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The purpose of this blog is to explore the history, culture and myths of the northern European peoples with a special emphasis on the Germanic and Celtic peoples. The blog will focus on the culture that these peoples share in common and is a companion blog to the Aryan Myth and Metahistory and Die Armanenschaft der Ario-Germanen blogs. This blog is not affiliated with any other individual or organisation.
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Monday, 15 October 2012
The Mead Horn and the Awakening of our Gods
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Wednesday-the Day of Woden
Monday, 8 October 2012
Anglo-Saxon God Names in English Place-Names
The evidence for the worship of our Anglo-Saxon Gods is to be found all over the English countryside and in English towns, villages and hamlets. Woden, Thunor, Tiw and Frige are to be found as elements in place-names and managed to survive the christianisation of our people. They exist today as a constant reminder of our natural Gods just as we are reminded about them in the days of the week.
Woden features in more place names than any other God and indeed this should not surprise us as He is the All-Father, our most high God. Below are examples of such place names, many of them gleaned from the pages of A Dictionary of English Place-Names by A.D. Mills. I have only included examples which are known to be reliable.
Woden[also known as Grim] Wednesbury, Wednesfield, Wednesham, Wanborough, Wansdyke, Woden`s Barrow, Woden Hill, Woden`s Way, Woden`s Den Woodway, Wornshill, Woodnesborough, Grimsdyke, Grimes Graves, Grimsbury, Grimley, Grimspound, Grimscote, Grimsthorpe, Grinstead.
Thunor Thundersley, Thursley. Tiw Tysoe, Tuesley, Dewsbury.
Frige Frobury, Froyle, Fretherne, Fride.
In addition to God names some place-names indicate heathen sites of worship without specifying a particular God`s name. Hearg[Harrow], Wig and Weoh[Wye] are Anglo-Saxon terms for `heathen shrine or temple`. Harrow Harrow, Harrow Weald, Harrowden, Great and Little Harrowden. Wye Wye, Weedon, Weedon Bec, Weedon Lois, Weeford, Wysall and Wyfordby.
There are many place names preceded by Freo, Frea and Ing but I am not yet convinced that these are necessarily references to place names named after Anglo-Saxon Gods. I will need to conduct further research. However I would be very surprised if these Gods were not also honoured in our place-names. I have specifically focused on Anglo-Saxon not Scandinavian examples and therefore have not searched for Scandinavian examples although I am surprised how few there are in comparison to Anglo-Saxon ones.
Woden features in more place names than any other God and indeed this should not surprise us as He is the All-Father, our most high God. Below are examples of such place names, many of them gleaned from the pages of A Dictionary of English Place-Names by A.D. Mills. I have only included examples which are known to be reliable.
Woden[also known as Grim] Wednesbury, Wednesfield, Wednesham, Wanborough, Wansdyke, Woden`s Barrow, Woden Hill, Woden`s Way, Woden`s Den Woodway, Wornshill, Woodnesborough, Grimsdyke, Grimes Graves, Grimsbury, Grimley, Grimspound, Grimscote, Grimsthorpe, Grinstead.
Thunor Thundersley, Thursley. Tiw Tysoe, Tuesley, Dewsbury.
Frige Frobury, Froyle, Fretherne, Fride.
In addition to God names some place-names indicate heathen sites of worship without specifying a particular God`s name. Hearg[Harrow], Wig and Weoh[Wye] are Anglo-Saxon terms for `heathen shrine or temple`. Harrow Harrow, Harrow Weald, Harrowden, Great and Little Harrowden. Wye Wye, Weedon, Weedon Bec, Weedon Lois, Weeford, Wysall and Wyfordby.
There are many place names preceded by Freo, Frea and Ing but I am not yet convinced that these are necessarily references to place names named after Anglo-Saxon Gods. I will need to conduct further research. However I would be very surprised if these Gods were not also honoured in our place-names. I have specifically focused on Anglo-Saxon not Scandinavian examples and therefore have not searched for Scandinavian examples although I am surprised how few there are in comparison to Anglo-Saxon ones.
Sunday, 7 October 2012
A Search For an Anglo-Saxon Alternative to the Term `Priest`
Friday, 5 October 2012
The Teutonic Priesthood
Of course we know from the slightly later writings of Tacitus, notably in his Germania that the Germans not only had priests but these priests offered public sacrifices. I very much doubt that in the space of less than 150 years that their customs changed so radically. The Teutons certainly did not have `druids` for this is specific to the Celtic peoples but we know from the Roman historian Tacitus that they did have priests and a pantheon of Gods. Even this is brought into doubt by Caesar: "The only things which they count as gods are things they can see and which clearly benefit them, for example, the Sun, Vulcan, and the Moon. They have not even heard rumours of any others."[Sixth Book, paragraph 21]. `Vulcan` is taken to mean the element or deity of fire.
Whilst it is clear that the Teutons did honour these three things as representative of Gods it is inconceiveable that by the time of Tacitus in the following century that they suddenly had a developed pantheon of Gods and Goddesses and not one at the time of Caesar. Tacitus either did not know the correct Teutonic names of our Gods and Godesses or chose to give them Latin names as he wrote for a Roman readership. "As for gods, Mercury is the one they worship most, and on certain days they think it right to propitiate him even with human victims. Hercules and Mars they appease with lawful animals. Part of the Suebi sacrifice also to Isis; I have not ascertained the source from which this foreign rite originates, but the fact remains that the image itself, fashioned in the form of a light ship, proves that the cult is imported. In other matters, they judge it not in accord with the greatness of the gods to confine them with walls or to liken them in appearance to any human countenance. They consecrate woods and groves, and the mystery that they see only in their awe they call by the names of gods." "[Tacitus` Germania 9.1 and 9.2]
It is assumed by scholars that Mercury, Hercules and Mars are names that Tacitus gave to represent our Woden, Thunor and Tiw. Isis may very well be the Goddess Nehalennia[a Dutch deity] or Nerthus. I also speculate that this could in fact be the very mysterious and obscure Goddess, Isa. "Then come the Reudigni, the Aviones, the Anglii, the Varini, the Eudoses, the Suarines, and the Nuitones, defended by rivers or woods. There is nothing noteworthy about them individually, except that collectively they worship Nerthus, or Mother Earth, and believe that she takes part in human affairs and rides among the peoples." [Germania 40.2] Tacitus also refers to the deities Tuisto and Mannus[Germania 2.2].
Thus it is clear that the Teutons did in fact have a developed pantheon of Gods who they ascribed proper names and personalities to. We also know this to be the case from later writings by christian priests and from the Icelandic sagas and there is every reason to believe that there was a continuous and unbroken tradition over the centuries which knew only a geographic variation with local cults of deities. Germania 9 makes it clear that the Teutons did offer both animal and human sacrifices. Furthermore if sacrifices were offered to the Gods then it reasonable to assume that there was a recognised priesthood to carry out this function. In Germania 40.3 Tacitus refers to such a priesthood: "On an island in the Ocean is a holy grove, and in it a consecrated wagon covered with hangings; to one priest alone is it permitted so much as to touch it. He perceives when the goddess is present in her innermost recess, and with great reverence escorts her as she is drawn along by heifers." It is clear from Tacitus description and carefully chosen words that Nerthus, the Goddess he is referring to had more than one priest-"to one priest alone...." and thus this constitutes a priestly order. Adam of Bremen referred to the great temple at Uppsala and its priesthood: "Assigned to all their gods they have priests to present the sacrifices of the people." Bede of course refers to the Anglo-Saxon priest Coifu in his History of the English Church and People.
The Teutonic priesthood unlike the Celtic druidic orders was not a national priesthood but one which was restricted to the tribe and thus there will be differences between them, especially as certain deities were only recognised by specific tribes, such as Nerthus and Nehalennia. The Teutonic priests had charge of the sacred groves[the precursors of the later temples], the administration of justice, public sacrifices, the casting of lots, interpretation of omens and the safeguarding of the law. In the far north the function of priest and chieftain or king was most likely combined into a single office. A typical example is that of the Icelandic gothi. No doubt they carried this tradition with them from their native Norway.
We have no reason to suppose that there were no priestesses.The female equivalent of the gothi, the gythia is attested to in the Icelandic sagas. The temple was more than likely a development from the sacred grove. "It has been observed that among the Indo-Europeans the most ancient temples that were dedicated to the gods were sacred groves. In his survey of European folklore, Jacob Grimm observed that among the ancient Germans the oldest temples were groves. This was the case in all the lands where the Indo-Europeans held sway as the grove was the original place where the sacred was revered."[The Druids, G. Alexander] The temple at Uppsala was surrounded by a grove. Tacitus in Germania 39 refers to the sacred grove of the Suebi and in Germania the sacred grove of Nerthus.
In smaller organisational units such as the clan or or family the head of the clan or the family performed the duties associated with the priest. "In the smaller organisations of society then, priestly duties seem to have been performed by the temporal chief. It is only the great organisation, the tribe or state, which possesses a class with exclusively priestly functions."[The Ancient Teutonic Priesthood, H. Munro Chadwick] A Teutonic priesthood is in the process of being formed today. If any readers wish to explore this further see the relevant links section on this blog!
