Grippo. Hugh had a brother Geoffrey Martel, but beyond this no recent analysis provides any insight as to the descent of the later Martels. Walter de St. Martin is even more of a problem, since elsewhere Torigny incorrectly makes him brother of William de Warenne, but the ancestry given there is clearly false. Thus it is not clear that Torigny knew the exact connection of Walter, and there is no evidence to help clarify his true origins.
A second niece is said to have married Richard, vicomte of Rouen (who was son of Tesselin). He had a son Lambert of St. Saens, whose son Helias married a bastard daughter of Robert II of Normandy. (If the connection here given is correct, then these two were within the prohibited degree, which may throw doubt on the relationship, or simply suggest that the relationship did not come to light at the time.) Based on later interactions between Montgomery and Warenne (thought to be related to this branch) it has been speculated that this niece was sister of Joscelina, which is possible but unsupported.
It appears to be through this family that the relationship of two more Norman barons come into play, but not exactly as Torigny presents it. He shows yet another niece marrying Ranulph de Warenne, and by him having William de Warenne and Roger de Mortimer. This is clearly untrue, because Roger appears to have been a generation older than William. The solution appears to be that Torigny (as he had done with the Montgomerys) compressed two people, a father and son of the same name, into one individual. Ranulph de Warenne (I) appears to have married Beatrice, sister of Richard, vicomte of Rouen, and thus sister-in-law of one of Gunnor's nieces (thus it would appear that this family actually does not descend from a relative of Gunnor's, but is genealogically linked to some of her descendants) and had sons: Roger (de Mortimer) and Ranulph de Warenne (II), who in turn was father of another Ranulf (III) and of William de Warenne.
Finally, Torigny states that a niece married Osmund de Centumvillis, vicomte of Vernon, and had a son Fulk de Alnou, and a daughter whose son was Baldwin de Reviers. Much debate has focussed on the attempt to identify these men, but in the latter case, clearly a connection to the Reviers/Vernon Earls of Devon is intended. The precise nature of the relationship is more difficult to pin down. It would seem that the first Earl Richard de Reviers and his brother Hugh were sons of a Baldwin, who had brothers Richard de Vernon (app. d.s.p.) and William Fitz Hugh de Vernon. (William, who was perhaps a uterine half-brother, had by wife Emma a son Hugh, often confused with the brother of Earl Richard. It is this error that has led to the statement that Emma was the relative of Gunnor, which derives from a set of relationships hypothesized in Complete Peerage (CP, under Devon) and predicated on her being mother of Hugh, brother of Earl Richard, an untrue relationship, and on Richard being nephew of William Fitz Osbern, which is discussed below.) If Baldwin, father of Earl Richard, was the same as the grandson of Osmund de Centumvillis this would complete the picture, but one more relationship invites comment. Earl Richard is said by an early source, cited by CP, to be nephew of William Fitz Osbern. If the stated connection with vicomte Osmund is correct, then Baldwin de Reviers would have been too closely related to William Fitz Osbern to have married his sister. (An alternative solution, that the wife of vicomte Osmund was sister of William Fitz Osbern, and hence grandniece of Gunnor, is chronologically impossible.) I suspect that this tradition records the memory that William Fitz Osbern was an older male relative of Richard, rather than a precise genealogical relationship.
The work of Robert de Torigny thus provides a valuable source for the genealogical origins of the immediate pre-Conquest Norman aristocracy. When it has been possible to compare the information with other sources, some inconsistancies are found, but it is unclear whether these represent errors of Robert, or inaccuracies in the genealogical traditions he was recording. In most cases, an in-depth study of the available material has enabled modern historians to satisfactorilly reconstruct the descents from Gunnor's family and provide a representation of the true relationships among these early Norman families.
