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Goatee vs. Van Dyke 4 Definitions
Homeless Soccer 3 stories One definition
Beard terminology
1.
What is the name of the beard style that covers only a small area below the
lower lip? This style of beard is commonly referred
to as a "soul patch", or an "imperial". It is sometimes called a "mouche", which
is French for a fly. Second
definition Facial Hair
Health Tip #26,
Third
definition SOME SAY it should be called a Van Dyke
rather than a goatee. Others disagree. In any case, in popular usage today, they
are almost always just called goatees- a style of facial hair achieved by
growing only the beard on the front and sometimes below the chin. The moustache
is grown to accompany the goatee. "It gives people a different look. And I guess
that the people sporting a goatee do stand out in a crowd. About the girls,
well, there are some who like it, some who don't and some who insist on it,"
says Rahul, a student. Goatee, a truly guy experience, has
websites dedicated to the art of grooming the goatee and more. While some say
the beard style is the symbol of an arrived gentleman, statements like `avoid
people who drive a German car, use cologne, wear Armani or Prada and sport a
goatee,' feature on the top ten lessons of public relations. "It can best suit people with
personality such as Sam Pitroda. It is a façade behind which people hide their
original visage," says Sailesh, a globetrotter. "I think the goatee beard makes a
perfectly normal-faced person look like a goat. This half-hearted attempt for a
beard is probably some smart cookie's idea of converting into a style on his
inability to go completely clean-shaven due to a boil that sprung up between his
lower lip and chin," say Guraz Wankadia, an anti-goatee advocate in Manama. To mimic success, or for standing out in
the crowd, the goatees are definitely in. "Many people in the 20-35 years age
group are going for the goatee today. It can range from the French beard to the
one below the lip that came into fame after Dil Chahta Hai, and teamed with stylish spiky hair do among the
young who want to look different. Then there are those who would opt for a
goatee for prosperity. Amitabh Bachchan rose from debts to success after he
started sporting a goatee and it can indeed change one's luck," ," says Vijay
Kant, Alexander Mens' Salon, Himayatnagar. In vogue, for fashion and fetish, if the
goatee suits you, why not go for one. Here are some top tips to help you grow
that perfect goatee. If you have enough hair already, simply don't shave for a
few days, then shape the stubble into the goatee of your dreams. If you don't
have enough hair yet, then to stimulate growth, shave as often as possible. Once
you think you've got enough growth, go for it. A style for that chic, neat
looking visage, goatee will be a popular style, is the common belief. Fourth definition
By Michelle K. Massie, Post-Gazette Staff Writer There was no apparent beef between the sausages and pierogies, but Pirates fans were ready to see the sausages eaten alive last night in their first showdown since the infamous July 9 whacking incident involving Pirate first baseman Randall Simon. "I think it's gonna be brutal," said Paul Bell, 44, of Center, before the game. "Teeth are gonna be bared tonight. There's no stopping the pierogies." "This is why I came to the game, to see the race," Frank
Hooper, 50, of Before the race, anticipation for the big event was building among fans. Cheers of "pierogies, pierogies!" echoed from left field. "Pierogies Rule, Sausages Stink" read the signs of 11-year-old Tina Wiser and her best friend, Cassie Thompson, 8, both of Vandergrift. "This one says 'Sour Sausages'," Wiser said. "It took us like an hour to think of that one." With that kind of home field support, the pierogie team hustled from right field to left field as fans stood up and cheered. In the end, the pierogies easily took the coveted prize in the "Great Pierogie/Sausage Challenge" -- the Golden Skillet trophy. Fans celebrated to the sounds of Queen's "We Are the Champions" and a brief fireworks display. "She was just telling me that was the greatest relay race we
ever saw," said Gigi Trask, of From the start, the pierogies were ready for the race. "We were prepared for the race," said Rick Orienza, director of promotions for the Pirates. "They were prepared and focused. We have a lot of heart and we just wanted it. I think home field advantage also helped. [The sausages] had a long road trip." The sausages will have the opportunity to avenge themselves in
a rematch next Friday in Simon, who gained national notoriety after whacking one of the
sausages last month in Simon was fined $432 by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's office for a disorderly conduct violation. He was also fined $2,000 by Major League Baseball and served a three-game suspension. But at least for one night, Pirates fans were happy, and not just because the Pirates beat the Brewers. "I think the pierogies deserved to win," Cassie Thompson said, "because they taste better."
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<top> Absinthe takes its name from
Artemisia absinthium, the botanical name for the bitter herb wormwood and
the ingredient which contains the thujone which supposedly accounts for its
alleged mind altering properties. Wormwood was first used to flavour alcoholic
drinks as far back as 1792 when a potion was created by Pierre Ordinaire, a
French doctor living in From the mid 19th century onwards absinthe became associated with
bohemian So if absinthe was so popular, why was it banned? There were a
number of reasons. It got caught up in the temperance movement that was sweeping
Europe at the beginning of the 20th century and became the scapegoat for all
alcohol, then findings were published showing that thujone was a neurotoxin in
large quantities which caused convulsions and death in laboratory animals and
there was also pressure from the wine producers who saw its popularity as a
threat to their sales. The final nail was driven in the coffin with the lurid
'Absinthe Murder' which took place in So what is modern absinthe like? Well broadly speaking if you like
pastis you will like absinthe, the anise is not so heavy and quality absinthes
should be unsweetened (most are not) but there is a family resemblance. Remember that absinthe is not
hallucinogenic and should not be drunk with any expectations of getting 'high'.