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Coifu-Nithing Anglo-Saxon Traitor
Even during the days when I still clung to the desert `god` religion I was always disgusted by the actions of the nithing Coifu, who Bede in his A History of the English Church and People describes as a `Chief Priest`[Chapter 13]. We are not told if he was a priest of Woden but we have no reason to assume he wasn`t. Coifu accepted christianity without any apparent show of resistance although we only have the word of a cleric for this-Bede. Likewise these words attributed to Coifu may very well be the words of Bede which he put into Coifu`s mouth: "I have long realized that there is nothing in our way of worship; for the more deligently I sought after truth in our religion, the less I found." [As an aside that is what I eventually concluded about christianity!] Coifu then went on to suggest to King Edwin that the temple and altars be "desecrated and burned." Coifu also volunteered to be the first to carry out this heinous act. He asked Edwin for "arms and a stallion". Bede tells us that it was hitherto "unlawful for the Chief Priest to carry arms or to ride anything but a mare-and, thus equipped, he set out to destroy the idols. Girded with a sword and with a spear in his hand, he mounted the king`s stallion and rode up to the idols..... "as soon as he reached the temple, he cast into it the spear he carried and thus profaned it." I am not aware of any success or indeed any attempt in carrying out excavations to discover the remnants of the temple but Bede writes that "The site where these idols once stood is still shown, not far east of York, beyond the river Derwent, and is known today as Goodmanham." Goodmanham is an old village situated about 20 miles to the east of York in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the ancient kingdom of Deira in Northumbria. It is said that the old church of All Hallows stands on or near the site of the heathen temple. I would dearly love to see it demolished for a proper archaeological excavation to take place. It would not surprise me if that was the site as we know that it was church policy for heathen temples either to be taken over by the church or be destroyed to be replaced by a christian church building. Most old Anglican[formerly Roman Catholic] churches occupy sacred heathen ground. At least we know that the Anglo-Saxons used temples and idols as part of their worship and had a priesthood. These are things which are often denied by self-appointed `experts` on the subject!
Monday, 1 October 2012
Anglo-Saxon Priest of Woden Amulet Discovered in Norfolk
Sunday, 30 September 2012
A New Perspective on Loki
Friday, 28 September 2012
Irmin, Arminius and the Herminones
Saturday, 15 September 2012
The Gar Man/Ger Man
There are several interpretations of the etymology of the name German but one of the most if not THE most interesting is the following.
We know that the most ancient weapon of the pre-christian Germanic peoples was the spear. This was the weapon of choice and probably one of the easiest and cheapest to manufacture. It was the outward symbol of the Germanic Freeman who had come to maturity and acknowledgement within the clan through the slaying of a wild beast. It is a symbol of Germanic manhood and strength.
It is also the THE symbol of the Germanic God Wodan. His spear, Gungnir was inscribed with 17 runes on the spear head. It was a symbol of His power and lordship. Like the axe it one of the great symbols of our Folk.
The 33rd rune of the Anglo-Northumbrian Futhorc[incorrectly termed the Anglo-Saxon] is Gar. It represents the spear of Wodan. It is not or should not be regarded as the final rune of the fourth Aett but more correctly as the central rune around which all the others radiate for it is His rune and He is the centre of all things for He is the All-Father Wodan.
It has been interpreted by Wodens Folk as the "gift of Ing", Ing being the ancestral God of the English or Inglish Folk. The rune consists of a combination of Gebo or Gyfu and Ingwaz or Ing. However the Elder Futharc version of Gebo is more stylistically represented in Gar than the Anglo-Northumbrian version.
Gar is the beginning and end of a magical working and has the power to seal the magician`s intent.
The name German may thus have its etymology in the term ger-manni-people of the spear. Gar or Ger is Proto Germanic for `spear`. When confronting the Roman legions this may be an appelation that the Romans used to distinguish the Germanic peoples from their Celtic neighbours. The term as I have said does have other connotations which I intend to explore in further articles.
My recent article The Sacred Spears of the Germanic Priest-Kings posted on my Die Armanenschaft der Ariogermanen blog explores the use of the spear by the Germanic priest-kings.
Sunday, 9 September 2012
The Sacred Spears of the Germanic Priest-Kings
During the latter half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century a number of sacred spears belonging to the pre-christian Germanic tribes were located in modern day Germany, Sweden and Poland, being the Kovel spear, the Dahmsdorf spear, the Rozwadow spear and the Moos spear.
What these spears have in common is their construction-Iron with silver inlay and their runic inscriptions.
The one from Dahmsdorf has the inscription Ansuz-Jera-Nauthiz-Ansuz-Raitho. The inscription reading from right to left says ranja, ie the "runner". Edred Thorsson in his The Mysteries of the Goths speculates that this has the meaning of "the one which causes[them] to flee". The owner of the spear may have been a Burgundian, originally an East Germanic tribe.
It dates from around 250CE and it also contains solar and lunar symbols and was discovered in 1865 during the construction of a train station at Dahmsdorf-Muecheberg.
This and the other spears were never used in combat and clearly were of ceremonial purpose. Either these spears belonged to tribal priests or were symbolic totems of regal power belonging to chieftains.
The spear was the original and favoured weapon of the Germanic peoples and every Germanic freeman, every warrior possessed one as a mark of his status. In the case of chieftains and priests these were obviously more elaborate as these spears clearly have a mystical purpose.
We are of course reminded of Gungnir, the spear of Wotan/Wodan/Woden/Odin which likewise was according to Sigdrifumal 17 insricribed with 17 runes on its tip. It would of course be tempting to speculate what they are. It is of course possible that this may be a version of the normally 16 runes Younger Futhark.
It contains a Triskelion and a Swastika, both of which are solar symbols. These spears also contain tamgas which are Sarmatian or Scythian tribal symbols and thus show a connection with the steppe dwelling Iranian tribes who lived close to the East Germanic peoples.
The Germanic peoples considered themselves to be the offspring of their Gods and nobles in particular often reckoned their descent from Wodan. Therefore it is natural for a Germanic chieftain or king to possess a sacred spear as a symbol of the Wodan given regal power.
Later in the post-conversion times and the arising of the Parsifal myth the sacred spear or lance features as the symbolic weapon of the Grail king.
We know that the Holy Lance or spear of Longinus which allegedly currently resides in the Hofburg Museum in Wien has been dated to no earlier than the 7th century CE and therefore is not contemporary with the times of the so-called Christ.
No doubt this spear falls into a similar category as the four runic spears referred to in this article.
My readers may wish to also study my article from 12/5/12 on Die Armanschaft Der Ario-Germanen blog-Gungnir, Symbol of All-Father Woden and its Significance and also from 5/10/08 on my Celto-Germanic blog: Gungnir, the Spear of Odin.
Saturday, 25 August 2012
The Germanic Ethnicity of Isolde, the Goddess Isa and Iceland
In my researches into Germanic mythology I occasionally find references to a rather obscure Germanic Goddess called Isa. Isa as we know is the name of the 11th rune of the Elder Futhark, also known as Is in the Anglo-Saxon Futhork, Iss in the Scandinavian Futharks and Is in the Armanen Futhork.
There is a theory that this Goddess lends her name to Iceland or Island.
"Rassmann identifies Island as derived from Isa, a goddess of the under-world, probably the same as Holda, and not as Iceland."[Legends of the Wagner Drama by Jessie L. Weston]
As a female personal name it is Teutonic and of ancient origin, signifying aristocratic, strong willed, a ruler. The element of strength is brought out in the hard, icey and cold nature of the Isa rune.
It is generally considered that due to the Celtic location and time frame of the Tristan and Isolde legend that Isolde was an Irish Celtic princess. However this is a mistake albeit an understandable one.
During the 9th century CE it was a Viking and not an Irish king that held court in Dublin and we should not forget the significant Scandinavian and thus Germanic heritage of Ireland from the 9th and 10th centuries.
German scholars according to Jessie L. Watson derive Isolde`s name from Iswalt or Iswalda[Eis-walterin=ruler of the ice]. The earliest form of the Isolde name is Isalde[Wolfram von Eschenbach]. Legends always represent her as fair haired-`die lichte` as opposed to the rival dark-haired Isolde. She concludes that the Germanic forms of the name have more in common than the Kymric Essylt.
It is also interesting to consider that in the German Nibelungenlied Brunhild is represented as the queen of Iceland and her very nature is hard, icey and strong-willed. She dwellt in her fortress Isenstein[`Ice rock`]and was a beautiful woman of formidable strength and fortitude.
Could it be that the two distinct legendary figures of Isolde and Brunhild originally derive from a common Germanic source?
Sunday, 12 August 2012
*Perkunos-the Original Name of the Northern PIE Thunder God
For a long time I have recognised the special relationship between the Germanic, Baltic and Slavic Thunder Gods, not only in their functions, characteristics and physical attributes but also in the shared etymological origins of His name.
The reconstructed name of the Proto-Indo-European Thunder God is *Perkunos. From this name we derive the name of the Baltic Thunder God Perkonis amongst the Prussians[Prussian is an extinct Baltic language], Perkons from the Latvian and Perkunas from the Lithuanian. All these aforementioned languages are Baltic which is now recognised as the oldest Indo-European language group. I suggest that scholars should direct their efforts in exploring the language, folklore and mythology of the Balts for in so doing we will learn more about our shared Aryan past.
Amongst the Slavic peoples He is named Perun[Czech]and Pyerun[Russian]and Perunu[Old Russian].
There is a possible cognate with the Indic Parjanya, an alternative name for the Hindu God Indra[who is also called Indara amongst the Iranians].