Chapter 1. EARLY NORMAN FAMILIES of VIKING ORIGIN
A. FAMILY of GUNNORA, mistress of RICHARD I Comte de NORMANDIE
Four sisters and one brother, parents not known, presumably of Viking origin:
1. SAINSFRIDA [Senfrie] . She and her three sisters, as well as their husbands, are named by Robert de Torigny[3]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Seufriam" as sister of "Gunnor uxor…Richardi Normannis ducem"[4]. Guillaume de Jumièges records that "la femme d'un sien forestier…Sainfrie" rejected the advances of Richard I Comte [de Normandie] and sent her sister Gunnor to his bed in her place[5]. m ---. The name of Sainsfrida's husband is not known. Sainsfrida and her husband had one child:
a) JOSCELINE . The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Iosceline" as daughter of "Seufriam"[6]. Josceline, her husband and her mother are named in a letter of Ives Bishop of Chartres to Henry I King of England dated 1114 which explains the consanguinity between the king and Hugues de Châteauneuf, who wanted to marry one of the king's illegitimate daughters[7]. m ROGER [I] Seigneur de Montgommery, son of ---.
2. GUNNORA ([950]-5 Jan 1031). She and her three sisters, as well as their husbands, are named by Robert de Torigny[8]. It appears from Dudo de Saint-Quentin and Robert de Torigny[9] that Gunnora was Richard I's mistress before she married him. According to William of Jumièges, she was "of noble Danish origin"[10]. According to Robert de Torigny, the marriage took place to legitimise Richard and Gunnora's son Robert to permit his appointment as Bishop of Rouen[11]. The necrology of Saint-Père-en-Vallée records the death "Non Jan" of "Gonnoridis…comitissa Normannie"[12]. m ([before 989]) as his second wife, RICHARD I "Sans Peur" Comte [de Normandie], son of GUILLAUME Comte [ de Normandie] & his first wife Sprota --- (Fécamp [932]-20 Nov 996, bur Fécamp).
3. HERFAST . Guillaume de Jumièges names "Herfast, frère de la comtesse Gunnor" when recording the murder of his son Osbern[13]. m ---. The name of Herfast's wife is not known. Herfast & his wife had two children:
a) OSBERN de Crépon (-murdered Vandreuil 1038). "Duke Richard [II]" donated property to the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel by charter dated to [1026], subscribed by "…Osbernus filius Arfast, Ranulfus frater eius"[14]. "…Osbe filius Herfasti…" witnessed the charter dated to [1030] under which Robert II Duke of Normandy confirmed rights of Mont Saint-Michel[15]. Steward (dapifer) of Guillaume II Duke of Normandy. "Osberni dapifer" witnessed the donation of "Erchembaldus vicecomes" dated [1030/35] and the donation of "Gulbertus filius Erchemboldus vicecomitis" dated after 1035[16]. He was strangled by Guillaume de Montgommery[17]. Guillaume de Jumièges records that "Osbern, intendant de la maison du prince [Guillaume II Duke of Normandy] et fils d'Herfast" was murdered at Vandreuil in the early years of the duke's reign by "Guillaume fils de Roger de Montgomeri"[18]. m EMMA d'Ivry, daughter of RAOUL d'Ivry Comte de Bayeux & his wife --- (-after [1067]). She is named as mother of Guillaume and Osbern in the donation to Sainte-Trinité de Rouen, dated to 1038 or after, which they made jointly for the soul of their father "Osbern cognomento Pacifici"[19]. "Emma matre eorum [Willelmi et Osberni]" witnessed a charter dated 1038 or after[20]. "Emma Osberni dapiferi uxore" is named as "dominis mei" with her two sons in the undated charter of Ansfredus[21]. "Emmæ matris eius" signed a charter of "Erchenbaldo filio Erchenbaldi vicecomitis", dated to [1067], immediately after "Willelmi filii Osberni"[22]. Osbern & his wife had three children:
