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I figured it would be a bit rude not to share. So lets just pretend that it is wisdom and I am some kinda oracle/ spy shall we?
This is a pretty well kept secret and after researching (stalking you all on social media) I am confident not a lot of people are aware of so read this real slow ok?
But seriously do you know what I see? Everyone (including myself, I am not exempt from this don't worry I know myself) doing the absolute most.
I realised this was a real thing when I took a few days last week to just chill out, I went to France with my mate and it was lovely. I mean we went to the beach (south of France) watched movies, ate in restaurants, pretty much just chilled. But when I got home I had this overwhelming feeling of missing out, on work. Weird.
I am also a huge advocate for working hard, I don't have any clever metaphors or funny anecdotes for this one, I just think working hard is necessary grrrrr.
This post is about that niggling feeling you get when you are sitting at home, be it on your sofa or bed and that little voice starts chatting.
My real job isn't to be seen like I am constantly going, and going, and going.
But thats the problem with the stupid human brain, or mine at least. I still get so consumed with what all of you are up to, I lose focus of what I am doing.
To the point that I am sitting writing this in my room on an afternoon off and I genuinely feel like I am being a bum.
This is a sickness people.
Ive been reassured by lots of mates that looking from the outside in, you would think that I am doing SO MUCH, so why am I so worried?
1. You are doing fine.
3. Taking time off is good!
And being a dumbass my job opportunities aren't great to switch up.


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Kleinostheim est une commune allemande de Bavière, située dans l'arrondissement d'Aschaffenbourg et le district de Basse-Franconie.

Géographie

Kleinostheim est située sur la rive droite du Main, à la limite avec le land de Hesse (arrondissement d'Offenbach), à  au nord-ouest d'Aschaffenbourg.

La commune est composée des quatre quartiers suivants :
 Kleinostheim
 Waldstadt
 Industriegebiet West
 Wingert

Communes limitrophes (en commençant par le nord et dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre) : Karlstein am Main, Johannesberg, Mainaschaff, Stockstadt am Main et Mainhausen.

Histoire
Le village a très certainement été fondé au  par les Francs mais la première mention écrite date de 975. Le village a fait partie des possessions de l'Électorat de Mayence et, comme lui, il a été intégré au royaume de Bavière en 1814.

Le , le village a subi un bombardement aérien qui a détruit 500 bâtiments et tué 60 personnes.

Démographie

Jumelage
, dans le département de la Gironde en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Notes et références