There would not appear to be a direct association with the Germanic Thor/Thunar/Donar but we should recollect that an alternative name for Jord[Thor`s mother] is Fjorgyn which Jaan Puhvel[Comparative Mythology] states is a cognate.
The Celtic Taranis is cognate with the Germanic Thunar and thus indirectly liked to *Perkunos.
All this is suggestive of a very close shared mythological link between the Balts, Slavs and Teutons and a more tenuous link with the Celts. No doubt this is because the Teutons remained as one people with the Balts and Slavs long after the dispersal of the Celts and the link between the Balts and Slavs is much longer still.
These Thunder Gods all carry an axe or a hammer. The Baltic and Slavic Thunder Gods are generally seen with an axe which my readers will know from earlier articles is a much older weapon than the hammer and Thor`s hammer developed from this.
Also the first axes were made of stone and this is reflected in the etymology of hammer which originally meant `stone`.
The antiquity of the northern European Thunder God is also reflected in the Baltic and Slavic names which are derived from PIE *peru which means `stone`.
Amongst our ancestors an association between the Thunder God and the stone axe was made in the concept of thunder falling to earth in the form of a stone axe.
Another thing that these Thunder Gods have in common is their physical and material characteristics-red bearded/red haired, hot-tempered and rambling across the heavens in a chariot pulled by a goat or goats.
The Thunder God amongst the Balts and Slavs is regarded very much as their supreme deity. I believe that at one stage this was also the case amongst the Teutons but as we know in some parts of the Germanic world Thor was still recognised as occupying this position, such as in the north Germanic language area. The cult of Odin/Woden/Wotan appears to have developed in the south Germanic language area and spread northwards.
Amongst the Greek and Roman pantheons the Thunder God[Zeus/Jupiter] still reigned as supreme which is an indication of His great antiquity and importance.
Within the Germanic heathen community we need to give proper recognition to the Thunder God and not shy away from exploring the myths, folk tales and folklore of related northern Aryan peoples and indeed other non-Indo-European speaking peoples such as the Finns for it would appear that Finnish mythology has much in common with Germanic mythology.
The Finnish Thunder God is Ukko, whose sacred trees are the oak and the rowan and His weapon is an axe or a hammer, sometimes a stick or a sword. It is believed that He has Indo-European origins. Iron age specimens of axe and hammer pendants have been found in Finland. His name may have developed from Perkele which seems suspiciously related to *Perkunos.
Sources: Comparative Mythology by Jaan Puhvel.
The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World by J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams.
European Myth and Legend by Mike Dixon-Kennedy.
Sunday, 24 June 2012
The Ancient Presence of the Germanic Peoples in England
Academics are beginning to unearth evidence from the disciplines of linguistics,genetics,archaeology and history for the much deeper antiquity of the presence of the Germanic peoples in the British Isles. Two books in particular are of especial interest and relevance to this subject, namely Stephen Oppenheimer`s The Origins of the British and Graeme Davis` The Early English Settlement of Orkney and Shetland.
Another work which is indirectly of assistance in the much wider issue of the deeper antiquity of the Indo-European presence in Europe is Colin Renfrew`s Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins.
Dr Oppenheimer`s work unfortunately has been misunderstood and misinterpreted on many discussion forums where people assume[often those who have not taken the time to read his book] that his general theory is that the British Isles "were populated almost entirely by Iberians and Basques". This is a false understanding. It is clear that if they had taken the trouble to read his book-IN ITS ENTIRETY they would see that his main argument and theory is that the English population of Britain has a much deeper antiquity than the arbitary date of 449CE referred to in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.
Oppenheimer uses first the science of genetics to establish that Britain was populated in two directions: one from the modern region of the Basque country in southern France and northern Spain where northern Europeans had retreated before the last great Ice Age and then returned to northern Europe and one from North West Europe. This does not make any of the populations of Britain Basque or Iberian[these ethnicities did not even exist at the time!]just because some of the Basques or Iberians have a similar DNA haplotype to some northern Europeans. This faulty interpretation of genetics and history unfortunately leads many lesser minds to infect others with similar error.
After establishing the genetic basis for the migration into the British Isles he then explains his argument from various sources that Old English[which we commonly refer to as "Anglo-Saxon"]is a much more ancient language than it is traditionally thought to be. Indeed he goes so far to postulate that Old English which he feels has more Norse influence than Low German should be considered as a seperate branch of Germanic, midway between North and West Germanic. The utter lack of Latin and Celtic loan words and the apparent division into distinct regional dialects of Old English so soon by the mid 6th century CE points to the presence of a much more long standing Germanic language in England which created a hybrid with the Anglo-Saxon invasions which he feels did not significantly change the gene pool of England because he argues that Germanic people had already colonised England at some point between the Neolithic and Bronze Ages and that there has been a steady colonisation from that point up to the 5th century CE and onwards with the Danish invasions.
Oppenheimer also demolishes the theory that Celtic languages were introduced into Britain as late as the Iron Age, again arguing for a much deeper presence of Indo-European languages. He also establishes the likely Germanic roots of the Belgae who he believes were also part of the long Germanic migration into Britain.
His theories should be of considerable utility to all who are involved in the reawakening of the Germanic English peoples and their struggle to regain their soil from the invader.
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Baltic Languages and Mythology-a Living Remnant of our Aryan Past
Whilst the title of this blog suggests an emphasis on comparative Germanic and Celtic mythologies from time to time it is my intention to explore other closely related northern European mythologies,in particular the Baltic and Slavic.
Whilst the Gaelic tongue is undoubtedly an ancient Indo-European language as Latin, Greek and Sanskrit are the Baltic languages are probably the most archaic and the study of these languages can get us closer to our Indo-European roots.
Baltic is divided into West Baltic[Old Prussian-now extinct] and Eastern Baltic[Lithuanian and Latvian].
In addition to the antiquity of Baltic which in itself can reveal the likely form of our Ur-Sprache and the lifestyle of our ancient Aryan ancesters the very fact that the Balts did not start to convert to christianity until the 15th century CE-over 400 years after the Icelanders and approximately 800-900 years after the Anglo-Saxons there is a rich storehouse of pre-christian Aryan and moreover northern European folklore and mythology which can help to throw light upon the beliefs or our Germanic and Celtic ancestors and even further back to Proto-Indo-European times.
By analysing the remnants of Celtic, Germanic, Baltic and Slavic myths we can throw light upon the individual mythologies and project back in time a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European belief system.
The Balts unlike their Celtic, Germanic and Slavic neighbours resided in a living space that was relatively free of other indigenous peoples and remain untouched by the centuries of alien invasions by Mongolian and Hunnish hordes.
It is amongst the Baltic peoples that we can expect to find a more archaic, pure and untouched mythology, language and blood inheritance.
Over the coming months it is my intention to explore and discuss some of the details of the Baltic mythological system and how it can help us to reconstruct our pre-christian ancient Aryan one.
Baltic mythology is largely to be found in the pre-christian Dainas or hymns which are comparable in many ways to the Sanskrit Vedas.
"The German philosopher J.G. Herder[200 years ago] and the French linguist M. Jonval[80 years ago] described the Latvian Dainas as an archaic inheritance from the very beginnings of the Indo-European[I.E.] language community."[The Origin of The Baltic and Vedic Languages by Janis Radvils Paliepa]
Saturday, 24 March 2012
The Lone Wulf
The wolf as an animal that has an ancient and close connection to the pre-christian Germanic peoples and should be viewed along with the boar, the bear and the raven as a totemic animal for our people. Woden as my readers will be aware is the master of two wolves, Geri and Freki.
Many of us who are active in the Wodenic revival not only associate ourselves with this animal but adopt its characteristics, albeit perhaps unconsciously which all the more affirms our ancient afinity for this creature. Some of us even go on to adopt its name as our own personal name because of our close identification.
Germanic man`s affinity with the wolf, especially the lone wolf goes back to the concept of the Werwolf and an example of this may be found in the legend of Sigurd and his son Sinfjotli who was conceived by his sister Signy in order to exact revenge upon the enemies of the Volsunga, his blood being of the purest kind and a linear descendant of Woden Himself.
The characteristics of the Lone Wolf in particular should be of especial interest to us and are worthy of emulation.
A laudable definition of the Lone Wolf may be found on Wikipedia:
A lone wolf is a wolf that lives independently rather than with others as a member of a pack. The term is also used in reference to people who exhibit characteristics of introversion or a strong preference for independence.
In the animal kingdom, lone wolves are typically older wolves driven from the pack, perhaps by an alpha male, or young adults in search of new territory. Rather than openly challenge the dominance of the pack leaders, many young wolves between the ages of 1 and 4 years leave their family to search for a pack of their own. Some wolves will simply remain lone wolves; as such, these lone wolves may be stronger, more aggressive and far more dangerous than the average wolf that is a member of a pack. However, lone wolves have difficulty hunting, as wolves' favorite prey, large ungulates, are nearly impossible for a single wolf to bring down alone. Instead, lone wolves will generally hunt smaller animals and scavenge carrion. Occasionally, a lone wolf will encounter another lone wolf of the opposite sex, and the two may start a new pack.
When used to describe a person, this term is applied to individuals who prefer solitude, or who work alone. In literature, the term is used to establish a character as aloof and emotionally unable or unwilling to directly interact with other characters in the story. A stereotypical lone wolf will be dark or serious in personality; he is often taciturn, and will distinguish himself through his reserved nature.