i) GUILLAUME FitzOsbern (-killed in battle Cassel, Flanders 22 Feb 1071, bur Abbaye de Cormeilles). Guillaume de Jumièges names "Guillaume fils d'Osbern, proche parent du duc Guillaume", recording that he built the monasteries at Lire and Corneilles[23]. He is named as brother of Osbern, son of Emma, in his donation to Sainte-Trinité de Rouen dated 1038 or after, made jointly with his mother and brother[24]. "Willelmi filii Osberni" witnessed two charters dated 1035 or after and 1038 or after[25]. "…Guillelmi filii Osberni…" witnessed the charter dated 1054 under which Guillaume II Duke of Normandy confirmed the donation of "terram…Sancta Columba…dedit Niellus clericus" to the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel[26]. "…Willelmi filii Osberti, Rotgerii de Monte Golmerii, Richardis vicecomitis Abrinchensis…" witnessed the charter dated [1055/56] under which Guillaume II Duke of Normandy "in pago…Constantino, villam…Flotomannum" to Saint-Florent de Saumur[27]. "…Guillelmus filius Osberti…Guillelmus filius Guillelmi filiii Osberti…" witnessed the charter dated to [1060] under which Guillaume II Duke of Normandy granted "Brenerias" to the abbey of Bayeux[28]. "Willelmus filius Osberti…" witnessed the charter dated 29 Aug 1060 under which "milite…Richardo…fratribus Willelmo…atque Balduino" donated "Gausberti Villa" to Chartres Saint-Père[29]. The Chronique de Normandie, based on le Roman de Rou, records that William I King of England made "le Conte Rogier de Montgomery et Guillaume le filz Osber" his two "Marechaulx d´Engleterre" after the conquest of England[30]. "Willelmi filii Osberni" signed a charter of "Erchenbaldo filio Erchenbaldi vicecomitis" dated 1067 or after[31]. "Willelmus comes filius Osberni dapiferi" made a donation to Sainte-Trinité de Rouen dated 1068[32]. He was rewarded for his part in the conquest of England with estates in the Isle of Wight and county of Hereford, thereby becoming Earl of Hereford.
- EARLS of HEREFORD.
ii) OSBERN (-1101). He is named as brother of Guillaume, son of Emma, in his donation to Sainte-Trinité de Rouen dated 1038 or after, made jointly with his mother and brother[33]. "Osberni frater eius [Willelmi]" witnessed a charter dated 1038 or after[34]. Chancellor of England. Bishop of Exeter 1072[35].
iii) EMMA . "Emma conjux eius" donated land belonging to the castle of Vernon to Sainte-Trinité de Rouen jointly with her husband, dated 1066[36]. Guillaume de Vernon, his son Hugues and his wife Emma donated property to Rouen Holy Trinity, confirmed in the charter dated to [1067][37]. Her parentage is confirmed by a charter of Carisbrooke Priory, Isle of Wight which names "Johannem et Ricardum" as the two sons of "Willielmum filium Osberni marescallum…comitem Herefordiæ" who predeceased their father, and records that their inheritance went to "Ricardo de Rivers, nepoti prædicti Willielmi filii Osberni, tunc comiti Exoniæ"[38]. m GUILLAUME de Vernon, son of HUGUES de Vernon & his wife ---.
b) RAINULF . "Duke Richard [II]" donated property to the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel by charter dated to [1026], subscribed by "…Osbernus filius Arfast, Ranulfus frater eius"[39].
4. WEWA . She and her three sisters, as well as their husbands, are named by Robert de Torigny[40]. Guillaume de Jumièges names "Gueuve et Aveline" as two sisters of Gunnor, recording that the former married "Turulfe de Pont-Audemer, son of Torf"[41]. The Genealogia Fundatoris of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that the (unnamed) sister of "Gunnora comitissa Normanniæ" married "Turulpho de Ponte-Adomaro"[42]. m THOROLD de Pont-Audemer, son of [TORF & his wife ---] (-after 1040).
5. [AVELINE] . She and her three sisters, as well as their husbands, are named by Robert de Torigny[43]. Guillaume de Jumièges names "Gueuve et Aveline" as two sisters of Gunnor, the latter married to Osbern de Bolbec[44]. On the other hand, the Genealogia Fundatoris of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names "Turketillus…frater…Turulphi, cuius filius Hasculfus d´Harcourt" married "aliam sororem…comitissæ Gunnoræ" by whom he was father of "duos…filios…Walterum de Giffard primogenitum…"[45]. As noted under Giffard, another primary source indicates that the wife of "Osbernus Giffardus" (assumed to refer to Osbern de Bolbec given that his son used the name Giffard) was named Hawise[46]. It is not known whether Osbern was married twice or whether all the sources cited refer to the same person, one or other mistaking the name. m [as his first wife,] OSBERN de Bolbec, son of ---.