Commune en Bavière

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The 2023 FIFA World Cup was the end of an era. This winter in Qatar marked the final time we will see the two greatest players of their generation on football's grandest stage. And those two stories couldn't have had a more contrasting ending.
While Lionel Messi finally climbed his final peak, leading Argentina to World Cup glory for the first time since the days of Diego Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Heading into the tournament, th be former Real Madrid superstar was on the front pages of newspapers across the world thanks to his explosive interview with Piers Morgan and subsequent release from Manchester United.
Despite that, CR7's Portugal were still earmarked as one of the favorites for glory by OddsChecker, which compares football odds and offers.
In the end, however, the 2016 European Champions tournament ended at the quarterfinal stage by underdogs Morocco.
The pair's contrasting performances this winter have secured Messi's legacy as the greatest footballer that has ever lived, while Ronaldo will have to settle for being simply one of the best.
There are worse things to be remembered as though, and in honor of the great man, here is a full rundown of the life and times of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Striving for greatness
Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo is the father of five kids after he and his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez lost one of their twins during childbirth. His oldest son, Cristiano Jr., was born in 2010 and is believed to have been conceived through a surrogate mother.
Ronaldo has two other children, twins Eva and Mateo, who were also born via surrogate in 2017.
Ronaldo's fourth child, Alana Martina, was born in 2017 to his then-girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez. Ronaldo and Rodriguez have been in a long-term relationship and are now engaged.
In addition to his role as a father, Ronaldo is also known for his love of sports and fitness.
He is an avid fan of soccer, but he also enjoys other sports such as boxing and golf.
Ronaldo is known for his strict training regimen and is considered one of the fittest athletes in the world.
Ronaldo is also known for his love of luxury cars and owns several high-end models, including a Lamborghini Aventador and a Bugatti Chiron. He is also a collector of rare and expensive watches.
Overall, Ronaldo is a dedicated athlete and father who enjoys living a luxurious and active lifestyle.
Despite his many accomplishments, he remains down-to-earth and is known for his charitable work and philanthropy.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a name that is almost synonymous with greatness in the world of football.
His career has spanned over two decades and has seen him score over 800 goals for club and country, win multiple trophies, and set several records.
His performances have seen him accumulate an estimated net worth of a staggering $500 million, making him one of the wealthiest athletes in the world.
And that could be set to rise should a rumored megamoney move to Saudi Arabia come to fruition.
In addition to his success on the field, Ronaldo has also built a successful business empire. He has endorsement deals with major brands such as Nike, Armani, and Herbalife, and he also owns several hotels and restaurants.
Some of Ronaldo's most notable endorsement deals include:
• Nike: Ronaldo has a long-standing partnership with Nike and has appeared in numerous campaigns for the sports apparel giant. In 2016, Ronaldo signed a lifetime deal with Nike, which is believed to be the largest endorsement deal in the history of soccer.
• Armani: Ronaldo has modeled for Armani's Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans campaigns.
• Herbalife: Ronaldo is a brand ambassador for Herbalife, a company that sells nutritional supplements and weight management products.
• DAZN: Ronaldo has endorsed DAZN, a streaming service that offers live and on-demand sports content.
• TAG Heuer: Ronaldo has appeared in campaigns for TAG Heuer, a luxury watches and accessories brand.
The player also owns many businesses. He has invested in hotels and restaurants, including the Pestana CR7 hotels in Lisbon, Madrid, and Funchal. Ronaldo also owns a line of CR7 branded clothing and accessories, which are sold in stores and online.
Overall, Ronaldo's endorsement deals and business ventures have helped him to build a successful business empire and solidify his status as a global brand.
Soccer career accomplishments
The Portuguese footballer was born on February 5th, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
From a young age, Ronaldo had a passion for football, and he joined his local club, Andorinha, at the age of 8. The club's director, Antonio Correia, was so impressed by Ronaldo's skills that he signed him to the club.
At the age of 12, he was spotted by Sporting Lisbon and signed to their youth team. After two years in the youth setup, the youngster was promoted to the senior team and made his debut in 2002.
In his first season, he scored three goals in 25 appearances and was awarded the Portuguese Footballer of the Year award.
Ronaldo's success continued, and in 2003 he was signed by Manchester United for a record fee of £12 million.