Lone wolf of the group
A paradoxical additional term used to describe someone who spends enough time with a group to be considered a member but not enough time to be very close to the other members. Such people tend to not take part in the group activities or "get-togethers". It is also rarely applied to someone who is shy and tends to refer to someone who simply spends most of their time alone.
When applied to military or security groups, it refers to someone who frequently acts on their own accord, insists on working alone, refuses to work with most of if not all members of the group and/or goes against the plans of missions/operations and attempts to complete said task alone.
Sunday, 19 February 2012
Wotans Krieger Recommends: The Germanic People, Their Origins, Expansion & Culture by Francis Owen
Although out of print I was fortunate enough to get a second hand hardback copy of this work in near pristine condition.
What makes this work different from others is that Mr Owen is not afraid to cover the racial genesis of the Germanic peoples, the result of the fusing together of the Corded Ware, single grave battle axe wielding Indo-Europeans and the aboriginal Northern Megalithic culture which is reflected in the myth of the war and reconciliation of the Aesir and Vanir Gods of northern mythology.
His work extends far back into the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic period and forward into the Bronze Age and the pre-Roman and Roman Iron Age.
Mr Owen uses the tools of archaeology, linguistics, history, mythology and anthropology in an intriguing way, the latter field rarely used these days when discussing the Germanic peoples. As the work in the scheme of things is fairly recent[1960] it is even more surprising that it is free from the post war anti-Germanic bias which is found in many other `scholarly` works.
I recommend this work to all those who are interested in the pre-history of the Germanic peoples, Germanic mythology and racial anthropology. It offers a thorough grounding in the basics which is sadly lacking in more recent works.
Sunday, 29 January 2012
The Importance of Germanic Names and Wyrd
Since the forced conversion of the Germanic peoples it has gradually become the fashion and the norm for parents to give their babies non-Germanic and often non-Aryan names, particularly biblical names, whether they be traditionally jewish or christian in nature. This trend in recent years has got far worse with the numbers of Nordic children being given names such as Isaac, Jacob and Joshua increasing.
Taken from www.babycentre.uk
1. Oliver
2. Jack
3. Harry
4. Charlie
5. James
6. Joshua
7. Alfie
8. Thomas
9. Jacob
10. Ethan
11. Noah
12. Daniel
13. George
14. William
15. Samuel
16. Alexander
17. Oscar
18. Lucas
19. Dylan
20. Max
21. Benjamin
22. Henry
23. Leo
24. Ryan
25. Matthew
26. Finley
27. Isaac
28. Aiden
29. Jayden
30. Jake
31. Joseph
32. Alex
33. Logan
34. Luke
35. Muhammad
36. Nathan
37. Archie
38. Freddie
39. Riley
40. Connor
41. Ben
42. Sam
43. Lewis
44. Zachary
45. Toby
46. Theo
47. Aaron
48. Louis
49. Tyler
50. David
51. Sebastian
52. Reuben
53. Liam
54. Adam
55. Ollie
56. Edward
57. Luca
58. Harrison
59. Elliot
60. Callum
61. Finn
62. Jamie
63. Rhys
64. Michael
65. Mason
66. Cameron
67. Elijah
68. Owen
69. Gabriel
70. Jackson
71. Seth
72. Blake
73. Leon
74. Jude
75. Tom
76. Caleb
77. Kayden
78. Arthur
79. Evan
80. Pip
81. Dexter
82. Eli
83. Nathaniel
84. Harvey
85. Robert
86. Joel
87. Felix
88. Austin
89. Christopher
90. Stanley
91. Josh
92. Kai
93. Rory
94. Jasper
95. Andrew
96. Patrick
97. Harley
98. Finlay
99. Aidan
100. Louie
1. Lily
2. Emily
3. Isabella
4. Sophia
5. Isabelle
6. Sophie
7. Olivia
8. Ava
9. Chloe
10. Isla
11. Amelia
12. Jessica
13. Grace
14. Evie
15. Charlotte
16. Ella
17. Mia
18. Lucy
19. Freya
20. Ruby
21. Holly
22. Ellie
23. Hannah
24. Emma
25. Abigail
26. Megan
27. Jasmine
28. Daisy
29. Matilda
30. Erin
31. Poppy
32. Imogen
33. Maisie
34. Layla
35. Phoebe
36. Eva
37. Molly
38. Maya
39. Scarlett
40. Annabelle
41. Alice
42. Sienna
43. Amelie
44. Lola
45. Caitlin
46. Amy
47. Madison
48. Katie
49. Zoe
50. Florence
51. Elisabeth
52. Amber
53. Summer
54. Rosie
55. Emilia
56. Rebecca
57. Leah
58. Evelyn
59. Millie
60. Esme
61. Eleanor
62. Willow
63. Georgia
64. Zara
65. Lacey
66. Anna
67. Rose
68. Lexie
69. Eliza
70. Lauren
71. Bella
72. Elsie
73. Eloise
74. Isobel
75. Sarah
76. Martha
77. Keira
78. Faith
79. Niamh
80. Gracie
81. Gabriella
82. Skye
83. Harriet
84. Kayla
85. Alyssa
86. Maria
87. Nicole
88. Nina
89. Paige
90. Kate
91. Orla
92. Bethany
93. Iris
94. Alexandra
95. Sofia
96. Lilly
97. Isabel
98. Hollie
99. Annabel
100. Laila
I have highlighted in bold text those names which are Jewish, Arabic or New Testament in origin. A significant number of the rest are Germanic or even German in origin.
As Wodenists we know that the granting of a name to a child imparts a certain wyrd to that child that influences his character and his luck. Therefore we choose names that are Germanic, that is pre-christian and often these names incorporate the names of our Gods and Godesses.
Vilhelm Groenbech in his The Culture of the Teutons Volume 2 under Chapter 3 Name and Inheritance has this to say on the matter:
"At the point where the new-born child is adopted by the clan he is brought into contact with the power that resides in the possessions of the race. When the father gives the little one a name, and thus determines his fate by speaking a soul into him....." [My emphasis].
It is still the tradition within families for children to be named after their parents, grandparents or other ancestors and this custom goes back to ancient times. It was believed that by doing so one is assisting the rebirth of ones ancestors or kin. This is a good custom and should be encouraged but if the said names are not Germanic in character then it is far better to depart with this custom and instead to use pre-christian Germanic ones. I also encourage adults who bear such forenames or even surnames to relinquish them and choose ones that are more in character with one`s ethnicity and beliefs. This is something which I have done and consequently I have founded a new `dynasty`.
By continuing to impart foreign, ie non-Germanic names, especially non-Aryan names to our children we are granting a foreign and utterly alien character and wyrd to our children. Part of our awakening as an Aryo-Germanic people must be the recognition that Germanic children should be bear Germanic names.
Saturday, 21 January 2012
A Dream of the Reawakening of the English Folk
This morning I had a very interesting and what I feel to be a significant dream about the future of Wodenism in England.
My dream commenced with me viewing an online video of a Woden`s Folk event on my computer at work surrounded by other people who took an interest in what I was viewing.
The video overwhelmingly featured children dressed in red and white costumes and wearing horned helmets.
The scene of the dream then switched to me attending a very large meeting of folkish Wodenists who had gathered from all over England to celebrate England Day or as it is more commonly known-St. George`s Day. There were hundreds of people-all white and all English who came to gather in what was a carnival type of atmosphere. It was a sunny and happy day. I remember saying to a bystander, an old man with a beard "how proud people are of being English".
Coaches of people were arriving but most of these people were old people and I remarked to someone that "these people were probably not Woden`s Folk" but nevertheless were gathering to celebrate this special day.
Significantly there were old people and children who were predominant in this dream. This large number of old people are representative of our ancestors, the children being our descendants, signifying an unbroken genetic link between the past and the future. Our ancient Wodenic religion was being revived and was growing in popularity. The red and white costumes signify the colours of the English Cross flag and the White Dragon flag. The children`s horned helmets represent our Germanic heritage. The coaches signify a communal experience and means of getting to our ultimate destination and achieving our shared goal.
I believe this dream to be prophetic and I cannot help but draw a link between this and the coming referendum on Scottish independance. Freed of Scotland England and the ethnic English people will once again regain their Germanic English identity and proudly reassert this again in the world.
England`s premier Wodenist organisation, Woden`s Folk may be found on http://www.wodensfolk.org.uk/
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
The Volsunga Saga, Heroism and Blood Purity
One frequently hears non-folkish heathens making silly statements to the effect that our ancestors welcomed foreigners and did not discriminate against other races and indeed had no concept of race.
Let me address the first two opinions first. Our pre-christian Aryo-Germanic ancestors had a loyalty to their family, their clan, their tribe and their ethnic group[and by extension race]. In those times different Germanic peoples were able to communicate with each other with little difficulty. Any one who has studied Old English and Icelandic which is closely related to Old Norse will agree with me on that point. They recognised a kinship of blood, language and common religion.
Our ancestors fiercely defended the territories that they occupied from foreign invaders-unlike their feminised descendants today who bend over backwards to admit the most racially diverse peoples to invade their lands, squander their resources and impregnate their women. How different modern effeminate and metrosexual man is compared to his heroic forefathers. Even their foremothers had more balls than they.
Ancient man, not just Germanic man recognised racial differences and this subject is explored in great detail in Race in Ancient Egypt & The Old Testament by A.H. Sayce and R. Peterson. A study of ancient Egyptian art settles that question once and for all.