6. [--- . It is not known which brother or sister of Gunnor was the parent of Beatrice.]
a) BEATRIX . Guillaume de Jumièges records that one of the nieces of Gunnor, mistress of Richard I Comte [de Normandie], married "le père du premier Guillaume de Warenne"[47]. "Rodulf de Warenne" sold property to the abbey of Holy Trinity, Rouen by charter dated to [1055], signed by "eiusdem Rodulfi de Guarethna, Beatricis uxoris eius…"[48]. m as his first wife, RODULF de Warenne, son of --- .
The Forester of Argues. {For line see "Interpolation of Jumieges," Robert de Torigny, and "The Genealogist," New
Series, 37:57.}
References: [RGD],[RFC],[GENSERV],[Moncreiffe],[LDS-AF],[ES], [ConverseA]
Herbastus is our ancestor through four lines of descent: through his son Herbastus and through each of his three daughters Wevia, Gunnor, and Seinfreda.
Sprote was not really his daughter. This is a mistake that I do not know how to undo. (Allan)
See "My Lines"
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p45.htm#i5198 )
from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )
Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
- Note: Page: 121e-20
- Note: Text: Forester of Arque (no name)
-------------------- BIOGRAPHY: . c. 910
d. c. 985,, Jumne, Den.
byname HARALD BLUETOOTH, DANISH HARALD BLÅTAND, king of Denmark from c. 940 to c. 985, credited with the first unification of the country.
He was the son of Gorm the Old, the first significant figure in a new royal line centred at Jelling (North Jutland). Harald completed the country's unification begun by his father, converted the Danes to Christianity, and conquered Norway. After Harald's Baptism (c. 960) his father's pagan tomb was transformed into a Christian place of worship with a church between two great mounds; and the newly appointed Jutland bishops, under the Archbishop of Hamburg, organized the country's conversion. The expansion begun by Harald in Norway was continued by his son Sweyn I, who conquered England in 1013. Under Sweyn's son Canute there grew up a great Anglo-Scandinavian kingdom that included parts of Sweden.
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Harold Bluetooth
Born 911; died 1 November, 985 or 986. He was the son of King Gorm the Old of Denmark and of Thyra, daughter of a noblemen of Schleswig (Sunderjylland) who is supposed to have been kindly disposed towards Christianity <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03712a.htm>. His mother must have implanted in the child's soul the first germs of faith which his father, a devout servant of Wotan, did his utmost to destroy. The latter's invasion of Friesland in 934 involved him in war with the German King, Henry I. Having been vanquished, he was forced to restore the churches which he had demolished as well as to grant toleration to his Christian <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03712a.htm> subjects, and he died one year later, bequeathing his throne to Harold. Bishop Unni of Bremen, accompanied by Benedictine monks from the Abbey of Corvey, preached the gospel in Jutland (Jylland) and the Danish isles, and soon won the confidence of the young ruler, although he did not succeed in persuading him to receive baptism. Harold sought to shut the Germans out of his kingdom by strengthening the "Danawirk"–a series of ramparts and fortifications that existed until the latter half of the nineteenth century; moreover, as absolute quiet prevailed throughout the interior, he was even able to turn his thoughts to foreign enterprises. Again and again he came to the help of Richard the Fearless of Normandy (in the years 945 and 963), while his son conquered Semland and, after the assassination of King Harold Graafeld of Norway, he also managed to force the people of that country into temporary subjection to himself. Meanwhile the new religion had become more and more deeply rooted among the Danes. Even a few members of the nobility (such as Frode, Viceroy of Jutland) embraced the faith and soon episcopal sees were established (Schleswig, Ribe, Aarhus). However the prominent part the Germans had in these achievements as well as the lofty idea of the Roman Empire then prevailing led Otto I, the Great, to require Harold to recognize him as "advocatus", or lord protector of the Danish church, and even as "Lord Paramount". It is easy to understand why the