During his time in Manchester, he scored 84 goals in 196 appearances and helped the team win three Premier League titles, the UEFA Champions League, two League Cups, and an FA Cup.
In 2009, Ronaldo transferred to Real Madrid for a world record fee of £80 million. During his time in Madrid, he became the club's all-time leading goalscorer, scoring 450 goals in 438 appearances.
He also won two La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles, and a host of other trophies.
Source: medium.com
He then moved to Juventus in 2018, where he has continued to add goals to his already impressive career.
He also added two Serie A winners' medals to his already overflowing collection, as well as a Coppa Italia medal. He would then return to Manchester in the summer of 2023, becoming the club's top scorer in his first season back at Old Trafford.
As well as all of his successes on the field, Ronaldo is also well known for his charitable work. He has donated millions of dollars to various causes, including disaster relief and education for children in Portugal and Brazil.
In terms of records and individual honors, Ronaldo has achieved just about everything a footballer could hope for.
He is the all-time top scorer for both the Portuguese national team and Real Madrid, and also holds the record for the most goals scored in a single Champions League season.
He is also the only player to have won the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, and UEFA Champions League titles.
Overall, Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players of all time, and his career is a testament to his hard work and dedication.
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Monitoring reactions to North Korea's 6th nuclear test on shortwave
Graphic from the United States Geological Survey showing the location of seismic activity at the time of the test
North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test on 3 September 2017, according to Japanese and South Korean officials. The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also concluded that North Korea conducted a nuclear test. The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake of 6.3-magnitude not far from North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
South Korean authorities said the earthquake seemed to be artificial, consistent with a nuclear test. The USGS, as well as China's earthquake administration, reported that the initial event was followed by a second, smaller, earthquake at the site, several minutes later, which was characterized as a collapse of the cavity.
North Korea claimed that it detonated a hydrogen bomb that can be loaded onto an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with great destructive power.
Photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting a device resembling a thermonuclear weapon warhead were released a few hours before the test.
Using my portable spectrum capture setup, I recorded the 22 and 19 meter bands between 13:30 and 14:30 UTC and the 31 meter band between 16:00 and 17:00 UTC on the day of the nuclear test. Below are the news bulletins I extracted from these two recordings, which demonstrate varying reactions to this event from the relevant international players:
First, the news in English from the DPRK's state broadcaster, Voice of Korea, with the formal announcement starting at 5 minutes, 6 seconds into the video:
South Korea's reaction, broadcast via KBS World Radio, was characteristically terse:
Voice of America interviewed their own White House correspondent who lamented that nothing is working to steer North Korea away from the path of nuclearisation:
Meanwhile, China Radio International considered DPRK's nuclear test as worthy of only the number 3 spot in their list of headlines. Perhaps this shouldn't be surprising: some analysts have opined that Kim Jong Un had deliberately timed the nuclear test to coincide with Xi Jinping opening the annual BRICS summit in China as a show of defiance towards the Chinese leader.
These are interesting times to be monitoring shortwave radio broadcasts, and in this case particularly so because North Korea uses the medium extensively to inform the world about its activities while investing relatively little into other methods of communication.
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RPP Leader Kamal Thapa Speaking at Biratnagar recently.
BIRATNAGAR, MAR 19 – Rastriya Prajatantra Party- Nepal (RPP-N) chairman Kamal Thapa has pointed out the need of searching for consensus on the disputed issues from inside the constituent assembly (CA).
Speaking during a press meet organised at Biratnagar on Thursday, Chairman Thapa said that the efforts made for resolving the disputed issues from outside the CA would be anti-democratic. He further said that all parties inside the CA should forge consensus by calling an all-party meeting for resolving the disputed issues by determining a new schedule and process.
The RPP-N Chair added that the country may slide into a political crisis due to a majority arrogance of Nepali Congress and CPN-UML and protest of the opposition alliance.
He termed the dispute seen over five districts in the Tarai in course of state restructuring as only the high ambition of some leaders and foreign power influence, adding that the CA chair should play a vital role for making the CA as the sovereign institute and CA chair's role was found positive in constitution drafting process.