I would like to draw your attention to a very interesting segment from The Volsunga Saga, translated by William Morris, the first English translation from 1907:
`Then spake Volsung the king, "All people and nations shall tell of the word I spake, yet being unborn, wherein I vowed a vow that I would flee in fear from neither fire nor the sword; even so have I done hitherto, and shall I depart therefrom now I am old? Yea withal never shall the maidens mock these my sons at the games, and cry out at them that they fear death; once alone must all men need die, and from that season shall none escape; so my rede it is that we flee nowhither, but do the work of our hands in as manly wise as we may; a hundred fights have I fought and whiles I had more, and whiles I had less, and yet ever had I the victory, nor shall it ever be heard tell of me that I fled away or prayed for peace."`
These brave words were spoken by Volsung, great grandson of Woden to his daughter Signy, the mother of Sinfjotli by her brother Sigmund. Volsung and his sons lived and died by these words of heroism at the hands of their enemy Siggeir, king of Gothland and the husband of Signy.
By contrast today`s Germanic man is certainly not an heroic type. This may in part be due to the loss of the best blood of our race in two needless world wars for the cause of zionism. Another important factor is that Aryo-Germanic man has been systematically made to feel guilt for his race, a guilt first initiated by Judeo-Christianity and then further intensified by the holohaux by the Jews. Even today Germanic Englishmen will willingly enter the service of the zionist regime that runs this country but shirks from defending his land from the aliens who are breaking in here and are already here, raping and looting at will whyilst Aryo-Germanic man looks on emasculated, afraid to call a spade a spade and afraid of his own shadow.
Isreal is more important to him than the survival of his own folk, land and race.
One by one Sigmund`s nine brothers were killed by a she-wolf, reckoned by some to be the troll-wife of King Siggeir. Sigmund survives and for years whilst living underground and living by his wits his sister Signy presents her two sons to him to act as a help-mate but they prove to have inherited their father Siggeir`s bad, ignoble and cowardly blood. Recognising that personal qualities and human characteristics are transmitted by the blood or what we would now call DNA Signy changed outward form and mates with her brother producing a fine and heroic child and his name was Sinfjotli and he proves to be 100% Volsung, which of course he was, being more Volsung than either of his fine parents.
This demonstrates that our ancient Germanic Woden honouring ancestors acknowledged the power of genetic transmission and the importance of blood purity. This is a lesson for modern day Aryo-Germanic man. I hope that it is a lesson that it is not too late for him to yet learn!
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Mime Trap
I've been so busy with miscellaneous projects recently that it feels good to get back to just a regular comic.
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So we moved to Detroit a couple weeks ago! We're used to the suburbs and were actually looking to buy a house in a more country-ish area, but B is working long hours downtown and living here saves him 2 hours of commute each day. It was worth it to get him that time back, and my commute to work is actually shorter now too!
Everyone agrees that moving is one of the most stressful things to go through. We procrastinated getting our stuff packed up, and at the end we were just throwing stuff loose into my car to get it out of the old place. It was pretty disorganized. We also decided to use a moving company this time (lesson learned from previous moves), but in an effort to be frugal decided to have them just move the furniture and none of the boxes. Well, lesson learned again; next time I will gladly pay large sums of money to have someone move every last thing for me.
We're way up high in the sky, in a big tower apartment right downtown. The view is pretty amazing! The apartment itself is pretty standard as apartments go; we decided not to opt for a loft apartment because we like having separate rooms instead of larger shared rooms. The rest of the building really entices you in with the amenities; fitness center, pool, big community spaces. It feels fancy, like a hotel!
A few things I want to remember:
1. They gave us the wrong keys on our move in day
2. We had to buy a card and load it up with money to wash laundry.
3. There is no 13th floor.
4. The "Refuse Room" is a smell dirty room where the garbage chute is.
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Diablo's Kitchen
Diablo's Kitchen It's time for our fourth-ever Super CookNight! For this poster I went with a Diablo III theme, since most of the CookNight crew is currently engulfed by the game. We're going to aim for a "spicy foods vs. baked goods" set of foodstuffs, haha.
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text: Marston MS 88 Northern France, s. XIII 2/4 Aristotle, Opera varia, in Lat. tr. View digital images from the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database 1. ff. 1r-31r Primum oportet dicere circa quid et de quo est intencio. quoniam circa demonstracionem...cui autem b. a. omni et non pluribus sed convertitur si autem non: non erit unum vnius signum. Explicit liber priorvm analeticorum [followed by a diagram]. f. 31v blank Aristotle, Priora analytica, Lat. tr. Boethius. L. Minio-Paluello, ed., Analytica priora: Aristoteles latinus v. III, 1-4 (Bruges- Paris, 1962) pp. 5-139 (this manuscript cited on p. xxxvii, no. 265); translation identified by the editor (Intro., p. liii) as a mixture of the recensio Florentina and the recensio Carnutensis. Text is accompanied by extensive marginalia. 2. ff. 32r-51r Omnis doctrina et omnis disciplina intellectiua ex preexistenti fit cognicione...utique erit intellectus scientie principiorum et principium principiis. hoc autem omne similiter se habet ad omne genus rerum. Explicit liber posteriorum analeticorum. f. 51v blank Aristotle, Posteriora analytica, Lat. tr. Jacobus Veneticus (ca. 1130-40). L. Minio-Paluello and B. G. Dod, eds., Analytica posteriora: Aristoteles latinus v. IV, 1-4 (Bruges-Paris, 1968) pp. 5-107 (this manuscript cited on p. xxxiii, no. 287). Text is accompanied by extensive marginalia. 3. ff. 52r-66r [Part I:] Omnis ars et omnis doctrina. Similiter autem et operacio et proheresis boni alicuius operatrix esse uidetur... [f. 57r:] habitum autem eos qui laudabiles uirtutes dicimus intellectuales. [Part II, beginning on line 8:] Duplici autem uirtute existente hac quidem intellectuali illa uero consuetudinali ...[f. 66r, line 20:] nomen autem incontinencie et ad puerilia peccata transferimus. [Additional paragraph, beginning with line 21:] habet enim simile...de castitate in tantum dictum sit. Explicit liber ethicorum. Although written as a single work in this manuscript, the text consists of two distinct parts. Part I is the "Ethica nova" (Bk. I of the Ethica Nicomachea) in an anonymous translation produced s. XIII#i#n; R. A. Gauthier, ed., Ethica Nicomachea: Aristoteles latinus v. XXVI, 1-3.2 (Leiden, 1972) text: pp. 65-95; detailed analysis of Marston MS 88, which was used to establish this edition, on pp. lxxi-lxxv. Part II is the "Ethica vetus, editio longior" (Bks. II and III of the Ethica Nicomachea) in an anonymous translation produced s. XII#e#x. Gauthier, op. cit., text: pp. 5-48, 130-131; Marston MS 88 discussed on pp. xx, xxxvii-xxxviii, xlii. The text in this manuscript is called the "editio longior" because of the additional paragraph at the conclusion (cf. Gauthier, op.cit., Appendix on pp. cxlvii-cli). Text is accompanied by extensive marginalia; in addition, a long continuous text on the ontological structure of forms was written into the margins of ff. 56v-66r. 4. ff. 66v-84r [In upper margin:] Incipit liber de anima. [text:] Bonorum et honorabilium notitiam opinantes magis autem alteram altera que est secundum certitudinem aut ex eo quod meliorum ...auditum autem ut significet aliquid sibi ipsi linguam uero quatenus significet aliquid alteri. Aristotle, De anima, Lat. tr. Jacobus Veneticus as identified by L. Minio-Paluello, "Le texte du De anima d'Aristote: la tradition latine avant 1500," Autour d'Aristote: Receuil d'etudes...offert a Mons. A. Mansion (Louvain, 1955) pp. 217-43. The text is accompanied by extensive marginalia. 5. ff. 84r-86r Reliquorum autem primo considerandum de memoria et memorari quid est et propter quas fit et cui anime...memorantur animalia et de reminisci quidem et quo modo fit et propter quas causas dictum est. f. 86v blank Aristotle, De anima ([Greek] from the Parva naturalia), Lat. tr. Jacobus Veneticus; this treatise follows art. 4 directly without break or rubric. See L. Minio-Paluello, "Jacobus Veneticus Grecus: Canonist and Translator of Aristotle," Traditio 8 (1952) pp. 265-304. Parchment (thin, pliable), ff. i (paper) + 86 + i (paper), 202 x 150 (117 x 80) mm. Ca. 32 long lines. Single vertical and double horizontal bounding lines; ruled faintly in lead. I-II 8, III 8 (-7, no loss of text), IV-VII 8, VIII 10, IX-X 8, XI 8 (-6 through 8, blanks, stubs remain). Faint traces of catchwords, lower edge near gutter. Written in a small neat gothic text script, above top line and with uncrossed tironian et. Marginal and interlinear annotations, contemporary or slightly later, in a variety of scholarly hands; annotations written in ink, crayon and lead, some very faded and barely legible. Attractive flourished initials, red and blue divided with penwork designs in the same colors, mark the beginning of arts. 1-4; first few words of each of these texts written in red and blue alternating majuscules. For minor text divisions 2-line initials red or blue with designs in the opposite color. Paragraph marks in red (or sometimes alternating red and blue). Headings and instructions to rubricator in red. Binding: Germany, s. xix. Parchment case binding made from a bifolium of a missal (Germany, s. xv) containing text for the end of the Secret for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost through part of the Gospel reading for the 12th Sunday. Remains of title, in ink, on spine. Pink (faded red?) edges. Written in Northern France in the second quarter of the 13th century; given the extensive contemporary annotations, it was probably produced as a school text. Contemporary inscription on f. 86v: "pro duodecim sol. emptus fuit;" remainder illegible. Belonged in the 18th century to the library of the Benedictine monastery of St. Georgenberg, now Fiecht, in Austria (inscription in upper margin, f. 1r: "Bibliothecae Montis Sancti Georgij. II. 68"); Gauthier, op.cit., p. xx (Marston MS 88 listed incorrectly as Marston MS 11 and assigned to Germany, s. XIII#e#x). For a brief history of this monastery, pertinent bibliography, and a catalogue of its present holdings see P. Jeffery and D. Yates, Descriptive Inventories of Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Austrian Libraries, Vol. II: St. Georgenberg-Fiecht (Collegeville, Minn., 1985). Traces of large bookplate, now missing, on front pastedown. Pencil notes on front pastedown and front flyleaf: "II c. 20" and "M. II. c. 20;" in ink on front flyleaf: "14." Clipping, in German, from unidentified sale catalogue glued to front pastedown. Two modern pencil notes on back pastedown: "66 fl [?]W" and "M. Z. Sanders." Purchased from C. A. Stonehill (inv. no. 3034) in 1954 by Thomas E. Marston (bookplate). secundo folio: non album Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 74, no. 88. Barbara A. Shailor


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- Pete Freedman
- Rantal hams up an interview for a Web site video.