indignant king of the Danes replied to this demand with a declaration of war, and why the "emperor" sought to force his "vassal" into subjection. The devastating expeditions, which were pushed as far as the Lÿmfjord, enabled the emperor to beat down all opposition (972), and to compel Harold not only to conclude peace but to accept baptism. Henceforth paganism steadily lost ground. The Bishopric of Odense was established at Fünen (Fyen) in 980; the sacrificial grove at Lethra (on Zealand), which, until then, had been from time to time the scene of many human sacrifices, was deserted. King Harold removed his royal residence to Roeskilde and erected there a wooden church dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Later (in the eleventh century) it was replaced by a basilica which in turn was soon torn down. Since about the year 1200 its site has been occupied by the Gothic cathedral (dedicated to St. Lucius), the burial place of the kings of Denmark. Christian <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03712a.htm> houses of worship were also built in many other places during Harold's reign; in these German and Danish priests preached the gospel of the crucified and risen Saviour. There is no doubt that Harold professed Christianity <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03712a.htm> at that time: it is also true that he contributed to its spread. But his moral conduct in many respects distinctly violated the Divine commandments. Consequently many people looked on the plots that were directed against the sovereignty and life of the ageing prince by his own son (Svend) as a punishment from Heaven. Although baptized, the latter joined forces with Palnatoke, the most powerful chieftain on Fünen, who was leader of the heathen party. The fortunes of war varied for a time, but finally Harold was slain on 1 November, 985 or 986. His remains were buried in the cathedral at Roeskilde, where his bones are still preserved, walled up in one of the pillars of the choir. -------------------- HIs children included :
Seinfreda de Crepon b. c 932
Herbastus de Crepon b. c 935
Duvelina de Crepon b. c 936
Gunnor de Crepon b. 936, d. 1031
Wevia de Crepon b. c 950
All married into either royalty or were well matched in powerful families. -------------------- Occupation: Forester of Argues -------------------- Herbastus de Crepon Sr.
b. 914
Herbastus de Crepon Sr. was born in 914.
* Seinfreda de Crepon+ b. c 932
* Herbastus de Crepon Jr.+ b. c 935
* Duvelina de Crepon+ b. c 936
* Gunnor de Crepon+ b. 936, d. 1031
* Wevia de Crepon+ b. c 950
Herbastus De Crepon Nació: 911 Fallecido Información Eventos Línea del Tiempo
Familia Inmediata
Anna De De Crepon (born La Haye) Su esposa Gonner Richard (born De Crepon) Hija
Su hija GUNNORA Count Of Normandy (born De CREPON)
WOERTA (WEVIA) De PONTAUDEMER (born De CREPON) Hija
Su hija Wevia De Harcourt (born De Crepon) Su hija DUVELINA De BOLBEC (born De CREPON) Su hija Aubreye De De Harcourt (born La Haie) Su hija Wevia De Harcourt (born De Crepon) Su hija Gunhild De Crepon (born Olafsdatter)
Su esposa Avelina De Bolebec (born De Crepon) Su hija Osbern De Bolebe
Waleran De Meulan Su esposa
Su hijo Routrou I Chateaudum Su padre Herfast De Crepon Su madre Thyri Klacksdottir
________________________________________________ De Crepon, Herbastus b. 911 Normandy,,,France d. 984 Arques,Seine Inferieure,Normandy,France Gender: Male Parents: Mother: Klacksdottir, Thyri
Family: Spouse: De Crepon, Mrs Herbastus b. 916 Normandy,,,France d. 974 Crepon,Normandy,,France Gender: Female Parents: Father: Stop,
Children: De Crepon, Wevia
Fuente: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~anlynn208/f_ae.html#1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Herbastus de Crepon Arque
Herbastus was born in year 0911 in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.1 Herbastus' father was Herfast de Crepon Arque. His paternal grandparents were Harold Parcus and Elfgifu Wessex; his. He was the oldest of two children. He had a brother named Herfast. General Notes
- Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
- Note: Page: 121e-20
- Note: Text: Forester of Arque (no name)
Herbastus' family with Gunnhild Olafsdottir Herbastus and Gunnhild were married (further details are not known). They had three daughters named Gonnor, Senfrie (Eva) and Avelina.