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Ah, Summer! My season of doing. Kicking sand on Cape Cod. Touring Long Island's North Fork wineries. Hiking Lake Placid for a seventh (or is it eighth?) year. Swatting flies on my backyard porch. Yep, I'll be doing a lot this summer!
Fair warning: Don't let the season of doing become the season of your un-doing!
Did you meet a strong potential contact the other day (but you find yourself alternating between a dartboard and a blackberry)? Before starting that third game, send a short email obliging them of your good meeting and that you look forward to staying in touch. It is bad networking to undo the initial meeting by letting your absenteeism show as neglect.
Did you accept an invitation to a virtual networking event (on the same weekend you rented a beach house with your cousins)? Pack a blazer and dress shirt, because you're attending the event and concealing the bathing suit and flip-flops off-screen. The same goes for real-life events too: scheduling and showing up to work events are as important—and can be more fun—during the summer of doing.
Did you forget to follow-up with a new contact (and now his autoreply says he'll have "limited Internet connection" until Labor Day)? Send the message to reschedule an appointment in the undetermined future, and set yourself a sweet reminder to be in touch when (or if!) he returns from safari. To let someone else's absenteeism be your neglect is also considered undoing.
So, I'm reminding all of you, even if I'm in parts unknown…stay in touch!


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R. Gnuse, «The Temple Theophanies of Jaddus, Hyrcanus, and Zechariah», Vol. 79 (1998) 457-472
A close reading of three accounts concerning theophanies experienced in the Temple (Ant 11,326-328, Ant 13,282-283, and Luke 1,5-23) implies that all three narratives share a common narrative format. Though it does not necessarily indicate that Luke used Josephus' writings, this similarity suggests that both authors may have drawn upon a common format. Use of this format and specific variations added to it by Luke reflect significant theological themes imparted to the narrative by Luke, especially in regard to the identities of John the Baptist and Jesus.
the temple. The Jaddus narrative gives the appearance of being a deliberate dream incubation, a rare occurrence in biblical or Jewish literature. Josephus, however, handles the theophany with caution so as not to let it appear as though God has been manipulated to give a revelatory message. His respectful mode of treatment parallels the way in which biblical authors also treated the traditions they inherited concerning dream theophanies 5. If, indeed, Josephus is using such a dream incubation format, it lends credence to the notion that Jaddus seeks divine revelation.
Hyrcanus the High Priest and his family are leading the Jews in a war against the Seleucid Greeks of Syria (Ant 13,282). This, however, is not actually the direct reason for entry into the temple. Though no reason is given for his presence in the temple, certainly the war-time situation constitutes an on-going problem for the Jews in general.
For Zechariah the prior problem is personal: he and his wife had no children and they were too old to have any in the future. Barrenness is a common theme in the Hebrew Bible as a problem faced by righteous people (Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and Rachel, Manoah and his wife, Elkanah and Hannah, etc.), and addressed by God in dramatic fashion with the gift of a heroic son. Also, the author of Luke-Acts might wish us to perceive that a further problem was the general spiritual and political crisis among the Jews in this age which would require the arrival of the messiah. The story then tells of the emissary of that messiah.
Preparation outside the temple
The narratives concerning Jaddus and Zechariah relate that people outside the temple engage in prayer. In Ant 11,326 they


Ngayon lang ako nakakita ng ganitong hostage taking! 11 hours of hard drama, dinaig pa ang teleserye at mga pelikula, ang kaibahan nga lang inde to laru laro lang kundi totohanan!
Former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza of Philippine National Police allegedly hostaged a tourist bus with 25 Hong Kong nationals. It is mentioned that Mendoza is demanding to review his case and even cited a few names of significant people to make the decision. Mendoza was discharged from the service due to extortion. Armed with M-16 and 45mm guns, Mendoza truly stirred the national police of the Philippines.
After 11 long hours of wait, 3 bodies were identified dead, including the gunman. The rest were all alive.
1. No SWAT to mobilise fast in the scene. There were times that Mendoza went out to release some of the hostages but nobody aimed for him!
2. No crowd control. After the policemen declared control of the bus, everybody surrounded the vehicle. Some are just plain spectators!
3. No police tactics. I need not to explain this, it's obvious from the news that tactics weren't present at all!
This is another shameful event for the country to face. What happened to our national police? What happened to the trainings they had where the government spends a lot of budget? What happened to the SWAT?
Many will definitely think twice to visit the country after this scenario, this will certainly affect the economy once again. Di pa nga tayo nakakabangon sa mga problema, nadadagdagan na naman! I hope we'll recover soon and so the hostage victims. May the good Lord guide them to forget this nightmare and let them start a brand new life far from fear. To PNP, mahiya naman po kayo sa mga balat nio! Pinasasahod kayo ng taong bayan para gawin ng ayos ang trabaho ninyo, ganito ba ang kaya niyong isukli sa buwis na ibinabayad namin?
Sana mga taong naglalaro ng airsoft at paintball na lang ang pinadala sa scene, baka sakali mas naresolve pa ito ng mas maaga.