At the moment, Alex Billington and Mark Rantal couldn't be more pleased. Their smiles are huge, and their chests are puffed a little more than normal. They're standing tall, and there's a certain swagger to their gait well, as much of a swagger as a fanboy can carry with a straight face.
Here's what just happened. It's Friday afternoon, and these friends part of the brain trust behind firstshowing.net, a Colorado Springs-based Web site dedicated to all things film-related just got recognized. In plain sight, no less.
By their fans.
A handful of kids camped out among the bookcases of the Barnes & Noble Booksellers on Briargate Boulevard, patiently awaiting the release of the final Harry Potter book (a solid 11 hours beforehand), just spotted the duo entering the building. They pointed directly at Rantal in particular, mouths agape, and shouted out their find for all to hear.
Rantal, the more extroverted of the two, slid into his element, flashing a smile and running over to return the greeting.
It's just another confirmation that the 21-year-old Billington and 22-year-old Rantal have officially reached local celebrity status.
"Did you see that when I came in?" Rantal excitedly asks, sitting down at a table in the bookstore caf.
It's good to be appreciated.
For 12 weeks, since the release of Spider-Man 3, Rantal and Billington have been mainstays at the Cinemark Carefree Circle movie theater complex on Powers Boulevard. They've forgone their Thursday and Friday (and sometimes Tuesday and Wednesday) nights to take up shop in a "living room" they constructed outside the theater with plywood walls, carpets, couches, stereos, TVs and video game consoles. Thanks to the sponsorships they've received from local franchises of Lowe's, Game Crazy, Chipotle and, most importantly, Cinemark, Billington and Rantal and their friends have been holed up here, hyping up and emceeing the hours leading up to this summer's biggest releases.
Tonight, they'll host another opening-night showing in one of Cinemark's theaters this time for Hairspray. It'll be similar to what they normally do for each release, Billington says. They'll prepare gags and games and distribute film studio swag to early-arrivers at the theater.
"It's all about promoting the movies and promoting Cinemark," Billington says, explaining that he and Rantal have become an integral part in the opening weekend hype machine, at least locally.
"The whole idea," Rantal adds, "is that there's a huge group of people that are all excited for a movie. And we try to get them to feel like a group."
In a summer that was all filler and no killer when it came to blockbuster releases (the summer's three biggest earners to date, Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, were critically panned across the board), Billington and Rantal just might be the lone bright spots that will pop up when people (try to) recall The Summer That Could Have Been.
Again, at least locally.
Ups and downs
What's surprising, though, is that, despite the critical disdain toward this summer's blockbusters, 2007 will more than likely go down as the biggest summer box-office season in history. Moviegoers have been showing up to theaters in record numbers.
So far, no film has hit the iconic $400 million mark (Spider-Man 3 is the closest, at $335.6 million) reached by only seven films in history. Nonetheless, as of Monday, this summer's top 10 grossing films are just a combined $100 million shy of matching the earnings of the record-setting top 10 films from the summer of 2004.
That year, behind the strength of Shrek 2, Spider-Man 2 and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the top 10 combined to earn a whopping $2.2 billion.
This year's earnings are hot on the trail and without any showing yet from unreleased, no-brainer high-earners like The Simpsons Movie, The Bourne Ultimatum and Rush Hour 3.
(Oh, and for the record: It's not inflation doing the trick in '07. When factoring in the average $0.18-per-year increase in ticket prices over the past four years, the numbers show that this summer is only 44,000 tickets sold behind 2004's summer total placing it well beyond where the film industry stood at the same point three summers ago.)
But this wasn't exactly unexpected entering the blockbuster season. Indy film reviewer Scott Renshaw saw it coming way back in April ("The blockbuster cometh ...," csindy.com/csindy/2007-04-26/film.html), saying this season's numbers would be "unprecedented" and recommending readers look into purchasing popcorn stock.
Billington saw it, too. In a post on firstshowing.net, he called 2007 the "$10 billion summer," looking at international grossings and predicting that more than one film would earn at least $1 billion worldwide this summer.
So far, none has. But Billington isn't ashamed to admit he was wrong. And he thinks he knows why: "The films haven't been as big as everyone was expecting, because the films haven't been as good as everyone was expecting."
Passion of the moviegoer
What no one expected was just how successful Billington and Rantal would be at entertaining local moviegoers.
(Cinemark managers denied comment on their participation in the firstshowing.net events, but it has clearly been a mutually beneficial relationship.)
Aside from becoming instantly recognizable around town, the guys from firstshowing.net have seen a direct correlation between their Cinemark success and their Web site numbers. Billington boasts that his site garnered 750,000 hits last month. More impressively, a note he posted on the pre-Transformers trailer for the untitled 2008 J.J. Abrams (Lost) project has amassed over 1,200 on-site responses since it was initially uploaded June 29.
This feedback has Billington and Rantal convinced that this summer will be remembered mostly for the undeserved excitement generated by the film industry. They point to what they've seen from the Cinemark promenade, and the number of fans who have shown up, costumed as their favorite Spider-Man, Pirates and even Transformers characters.
They hope they'll be remembered, too, for being the guys who encouraged those actions. And, if the Barnes & Noble scene was any indication, that bet looks good.
"You can't forget the passionate people, even if you forget what they were passionate about," Rantal says. "It's something that was real. And real fun."


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Public health officials love the parable of the floating babies. You may have heard it — the townspeople are gathered at the riverbank for a celebration when suddenly they notice a baby struggling to stay afloat in the river's rushing waters. Someone runs to save the baby when he notices another one coming from upstream. More and more babies now come rushing down the river as the people of the town quickly make a human chain to try to save the infants.
Then, the story goes, a few townsfolk begin to run upstream along the riverbank. Someone yells to them, "Where are you going?"
"We're going to find out who is throwing these babies into the river and stop them!"
And the moral, of course, is that we can't just rescue those who are caught in the current of health risk; we have to look for the source of the problem if we're going to make real, systemic change.
Welcome to the riverbank.
On Monday, the Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics released its biennial Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth, a survey of more than 26,000 teenagers from 100 randomly selected high schools across the nation.
The survey's results? Our children are drowning in a river of entrenched unethical behavior that appears to be so engrained that no amount of intervention may be enough to save them. Here are a few of the discouraging highlights from the Josephson Institute's report:
- More than one in three boys (35 percent) and one-fourth of the girls (26 percent) — 30 percent overall — admitted stealing from a store within the past year.
- More than two of five (42 percent) said they sometimes lie to save money. Again, the male-female difference was significant: 49 percent of the males, 36 percent of the females.
- Cheating in school continues to be rampant, and it's getting worse. A substantial majority (64 percent) cheated on a test during the past year (38 percent did so two or more times), up from 60 percent and 35 percent, respectively, in 2006. There were no gender differences on the issue of cheating on exams.
Despite its statistically significant sample, the folks at Josephson Institute admit the survey may be off just a bit, since 26 percent — more than one in four teens — admit to lying on at least one or two questions on the survey.
And that's not even the worst of it. The most troubling finding is that 93 percent of those surveyed said they are satisfied with their personal ethics and character, and 77 percent said that when it comes to doing what's right, "I am better than most people I know."
America's young people are floating down the river without a moral compass, drowning in their own unethical behavior.
Someone run upriver. Fast.
I hate to be the one to say it, but when they get there, they're going to find a generation of American parents who don't really know what the job of parenting is all about.
Too many people think the role of parents is to provide an education and opportunities for success and mountains of stuff. Too many parents think their job is to make their children happy all the time.
It's time to roll up our sleeves and recommit ourselves to the real job of parenting, molding our children's good character and instilling a moral code and a conscience to guide them.
It's time for every parent to run upriver and get busy, because if we don't, we're the ones throwing our children into the water.