Gonnor de Crepon
Gonnor was born in year 0945 in Normandie.2
Senfrie (Eva) de Crepon
Senfrie (Eva) was born in year 0958. Death Notes B: Abt. 958 P: Pont-Audemer, France
Avelina Fitzrichard de Crepon
Avelina was born in year 0968. Death Notes B: Abt. 968 P: Longueville, France
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tjglad&id=I67904&style=TABLE 2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I6124
-------------------- Herfast or Herbastus de Crepon, was a Danish knight of humble beginnings who became a Norman Baron and is an ancestor of the Warren family (de Warenne). The Normans and Danes were united in their efforts to make a settlement in the northern part of France, and ultimately succeeded in obtaining a foothold in that part of the country, which became known as Normandy, or land of the Northmen or Norsemen. This Danish knight became allied through marriage with some of the foremost families of noble lineage in Europe. His daughter Gunnora, captured the life long love of Richard, first Duke of Normandy whom she married twice, first by Dane-law, and then later in a Christian marriage. They became the great grandparents of William the Conqueror, whose daughter, Gundred married William de Warenne. There appears to be considerable uncertainty as to the identity of Herbastus, shown here as progenitor of this family. It appears that he probably came from Denmark. Suggestions that he was a son of Harald 'Bluetooth', King of Denmark and Norway, appear to be wholly speculative. However, he must have been in a position of rank or influence given that his daughters married influential people. The daughters shown below are as reported in various web sites (which are inconsistent with each other, not least in respect of their dates) but there is a suspicion that one or two of the women who have been identified as his daughters have been so merely because they were reported to have been "de Crepon" and are of this period. The position is further complicated by the fact that the different daughters are often confused with each other, different sources allocating their husbands differently between them. The following is therefore subject to revision !! -------------------- Pedigree Resource File
Herbastus /de Crepon Arque/
gender: Male
birth: 0911
father: Folques I /d'Anjou/ mother: Gerberge de Gatenais /du Maine/
Marriages (1)
spouse: Gunnhild /Olafsdottir/
Hide children (2)
child 1:
Gonnora /de Crepon/
gender: Female
birth: ABT 0936
Arque, Normandy, France
death: 1031
child 2: Avelina /de Crepon/
gender: Female
birth: ABT 0968
Longueville, France
Submission submitter: sdenton1078127
submission date: 14 Jun 2004
submission id: MM77-BKQ
person count: 3,113
Source Citation
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SY91-F6Q : accessed 14 February 2012), entry for Herbastus /de Crepon Arque/.
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Herbastus de Crepon Arque
Herbastus was born in year 0911 in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.1 Herbastus' father was Herfast de Crepon Arque. His paternal grandparents were Harold Parcus and Elfgifu Wessex; his. He was the oldest of two children. He had a brother named Herfast. General Notes
- Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
- Note: Page: 121e-20
- Note: Text: Forester of Arque (no name)
Herbastus' family with Gunnhild Olafsdottir Herbastus and Gunnhild were married (further details are not known). They had three daughters named Gonnor, Senfrie (Eva) and Avelina.
Gonnor de Crepon
Gonnor was born in year 0945 in Normandie.2
Senfrie (Eva) de Crepon
Senfrie (Eva) was born in year 0958. Death Notes B: Abt. 958 P: Pont-Audemer, France
Avelina Fitzrichard de Crepon
Avelina was born in year 0968. Death Notes B: Abt. 968 P: Longueville, France
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Monday, June 6, 2011
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- Sommer
Doing tutorials although not always fun is a good way to learn. You might see if Kevin still has his Photoshop book from college and borrow it.
If there's something specific you want to do to your photos you might Google something like "Photoshop tutorial picture editing". Then you can kill two birds with one stone: edit your own picture (rather than one that the tutorial suggest you edit) and learn some new Photoshop tricks.
Or you can move back to OKC and I'll teach you! ;) - June 6, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Kitty
Sommer- thats a great idea. I'll check with kevin for sure!
As for OKC- I'd LOVE to come back!!! I really miss it!! (and you of course!!) - June 6, 2011 at 2:12 PM
- Seriously Moses
Online tutorials are awesome. The Adobe Classroom in a Book series is a pretty great resource if you are just starting out. It has lots of the basics. While it uses stock projects, you could work on your own photos and follow along. Really, the best way to learn Photoshop is to constantly work with the program.