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June 23, 2017 3 AM PT
Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions has vowed to crack down on crime by sending more criminals to prison for longer periods of time.
"Every one of our citizens, no matter who they are or where they live, has the right to be safe in their homes and communities from the scourge of criminal gangs, rapists, carjackers and drug dealers," Sessions said in an address to law enforcement officials in Memphis, Tenn., last month.
In his view, imprisoning more criminals would make families safer, and fewer people would break the law if there were more severe punishments for crimes such as drug offenses.
In a recent memo to federal prosecutors, Sessions instructed them to pursue the harshest punishments legally allowed, a reversal of an Obama-era move giving federal lawyers more leeway to reserve such prosecutions for repeat offenders and people who had committed the worst of crimes.
Department of Justice officials hope the changes at the federal level — where a sliver of crimes across the country is prosecuted — will trickle down to a similar approach to crime in states.
But civil rights groups have contested the approach, many legislators have said it goes against trends in criminal justice reform, and dozens of state prosecutors and judges have protested the attorney general's move.
Sessions, meanwhile, contends that his critics are misrepresenting his efforts. "We are not talking about low-level offenders or recreational drug users here," he said in Memphis.
Here are some of the challenges Sessions faces:
Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer is among several prosecutors who signed a letter against Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions' criminal sentencing priorities. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Dozens of local prosecutors have spoken out
Denver Dist. Atty. Beth McCann is one of dozens of local prosecutors who have expressed disappointment at the new direction for federal prosecution of drug crimes. The former Democratic state lawmaker said Sessions has no direct impact on her office.
"I don't particularly care for mandatory sentences.… I don't think we've seen that that has worked," McCann said. "I think with a different approach we can actually provide more public safety through a more enlightened view on prevention as well as prosecution."
McCann said she aims to prevent recidivism rates with lower-level drug offenders through prevention and treatment programs. "We try to focus on other kinds of options rather than just putting people in jail," she said.
In May, she joined a bipartisan group of more than two dozen current attorneys general and district attorneys to write an open letter castigating Sessions' new directive.
"Although there are no certain benefits to the newly announced policy, there are definitive and significant costs. The increased use of mandatory minimum sentences will necessarily expand the federal prison population and inflate federal spending on incarceration," they wrote in the letter.
The group included Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer, District of Columbia Atty. Gen. Karl Racine and Manhattan Dist. Atty. Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
"There's a push for this charge-and-pursue-whatever-you-can-prove approach federally now," said Miriam Krinsky, a former federal prosecutor who is the executive director of Fair and Just Prosecution.
But, she said, "there are still questions about what prosecuting guidelines there will be, for example, regarding crack cocaine — whose use and sale is treated more harshly than powder cocaine — or marijuana cases. Do we return to the '80s and '90s when the tough-on-crime rhetoric filled our prisons to the brim?"
At least one federal judge has also taken a stand
U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett said that Sessions is well within his rights to change sentencing instructions but that "I personally think it's a terrible idea."
"What we'll see is more addicts going to prison, and I'm not sure that solves anything," he said.
Bennett, who has been a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa for more than 20 years, said he frequently hears cases involving people caught with methamphetamines. Possession of a sugar-packet-size bag of the drug could land a user in prison for a mandatory minimum of five years.
"The typical offender I see is a nonviolent drug addict, using methamphetamine to supply their addiction," he said. "To impose a mandatory minimum on something like that I think does not serve any legitimate penological purpose whatsoever."
Larry Krasner, a defense lawyer who is running for Philadelphia district attorney. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)
Civil rights advocates are fighting Sessions' effort
Launched last year with a $50-million grant from George Soros' Open Society Foundations, an American Civil Liberties Union campaign known as Smart Justice aims to file 10 lawsuits against what it sees as wrongs in the criminal justice system, push for 10 new state laws and help secure 10 wins in district attorney races across the U.S.
One candidate getting support is Larry Krasner, who won the Democratic primary for district attorney in Philadelphia this spring on a platform that called for helping drug addicts find treatment instead of prosecuting them.
"Our focus is not on the federal level because a very small percentage of people serving time in prison do it under federal sentences," said Bill Cobb, the deputy director of the ACLU campaign.