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The Emmy Award-winning anthology horror series "Tales from the Crypt" returns to network television starting Friday, October 5, when FEARnet debuts TV versions of the groundbreaking program on its linear channel and presents original episodes on its VOD platform.
Amazingly enough, this marks the first time that "Tales from the Crypt" can be seen on network TV since 2004, when it was previously syndicated.
The "Tales from the Crypt" episodes will premiere Friday nights in a two-hour block on FEARnet from 10 p.m. to Midnight ET/7 p.m. to 9 p.m. PT and will be re-aired on Mondays in the same time period. The 93 produced episodes will play in order, beginning with season one and continuing through its seventh, and final, season.
The original cable versions of "Tales from the Crypt," running from 1989 to 1996, are now available for the first time since their first airing, for FEARnet's VOD platform. Starting Wednesday, October 10, the premiere episodes will launch on FEARnet's VOD platform, which is currently available in more than 26 million homes. On FEARnet's industry-leading VOD Channel, the episodes will be presented in their original unedited format. Four episodes will be added to the VOD library every Wednesday, ensuring that there will always be something new and fresh for viewers to watch. Each episode will remain in the VOD library for six weeks.
In the month of October alone, FEARnet viewers will be treated to timeless episodes like "And All Through the House," based on the classic "Vault of Horror" entry about a maniacal Santa Clause terrorizing a murderous housewife on Christmas Eve (Oct. 5);"Collection Completed," directed by Mary Lambert ("Pet Sematary") and starring M. Emmet Walsh ("Blood Simple") as a recent retiree with a sinister plan for his wife's adopted pets (Oct. 12); "The Sacrifice," starring Michael Ironside ("Scanners"), about a murderous man being blackmailed for his deeds (Oct. 26); and "Four-Sided Triangle," directed by Tom Holland ("Fright Night") and starring Patricia Arquette ("Medium") as a troubled woman in love with a scarecrow (Oct. 26).
Additionally, FEARnet fans will be able to access all-new "Crypt" content on FEARnet.com. These extras will include a gallery of "Tales from the Crypt" comic book covers that were used on the show; exclusive video clips such as this one* when FEARnet filmed the opening of the "Tales" storage vault; and "Cryptkeeper-isms," a collection of classic one-liners from the Master of Scaremonies, himself.
"Tales from the Crypt" season one star, Patricia Arquette


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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Becky! Did you take all of those? You have an eye for photography! Seriously! Those are amazing! I try to take cool, artsy pictures like that, and they just end up looking like I was falling and snapped a shot! Seriously... hidden talent, not so hidden anymore! Wuv U! Jubes
- November 13, 2008 at 5:55 AM
- Skyla Bradley said...
What are you, a photographer or something?! yeesh.
- November 13, 2008 at 7:47 AM
ooooooooooooooh I love the colored containers for the pencils. I may just do that for my school room.
- November 13, 2008 at 7:29 PM
- caseylynne said...
awesome pictures. i wish i could take pics like you. so jealous.
- November 14, 2008 at 10:34 PM
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adidas have been dropping dope colourways of their EQT Support ADV this year reigniting the utitlity range into a lifestyle range and they have dropped their latest colourway to end the year with, a monochromatic royal blue look. The silhouette has adopted a "Triple Royal" aesthetic with the blue hue on everything from the mesh upper and moulded heel counter to the laces and EVA-cushioned sole unit.
The The adidas Originals EQT Support ADV "Royal Blue" is available now via Sneaker Politics


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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Getting my mojo back..
20 comments:
- Crafty Chris said...
wow you have come back with a bang 2 gorgeous cards and a lovely page in your book.
Chris x
- May 13, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- gina g said...
Gorgeous card Linda i love the flowers and the colours on the top one are fab. luv gina xx
- May 13, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- Pink Dandelion said...
Smashing cards. Debs xx
- May 13, 2012 at 11:33 AM
- Chris said...
You've certainly found your mojo! These cards are gorgeous!
- May 13, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- heidy said...
Wow what a gorgeous creations Linda!
Hugs Heidy
- May 13, 2012 at 12:29 PM
- Loz said...
Gorgeous cards and smash page Linda..Hugs Loz
- May 13, 2012 at 12:59 PM
- Riet said...
So beautiful cards Linda,I love the images and the colours.
So gorgeous papers.
Hugs Riet.xx
- May 13, 2012 at 1:24 PM
- Catherine said...
Gorgeous set of cards, so pretty....
- May 13, 2012 at 1:51 PM
- Love crafts forever said...
Hi Linda. Just stoping by to wish you Happy Mother's Day!!!! All your cards is gorgeous.
Hugs Nataliya
- May 13, 2012 at 2:26 PM
- coldwaters2 said...
Hi Linda what a beautiful selection of creations you are showing here I love the images of the top two cards the colours and designs are perfect, a great smash page looks so full of Spring delights.
Lorraine x
- May 13, 2012 at 2:48 PM
- Sandy said...
Well your Mojo is back big time - I love the two cards you just posted. They are both wonderful - everything you do is good. Love you smash book for sure.
- May 13, 2012 at 8:39 PM
- Chrissy said...
Two gorgeous cards Linda, love the LOTV image and gorgeous colouring, and great design, love MO's little madam too..love the layers and design, and a lovely scrapbook page too..you have cetainly come back with a hiss and a roar..
Luv CHRISSYxx
- May 13, 2012 at 10:12 PM
- coops said...
gorgeous cards linda.the images are so sweet and i really love your fab papers and designs :D
xx coops xx
- May 14, 2012 at 3:09 AM
- Lau W said...
Happy mother's day Linda !
Your cards are superb, so nice details !and your page is so sweet !
- May 14, 2012 at 10:38 AM
- Sue said...
Hi hun
oh you have been busy gorgeous selection of cards, luv the stroppy girl does make me smile, sue,x
- May 14, 2012 at 2:27 PM
- Lynne in NI said...
Wow, your mojo is definitely back 100% Linda ... not that I thought it was ever any less, but I know exactly how you feel! Beautiful cards, keep the smash pages coming too!
- May 14, 2012 at 2:49 PM
- PatR said...
Great work as always Linda. hope you enjoyed your Mother's Day xx
- May 14, 2012 at 2:58 PM
- Nannieflash said...
Wow Linda three beautiful cards all different but just gorgeous love your colour choices to. hugs Shirleyxxxx
- May 15, 2012 at 3:05 AM
- jem (jane elizabeth middleton) said...
glad you have your creative head back on, 3 great makes. janex
- May 16, 2012 at 12:39 AM
- Patty Sue 2 said...
These are all lovely. Been missing you! Did you get my e-mail a few weeks back?
- May 20, 2012 at 7:55 PM


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Yes it is time for the Aloha Friday blog hop again. If you were participating last week then you know I will be 1 of the co-hosts this month. I am super excited, I love these blog hops because you get to know so many new blogs and new blogs/readers get to know your blog. Go ahead add your blog to the blog hopping list and hoppity hop hop away!!
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Follow your Aloha Friday Hop hosts and team members.
(Please leave a comment with a link to your site and we will be sure to follow you back)
Link up your family friendly blogs
(Or other sites and projects you'd like to share)
Share this hop so that others might join in.
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I love you, because in my thousand and one nights of dreams,
I never once dreamed of you.
I looked down paths that traveled from afar,
but it was never you I expected.
Suddenly I've felt you flying through my soul
in quick, lofty flight,
and how beautiful you seem way up there, far
from my always idiot heart!
Love me that way, flying over everything.
And, like the bird on its branch, land in my arms
only to rest,
then fly off again.
Be not like the romantic ones who,
in love, set me on fire,
When you climb up my mansion,
enter so lightly, that as you enter
the dog of my heart will not bark.
Translated by Julio Marzan
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Love Without Love by Luis Llorens Torres
Favored / Written by Henelsie
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11 July 2011
X-Day 14 Sets
Three sets for ya'll to peep recorded at THE End of the World to end all Ends of the Worlds. First off is my solo set recorded as part of the "Renegade 'Frop Sessions" all-night Not-A-Rave event. The audio quality isn't the bestest, but for something not from the boards it's still pretty good.
After that are the two part 6 Fisted Tales of Connie impromptu jam session (recorded from the boards this time). Featuring myself with dubs and trying to act like I can scratch, Suds Pshaw on guitar, Slanderbob also on guitar, Bishop Stick on bass guitar, Hazel Desmoulins on the motherfucking SITAR, with additional backup by I forget who on tabla, and Thatan on kazoo and slide-whistle (hey, it's a SubGenius jam). TABLA BEATOFF SCIENCE, NUGGA WUT.
Here's the dl'z
DJ.2B at X-Day 14
6 Fisted Tales of Connie part 1
6 Fisted Tales of Connie part 2
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- EllisDee said...
wub... wub... wub
- 11 July, 2011 21:37
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Traffic on Long Beach and South Bay area freeways remains relatively light as of 7:10 a.m. with the exception of an animal hazard on the northbound 110 Freeway, a white van blocking traffic on the 105 Freeway and normal rush hour traffic building up.
The California Highway Patrol issued an animal hazard warning for two dogs walking near the offramp at the 110 and El Segundo Boulevard at around 6:50 a.m.
The CHP has also warned that a white van is blocking the number two lanes on the eastbound 105 Freeway at Long Beach Boulevard.