- June 6, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- Sourkraut
I second the comments about finding tutorials online and following them. The more of those you do the more you'll start to understand what each step does and how the various layers work with each other. Then you'll finally feel brave enough to mess around and try things on your own. My two warnings about that are that not all tutorials are created equal and that even with step-by-step instructions you'll have to expect frustration and failure. I've seen a lot of tutorials that assume you already know how to do the basics so try to read through them first before diving right in.
This is an easy tutorial that spells everything out for you nicely:
This was the first Photoshop tutorial I ever used so it must have been good for beginners. Even if you don't really want to turn pictures of all your friends into scary demonic creatures with glowing eyes it's a good one to start with and I've applied the same steps to other photos for different results:
http://best-photoshop-tutorials.blogspot.com/2008/09/glowing-demon-eyes-effect-in-photoshop.html - June 6, 2011 at 2:49 PM
- Helen
Yes! Tutorials! And you can also download "actions" for free from lots of places; for instance: http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography/download-files-for-pioneer-woman-actions-elements-version/
Otherwise, I more or less taught myself by looking up how to do things instance by instance and playing around with elements like curves, layers, etc.
I would say, if I had a choice (and it might be too late for you if you already have photoshop) I would ALWAYS recommend starting out with the Adobe program Lightroom instead-- it's so much more user-friendly, especially when you're editing large batches of photos.
Good luck! - June 6, 2011 at 2:56 PM
- the artist
For some reason, it seems like when I started learning Photoshop, "googling it" wasn't a universal thing yet. I think that I basically started with a picture, and tried every single option to see what it did. After that, I actually took a photoshop class (which didn't really help all that much, to be honest). I would say that you should just take some time and play around- but if you have something specific in mind (either an effect or a time frame) then hit up the photoshop help or online tutorials. The lovely thing about photoshop is that there is so much to it that a person with usual cognitive function may never actual fully conquer it...
- June 7, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Moira
Play around with filters and add layers. I always do a duplicate layer for my picture and apply filters to that. You can also adjust the transparency of layers to change the effects. I concur that doing tutorials is a great way to figure out how things are done -- I did a lot of tutorials when I was learning. Also, go to your local library and check out some books -- even if they are for older versions, you'll likely find most of the info translates and you won't have to spend anything to test them out. If you find a great book, you can always buy it.
- June 7, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Moira
Also, some libraries even offer free beginner's class for Photoshop.
- June 7, 2011 at 9:40 AM
- becca jordan
just stumbled onto your blog! you are so cute - and smart apparently! my mom went to law school when we were growing up and i am impressed at how you manage your time and stillmake time for fun crafty stuff!
as far as photoshop - i had to take an online paid class (lynda.com) for my marketing degree and while it was helpful, i definitely think playing around and googling is just as helpful. and you know... free. - June 7, 2011 at 11:48 AM


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AMARILLO, TX -- The results are in for the Amarillo police department's increased patrols over the holiday season.
The month long holiday patrol, which began November 26th, resulted in almost 400 extra hours of patrols across the city...focusing on high traffic areas..
Officers made more than 400 stops, resulting in about 20 arrests, which according to Corporal Jerry Neufeld, makes it a success.
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An IBM supercomputer developed by the war-geeks at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico has become the world's first so-called "petaflop" computer, processing more than 1,000-trillion calculations a second — so fast you could actually read this blog posting before Gator thinks of it.
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The only thing that will happen faster is the sale of the new technology to China.
Meanwhile, rising gas prices and your 401(k)'s plunging values are setting petaflop land-speed records of their own. Shouldn't the joy boys at Los Alamos be figuring out some alternative energy sources that will lift America out of its economic doldrums instead of farting around with their PCs all day?
And what does "petaflop" mean anyway? Sorta sounds like a small rodent's manure or something that happens after sex. Oh look, here's an explanation: A petaflop is a measure of a computer's processing speed and can be expressed as a thousand trillion floating point operations per second. FLOPS are floating-point operations per second. Floating-point is considered to be a method of encoding real numbers within the limits of finite precision available on computers. Using floating-point encoding, extremely long numbers can be handled relatively easily. A floating-point number is expressed as a basic number, an exponent, and a number base which is usually 10 but may also be 2.