"The best way to create change is on the state level."
The ACLU and other civil rights groups have criticized the Trump administration's use of data to describe soaring crime in the U.S. They've pointed to the data showing that violent crime in the United States has been on the decline over the last two decades.
From 1993 to 2015, the violent crime rate fell 50%, according to FBI data. Even so, from 2014 to 2015 violent crime increased 3%. When the Major Cities Chiefs Assn. analyzed crime data from 61 metropolitan police agencies, it found an 11% increase in homicides in 2016 when compared with the previous year.
Civil rights leaders and groups have also criticized sentencing patterns in which blacks and Latinos are often subjected to longer sentences when compared with whites found guilty of the same crimes.
"Mandatory minimums are draining resources that would go toward things like early childhood education — things that reduce crime as oppose to punitive discriminatory policies," said Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Steve Cook, an assistant U.S. attorney in Tennessee and former president of the Assn. of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, with then-Sen. Jeff Sessions in 2015. (Facebook)
But Sessions also has plenty of supporters
Among Sessions' supporters are about 1,500 federal prosecutors (of 5,700 total) who make up the National Assn. of Assistant U.S. Attorneys. The conservative group has long opposed efforts to promote lighter sentencing, including a 2013 memo from then-Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. that encouraged prosecutors to avoid seeking mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug crimes by people who were not violent, not members of larger criminal groups and not repeat offenders.
The group has called Sessions "a man of unquestionable integrity and unparalleled experience."
"We've simply gone back to a policy and practice that's been effective for the past 30 years," the organization's president, Lawrence Leiser, an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia, said in a recent call with reporters. Leiser believes strong criminal sentencing in the '80s and '90s led to drops in crime.
"Unfortunately we're beginning to see crime rates rise in the country at the same time prison populations are starting to decline," he said. "I don't believe the increase in crime rate is a coincidence."
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards with Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome last month. (Patrick Dennis / Associated Press)
Meanwhile, state legislatures have moved forward with criminal justice reforms
This month, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a series of criminal justice bills that could help Louisiana relinquish its status as the "incarceration capital of the world."
The laws, which passed with bipartisan support, include providing more chances for nonviolent criminals to receive probation and parole and cutting back on court fees, fines and restitution for felons leaving prison.
Edwards said he hopes they will allow the state to scale back on its $700-million annual spending on the corrections system and slash the portion of the state population behind bars from its current level of 0.81%.
"There's substantial justice reform, especially in red states like Louisiana," said Udi Ofer, the ACLU's deputy national political director. "States and municipalities have been on the forefront of the movement to end mass incarceration before the election of Trump and even more so after his election."
He also pointed to Oklahoma, where voters approved a measure last fall calling on lawmakers to lower the prison population and reduce several property and drug offenses from felonies to misdemeanors.
"You're seeing the most work on the state and local levels to reduce incarceration," Ofer said.
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John List: Time to start a new life.
This crime has the distinction of being the first crime to give me nightmares.
There were two things which disturbed me about this crime - the crime scene as the cops found it must have been horrific; and that he managed to spend 19 years on the run after he killed his whole family. But let's start at the beginning.
John List was a respectable married man with three teenage children. He lived in a huge old three storey Victorian mansion, called "Breeze Knoll", with his family and his elderly mother, who had lent him the money to buy the house.
Things were not as they seem however - John List had lost his job and was almost bankrupt.
Using very fucked up logic, John List says he decided that the Bible said that poverty was a sin, so therefore he needed to kill his family before they became poor, and thus sinners. Using a gun, he killed his mother and his wife during the day, and waited for his children to come home from school, killing them as soon as they walked into the house. John, the middle child, had soccer practice, so List went and picked him up, brought him home and executed him.
As he killed each member of his family, he laid the bodies next to each other in the ballroom in a row, except for his mother who was too heavy to carry downstairs. He then wrote some letters to the school and his pastor, turned on all the lights, turned down the thermostat, tuned the radio to his favourite station, and left.
He was not seen again for almost two decades.