Conditions appear to be normal, otherwise, with typical heavy traffic building up on the northbound 405 Freeway with speeds in the teens, 20s and 30s between the 110 and Culver Boulevard.
Traffic is also building in westbound lanes on the 91 and 105 freeways with slow pockets in the teens and 20s centered around the 605, 710 and 110 freeway interchanges.


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* The Cranberry Area Transit Study has now concluded *
We still welcome feedback about the final report, but please keep in mind that the report is finished. You can download the report via the link below. For updated information since this study's conclusion, please contact the Butler County Transit Authority.
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A Cranberry Area Transit Study was undertaken in 2004 to evaluate the needs and identify options for public transportation for Cranberry Township, Butler County and the surrounding area. The study area is located in the southwest corner of Butler County, with a small portion located in northwest Allegheny County, and is bordered on the west by Beaver County. The study area includes Cranberry Township and the neighboring municipalities of Harmony, Zelienople, Mars, Evans City, Seven Fields Borough, Callery Borough, Valencia Borough, and Jackson, Adams, Forward, and Middlesex Townships (Butler County), and Marshall and Pine Townships (Allegheny County).
Rapid residential and employment growth has been occurring for the last decade in the Cranberry area. Industrial parks, the Route 19 retail corridor, remote office parks and numerous residential developments rely heavily on the automobile for transportation. There are limited pedestrian amenities, a lack of local transit facilities and existing park-n-ride lots are at capacity. This combined with lower population density in the area surrounding Cranberry Township make transit service planning a challenge.
This study was completed in December 2004 and was led by Cranberry Township, Butler County, Butler Township City Joint Municipal Transit Agency (The Bus), PennDOT and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC). Study partners included Federal Transit Administration, Port Authority of Allegheny County, Beaver County Transit Authority, New Castle Area Transit Authority, Butler Area Rural Transportation, Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board, and, study area municipalities, businesses and private citizens.
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Devo Wallpaper for the Mayan End of the World as seen in Forbes
The brand-new "Archaeologist's Digs" cottage at the Roxbury—the Hudson Valley's most fun, best-run "boutique motel," about three hours from New York City—isn't just about the Mayans, but part of it pays homage in grand style. The Mayan Temple bedroom cleverly riffs on the ancient civilization's numerical system and astrological calendar. It's a great place to be next week or anytime this winter. (It's welcoming its first guests December 26, with rates from $650.) The three-bedroom house is a comfy, campy base to look back and laugh at this whole "end of the world" thing, while also warming up in front of a...Read More


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From Michel and Rebecca Ponzi's estate in Italy overlooking the Adriatic Sea, this year's olive harvest is offering a bright and flavorful olive oil. Olives are abundant and healthy from a long warm summer during the olive ripening period resulting in a well balanced flavor.
Enjoy the savings of buying direct with guaranteed freshness of certified extra virgin olive oil. We utilize sustainable farming practices and an old world method for cold, first press extra virgin olive oil. You will find low acidity, beautiful aromatics and the fresh taste of olives. Enjoy a taste of Italy everyday and authentic extra virgin olive oil. We invite you to try it!


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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Diet after Thanksgiving?
Do you think about doing a diet after all this turkey, corn bread, mash potato and stuffing (my favorite) that you eat during the holidays.
What about a nice grill halibut with some veggies after one hour at the gym (you know this place where people pay to sweat on tortuous machine). If you are looking like me for some result without effort why not try this tea that you can find on the market that claim to clean your body and increase the "bowel movements". I tried this tea and let me warn you, if you live with roommates make sure that you got everything in your bathroom because it will become the favorite place to hang out. The "office" like I use to call my favorite room of the house going to be in your dream for a long time. I'm starting to create the public toilet map for NYC. Well I know this subject it's not that romantic so let me finish with this quote :
"If you're been drinking some cleaning tea, decline the invitation for the party". Furiouschef poet from the kitchen.
Posted by furiouschef at 4:01 PM
7 comments:
Super la photo! C'est celle de ton pote? Est ce qu'il travaille gratos? haha
- November 26, 2007 at 7:29 PM
bonjour Furious chef!..hehehe...me dont do diets..but i like your quote though...:D
- November 27, 2007 at 6:43 AM
Azra, stop trying to pick up all the French men on the Internet! Hahahaha...
- November 27, 2007 at 11:27 AM
- susan said...
Yeah Azra, stop trying to pick up all the French men on the internet! Just kidding, I am also trying to promote Liberte, Fraternite, Paternite or whatever they say over there.
- November 27, 2007 at 6:05 PM
err errr err....ok...isk isk....:D
- November 27, 2007 at 8:50 PM
- furiouschef said...
Everybody please leave alone Azra, jealousy is not good, let other people express their love. Azra, you can said whatever you want specialy when is nice things about me (haha....)
- November 29, 2007 at 5:33 PM
- SteamyKitchen said...
love this photo. when u gonna write a cookbook!?
- December 10, 2007 at 5:11 PM
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On Sunday, our sweet Kipton Lee turned four years old.
It is so hard to believe. We started our Sunday like all others and got everyone ready and headed to church. My husband and I with Kipton before we left for church. Kipton loves going to church.
After church we came home, ate lunch, and waited for family and friends to arrive. The boys were anxious for everyone to come to our house for a visit. When we have visitors, it's a special day for the boys.
One of Kipton's favorite things is tractors and bulldozers. My dad has a bulldozer and so he has grown up loving to take rides, and play with small bulldozers.We had a lady make this cake and she did an awesome job. She is an older lady who has been making cakes for YEARS, and she still only charges $10 for a cake. She said she had extra batter left from making this cake, so she just made him another one too.
Normally, I am not one to go all out for birthday parties and think we need the best cake and the best decorations. This was a real treat! I thought she was just going to make a sheet cake and put bulldozers on it. I was so surprised and of course the birthday boy LOVED it!
We had all of our family there (minus a few), and a set of brothers that our boys like to play with. They had the best time and everyone enjoyed the fellowship. Karson (black shirt) singing to his brother. I thought this picture was just soo sweet. He LOVES him so much.
Look at that face. So thankful and blessed.
Kipton was so excited for presents as well.
I have to tell you about Kipton and his love for country music.
He LOVES to sing and tap his foot like a country singer. My parents got him a guitar and microphone so he can really bring his singing to life. He loves for me to put on country songs and he will sing along. He loves Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, and Blake Shelton. Most of the time he also wants to wear his jeans, belt, cowboy hat, and cowboy boots, but he had been playing outside and we didn't have the chance to dress him up as well.
I'm sure this will keep him busy.
It was a great birthday party. The kids just played and the adults talked and watched the kids enjoy. The boys were tired by the end of the night, and I captured this picture of Kevin with the boys watching Legos.
Watching your children enjoy a day is just so special. I hope I never forget this 4th birthday.


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Ad spending rose in 2003, led by a recovery in print and continued growth on cable, but spot TV suffered. Battered business-to-business magazines posted their first annual increase in three years, while network TV was up only slightly in comparison to last year's Olympic period.
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Trade, terror tank stocks: The market slipped early in the week, as strong retail sales reports couldn't trump news of a record trade deficit. By midweek, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had given back all its gains for the year to date. The selloff picked up speed after news of a terrorist attack in Spain and another weak consumer confidence number, salved by a late-week rally on tech stocks. Only seven AdMarket stocks were up for the week, 42 were down and Grey Global Group was unchanged.
Geopolitical fears sent agency shares sliding to the bottom of the index, but direct marketers held their own. Catalina Marketing rose in spite of news of a federal probe into its accounting, while Publicis Groupe dropped in spite of posting gains in 2003 and Interpublic Group of Cos. gave up earlier gains to close down 5.31% for the week. (See stories, right)
Advertising Age and Bloomberg's AdMarket 50 index of 50 top publicly traded marketer, agency and media companies for the week ended March. 12, based on stock trading data supplied by Bloomberg financial news service. All comparisons are vs. closing prices March. 5. Full data available on Bloomberg terminals under index BAAX.


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The Cathedral and its surrounding gardens and buildings form an 11.3-acre complex collectively referred to as The Close. The Close is open to the public year-round during daylight hours, with two entrances located along Amsterdam Avenue at 110th and 111th streets. The Close is the site of the annual Saint Francis Day Fair in October, as well as other events throughout the year including outdoor music and theater performances.
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18Southern High For Girls
33Southwark Motivation High School
14Springside High School
68Springside School
4Sr Clara Muhammad School
54St Adalbert
124St Agnes School Of Nursing
79St Anne Business School
149St Boniface Business School
16St Cecilias High School
57St Gabriel School
2864St Huberts Catholic Girls High School
458St John Neumann High School
410St Josephs Prep School
286St Leonards Academy
2415St Maria Goretti High School
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75St Thomas More
191St Thomas More High School
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153Strawberry Mansion High School
20Strawberry Mansion Jr Sr
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84Swenson Arts & Technology
4Talmudical Yeshiva Of Phila
33Tekakwitha High School
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89Temple University High School
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555Thomas Edison High School
266University City High School
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67W B Saul School Of Agriculture And Horticulture Sciences
228W B Saul High School For Ag Sciences
41W Phila Catholic H S For Boys
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1187West Catholic High School
22West Philadelphia
726West Philadelphia Catholic High School
1215West Philadelphia High School
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137William Penn Charter School
359William Penn High School
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