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Is Going Over the 'Fiscal Cliff' Necessarily the Worst Outcome? >
Obama's Soak-the-'Rich' Tax Hikes Are Worse Than the Fiscal Cliff
We should worry about Obama's class warfare, not the fiscal cliff
November 16, 2012
America actually will fall off two fiscal cliffs in January, but only one of them is bad. The good fiscal cliff is the so-called sequester, which is the inside-the-beltway term for automatic spending cuts. These aren't really spending cuts, just reductions in the growth of spending. If the sequester takes place, total federal spending will climb by $2 trillion over the next 10 years instead of $2.1 trillion.
But anything that restrains the growing burden of government spending is a good idea, so a small step is better than nothing.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the fiscal cliff.]
The bad fiscal cliff is the automatic tax hike, which exists because the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of the year. This means higher tax rates for all taxpayers, as well as increased double taxation of dividends and capital gains.
That would be bad news for the economy, but it also would be terrible fiscal policy since politicians would have very little incentive to control budgetary waste if they expect more revenue.
But even though that fiscal cliff would be bad news, it's not the worst possible outcome. President Barack Obama has proposed a class-warfare plan that would repeal the sequester and maintain—and exacerbate—the tax hikes on the so-called rich.
At the risk of making a lame joke about a very serious topic, this is the make-America-more-like-France fiscal plan. We give up the only bit of spending restraint that was included in the 2011 debt limit agreement and we get a bunch of tax increases that undermine growth and competitiveness.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the budget and deficit.]
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If Obama prevails, he'll be rewarded for dogmatism, but he won't find a pot of gold at the end of the class-war rainbow. Successful taxpayers will adjust their behavior in ways that reduce taxable income, which means the government won't get much money even though it will impose a lot of damage.
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Well, that claim is now being directly challenged by Google and the film's producer,*Mark Basseley Youssef, or whatever the hell he's calling himself this week. Youssef, who is serving time in prison for using multiple names in violation of his parole, has furnished what he says is the "personal release" signed by Garcia. He says that he is prepared to testify under oath that it is the "cast deal memo" signed by the actress. A copy of his declaration is below. Now, it should be stressed in very strong terms that Youssef is currently in jail for breaking the law and lying his posterior off, so the need for this document to be validated is certainly there. That said, if the document is genuine, Garcia has some real issues. Forget the lawsuit regarding copyright entirely, since the waiver ostensibly releases any rights that may exist there (and I don't think they exist anyway) to the filmmaker. On top of that, the waiver also includes language preventing Garcia from litigating the film producers as well, though I'm not sure how likely such provisions would hold up in court in this controversial case. All that being said, if Garcia signed a release and then brought a court case against Youssef and Google for copyright violation, that is a clear case of copyfraud, and it spells trouble. Aside from the obvious legal implications of bringing such a false claim, one has to wonder if any other aspects of her case that may still be allowed to go forward would be damaged by the potential fact of Garcia*herself also being a proven liar. Again, this document sure as hell needs to be vetted, considering the source, but if it's real, it's damaging.Permalink | Comments | Email This Story Read the full story here.


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Your hairdresser, the babysitter, the house keeper... Every December, the same question comes up... How do you take care of the people who take care of you all year?
The list of people you're supposed to tip can be really long. So you've just got to use your best judgement and for gosh sakes, don't ever tip more than you can afford. According to Emily Post, the amount you tip depends on the frequency of service and your relationship.
Example? If you don't know your trash collector's name, well, a tip's probably not in order. Same goes for your letter carrier, who by the way, isn't supposed to receive cash anyway.
For cleaning people, gardeners, trainers or babysitters, the suggested amount is equal to a session of their normal pay… And for a school teacher? A group gift from students and parents is considered correct. Cash? Not so much.
And when you give somebody cash... don't just hand them money, make sure to put it in a card, with a nice, hand-written note. And you know, sometimes you don't have the money. That's OK. If that's the case, just give them the card.
Bottom line? Tipping is a way of saying thank you... but don't ever feel obligated to give a tip. A tip is for exceptional service. We've got your holiday tipping guide at MoneyTalksNews.com, just do a search for "tipping."
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