The neighbours called police after about a month. Imagine yourself as one of those New Jersey cops walking into that scene: Three story Victorian mansion; lights have been burning for weeks, and now the only light left on is on the second floor, casting a dim light over the rest of the house; the huge empty rooms filled with John List's favourite solemn classical music; the discovery of the row of bodies in the ballroom, and one upstairs; the smell.
John List changed his name, remarried and started a new life, with hardly a thought to the lives he had taken. His new life was undone thanks to the Television Show "America's most wanted" doing a story on the case. Someone recognised him, and the jig was up.
What bothers me is his psycho-pathology. How could you kill you entire family, including your three children, walk away and carry on like nothing happened for almost twenty years. No guilt. No remorse. No feelings.
Now that's just scary.
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Born: 1 January, 1970
Birth Name: Humphrey DeForest Bogart
Height: 1.73 (5' 8")
Nickname: Bogie
Spouse: Lauren Bacall (21 May 1945 – 14 January 1957) (his death) 2 children
Mayo Methot (21 August 1938 – 10 May 1945) (divorced)
Mary Philips (03 April 1928 – 21 June 1937) (divorced)
Helen Menken (20 May 1926 – 18 November 1927) (divorced)
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations
Known for: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , The Caine Mutiny , The Desperate Hours , Sabrina , A Star Is Born and more.
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The Big Sleep 1946
The Maltese Falcon 1941
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
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Humphrey Bogart went to a serve in the navy while The First World War. The day when he was born is January 23, 1899. His birthplace is New York. Humphrey got the education at Trinity School (NY) Academy. After the War, Bogart played in the theater the roles of romantic youths. In 1930 he signed a contract with Hollywood and the actor has been tossed between California and New York, unable to find a worthy use. In 1934 Duke won the role of a gangster in the play "Menti R". The studio "Warner Brothers" signed long-term contract with Bogart. By decade's end bracket success Bogart went up so high that he could afford to significantly expand his acting range. Along with the obsessed prospector in the classic film, "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948), he created an image of a suspect in the murder of a hypochondriac. Bogart was awarded the "Oscar". Bogart's last film was "The Harder They Fall", 1956. In January 14, 1957 the actor died from cancer. His fans said that the cinematographic word lost one of the best actors.
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A Star Is Born - Drunk in 'Peanut Vendor' Number (voice) (uncredited) $5.02M 1954 $4.36M
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Dobbs $3.8M 1948
The Desperate Hours - Glenn Griffin $2.39M 1955
Sabrina - Linus Larrabee, Soundtrack ("Boola Boola") $2.24M 1954
The Caine Mutiny - Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg $2M 1954 $21.8M
We're No Angels - Joseph $1.69M 1955
Beat the Devil - Billy Dannreuther, Producer (uncredited) $1M 1953
Casablanca - Rick Blaine, Soundtrack (performer: "Perfidia" (1939) (uncredited)) $950K 1942
All Through the Night - Gloves Donahue $750K 1941
The Petrified Forest - Duke Mantee $500K 1936
Invisible Stripes - Chuck Martin $500K 1939
High Sierra - Roy Earle $455K 1941
Three on a Match - Harve $444K 1932
They Drive by Night - Paul Fabrini $400K 1940
San Quentin - Joe 'Red' Kennedy $365K 1937
Dead End - 'Baby Face' Martin $300K 1937
The Maltese Falcon - Samuel Spade $300K 1941
Black Legion - Frank Taylor, Soundtrack ("The Lady in Red" (uncredited), "I've Been Working on the Railroad" (uncredited)) $235K 1937
Crime School - Deputy Commissioner Mark Braden 1938
Kid Galahad - Turkey Morgan 1937
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Movie Year Salary
Sabrina 1954 $300,000
Deadline - U.S.A. 1952 $17,500/week
The African Queen 1951 $125,000 + 30% of gross
Sirocco 1951 $133,000 + % of gross
Two Guys from Milwaukee 1946 $5,000
To Have and Have Not 1944 $2,750/week
Casablanca 1942 $2,200/week
Men Are Such Fools 1938 $1,100/week
Swing Your Lady 1938 $1,000/week
The Petrified Forest 1936 $750/week
Three on a Match 1932 $750/week
Up the River 1930 $400/week
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Surgery is first thing tomorrow! Not sure when I will post again but hopefully soon! I have had a few people tell me it only takes a few days before you are at least halfway functional again. And one said she has a picture of herself answering email the same night! (Ashley, you're crazy!) I hope that will be me too! Wish me luck!
My cousin Andrea is on a Semester at Sea. She met an elderly woman who had saved money for five years to make the trip with her husband and deliver crafts to underprivileged children around the world. She asked Andrea to deliver a few items in Brazil. But Andrea asked why she doesn't delivering them herself? She replied that her husband had died a few months ago and she was living off his pension. She couldn't afford to make the whole trip and would not get to see the children in person.
Andrea was so upset by this story she talked to the Dean of Students and purchased the trips into the cities for the woman so that she will now be able to deliver the gifts in person. Not only that but they started a fund raiser for other lifelong learners on their ship to allow them to visit more cities around the world as well. What an impact such a small gesture will make on the lives of that woman and the others on the trip as well as the children that get to meet her! So proud of you Andrea!
Being hurt is making me bored out of my mind in the diet and exercise department. I decided I need something different to keep my attention longer than a couple days. My sister mentioned she is checking out this jump start book put out by the Biggest Loser. It spells out 30 days of meals and exercises. She's lost 9 pounds so far. Well, what the hell. 9 pounds is about all I'd need. I'll consider it a 30 day experiment. The diet has slight differences from Paleo but when you just had double pepperoni pizza and girl scout cookies they don't seem too bad. And exercise-wise, any movement I can do that doesn't hurt will be welcome at this point.
So, I started it this morning. First workout was 20 minutes of walking on the treadmill followed by stretching. Since that isn't nearly enough to break a sweat I put my knee in a brace and set the incline as high as it goes. Kind of a test to see how bad it hurts afterward. I am icing it now. So far so good.
There appears to be paper clip in there. That'll have to come out. The next one is even worse! My shoulder is sticking out of my neck! (No wonder overhead squats are so hard).
Below, on the left, is the contents of my purse. I see a set of keys, a pocket knife, a rubber band, and a Junior Mint. And I guess, a glow worm? (This one, not this one). The image on the right is, of course, an octopus.
I am pretty sure the rest of the images are just plans for a new golf course.
Of course, I will need to confirm all these findings with the doctor on Wednesday and decide what to do next.
We watched football yesterday but the most interesting game of the day was my 12 year old nephew Dylan's basketball game. He'd be the first to tell you they played terrible. They failed to score in 10:00 despite what seemed like a hundred attempts. The refs made it even worse by calling fouls on every drive yet allowing the other team to practically break into tap dancing without calling travelling. Over… and over…driving the crowd crazy.
With the score Blue 35 to White 23 and only four minutes to go it seemed pretty much over. I told Todd he could leave early to pick up drinks on the way home for the football games. When suddenly out of nowhere the whistle blew and the ref signaled travelling! The crowd erupted just relieved they finally noticed!
White ball. White takes it down. Scores and draws a foul. Free throw goes in. 9 points behind.
Blue takes it down. Whistle blows. Travelling called again! Crowd goes crazy!
White takes it down. Swish! A 3-pointer! 6 points behind. 2 minutes to go.
Blue takes it down. There is a shuffle for the ball. Whistle blows. A foul? NO! A 3rd call for travelling! YES!
White takes it down. Ball goes out of bounds but gets touched by Blue. White ball.
White throws it in from the side. The ball goes up but the whistle blows… SWISH! Yet another 3-pointer but it DOESN'T COUNT! AAAA!!! The whistle blew the ball dead because the clock didn't start! Do over! UGH!!!!
43 seconds to go. White re-throws the ball in. SWISH! Are you kidding me? The FOURTH 3-pointer in a row?! In less than a few minutes?! Score is tied!
Blue takes it down and misses. White takes it down and Dylan is fouled. Dylan at the foul line with less than 16 seconds to go. Score is tied. Dribble. Dribble. He shoots.
He scores! White is fouled again and makes another free throw. Blue launches the ball in the last few seconds (and yikes it almost goes in) but NO! The victory goes to…. WHITE!
They played awful and whadoyaknow? Pulled a Tebow right at the end! Hahaha. Great job, Dylan!
Yesterday was one of those days. The X-rays of my knee and shoulder are not great and I was told not to bother going to physical therapy for awhile. (More on that tomorrow). For most of the day I had very fine and elusive eyelash poking me in the eye. And my quad would not stop twitching! Grrr. I broke all my tests at work and almost lost a file containing a year's worth of information I have accumulated to get my job done.
At the end of the day I was on my fourth hour of dealing with one issue and really feeling sorry for myself when in walks Todd with dinner and a bouquet of flowers. Within a half hour, I got the eyelash out, my leg stopped twitching and I fixed my tests. Support from people who care about you and a little positive thinking works like magic. Thanks, Todd, for turning a crappy day into one worth remembering.
When she was a kid she never wanted to be a princess or a dancer or a movie star. From 6 years old she always wanted to be a chef. Her plan in college was to get a degree in Organizational Management and then go to culinary school. After graduation she was accepted into a fancy school in New York the same week she found out she was pregnant. So she could not go. Years later her mother passed away. In her will left a chunk of money to her saying 'take this and become a chef'. So she went for it. Awesome.
Anyway, the soup recipes are unbelievable. Each one can be adjusted to be as healthy as I want them and all are delicious. I would not, however, recommend eating six soups in one night on a regular basis. I'm still full!


I'm making business cards and post cards, including logos, and various finished shapes. There is a problem with the Real Draw canvass being in the background of the logo; the logo shape is two oblique triangles mated together to look like a stretched diamond, and it is intended to be an icon image without the canvas. The canvass, however, forces a rectangular, colored background, and frankly, it kills the icon image and its usefulness. When my image is finished, how do I export it without the canvas?