It certainly has some effects that are secondary to the alcohol and these can
best be described as a feeling of clarity and sharpness of perception, but bear
in mind that absinthe is far stronger than most spirits you will be used to
otherwise you will still be seeing the Green Fairy when you wake up the next
day. Infamous "van Gogh" beverage contains potent toxin with curious
brain effects, UC Berkeley scientists discover By Kathleen Scalise, Public Affairs BERKELEY -- Long suspected to have contributed to psychoses, fits
and hallucinations in such famous artists and writers as van Gogh, Poe and
Baudelaire, the liqueur absinthe they cherished contained a potent toxin that UC
Berkeley scientists now say causes neurons to seriously malfunction. The researchers report their findings in this week's edition of the
journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Based on what we've discovered, large consumption of old absinthe
would have greatly disrupted the nervous system," said scientist John Casida, a
UC Berkeley professor of environmental chemistry and toxicology. "Our findings
could explain many of the symptoms described in the literature." Casida said it was not previously known how the neurotoxin
alpha-thujone, found not only in absinthe but also in many popular herbal
medicines, acted on the body to bring about poisoning or whether the mechanism
could account for strange behaviors noted in many 19th century absinthe
drinkers. Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Baudelaire were among
them. The UC Berkeley researchers discovered that alpha-thujone acts on
the same brain receptor responsible for a form of epilepsy. The receptor
controls the chloride channel that regulates excitation and keeps neurons under
control. "Basically, alpha-thujone blocks the channel and allows the neurons
to fire too easily," said UC Berkeley postdoctoral researcher Karin Höld,
co-author of the study along with Casida; fellow UC Berkeley postdoc Nilantha
Sirisoma; and two collaborators at Northwestern University Medical School,
Tomoko Ikeda and Toshio Narahashi. "In light of the findings on how alpha-thujone works, it's not
surprising that absinthe had such a remarkable effect," Casida said. Symptoms described, for instance, in Wilfred Niels Arnold's 1992
book on Vincent van Gogh and others who consumed quantities of the popular 19th-
and early 20th-century liqueur included forms of bizarre and psychotic behavior,
hallucinations, sudden delirium, convulsions, and even suicide and death. "The question has been sitting around for a century waiting for
someone to say how absinthe and alpha-thujone might work," Casida said. "We
decided to take a look at it in terms of where the toxin goes in the body and
what happens to it." Absinthe is made from grain alcohol and the common herb wormwood.
The herb yields a bitter oil used to produce various formulations of absinthe.
This liqueur was very popular until it was banned broadly in the early 20th
century. While the historical aspects are interesting, Casida said he is
more concerned about herbal concoctions consumed today that contain
alpha-thujone. Many have not been subjected to rigorous toxicology tests, he
said, including wormwood oil and cedarleaf oil, which are readily available at
herbal medicinal outlets and contain quantities of the neurotoxin. Wormwood oil
often is used to treat loss of appetite and stomach, liver and gall bladder
disorders. The National Institutes of Health, which funded Casida's study, have
slated alpha-thujone products for further scientific review next year. Absinthe itself isn't the health threat it used to be, said postdoc
Nilantha Sirisoma. Still banned in some countries but easily available over the
Internet, today's version of the emerald-green alcoholic beverage tends to have
very low alpha-thujone levels, although there is a great variation among brands
and home brew can be particularly dangerous. At the moment,
"absinthe seems like it's getting more popular," said Höld, who monitors some of
the Internet traffic on the subject. "It seems to be kind of an 'in' thing." Researched Phrases
<top> Mouth-breather: (noun) a stupid
person. As in, This mouth-breather still doesn't understand that I can't help him out.
Etymology uncertain, but possibly derived from biology. I think maybe because dumb people hold there mouth open. hmmmm..
here is a little bit more I am proud to be a mouth breather.
I know, I know, mouth breathers have been portrayed as morons in the nose
breather controlled media, but we're not, really. We just can't figure out how
to breathe through our noses.
Now, tell me that you are able to do everything that "normal" people do. Are you
able to spell everything correctly? Are you able to walk without looking awkward
all of the time? Does your hair do what you want it to? If your answer was "no"
to any of these questions, you can't do something that most other people can.
However, the nose breathing media doesn't portray you as a "bad speller" or a
"awkward walker" or a "bad hair girl" or whatever.
Mouth breathing has some distinct advantages over nose breathing. For example,
my tongue plays a more active role in smelling things. Also, I almost never have
to blow my nose. I do occasionally have to blow my mouth, but the mouth is a
much larger storage area than the nose, so I don't have to do this often - just
when my mouth snot starts effecting my speech.
Most of my friends don't even know that I am a mouth breather. I have figured
out a way to keep my lips just barely open when I breathe. Of course, I'm hardly
ever silent because a much more effective strategy is to never shut up. People
don't seem to notice me breathing through my mouth if I am talking while I do
it. I've learned to be like Jack Black from Tenacious D: I can talk both on the
exhale and on the inhale. I bet he's a mouth breather.
The only real draw back to being a mouth breather is that I tend to fog up my
own computer screen while I'm working. This means I go through a lot of tissues.
I keep a box by the work computer, which, of course, has given me an undeserved
reputation as somebody who needs the tissues for another (and, frankly,
perverted) computer related activity. Frankly, I would rather be thought of as a
public masturbator by my peers than disparaged with the term "mouth breather."
I have some hope, though. The President of the United States of American is a
mouth breather. Maybe soon he will lead us out of the shadow and "set my people
free." I guess I can only hope. One entry found for towhead.
Main Entry: tow·head Pronunciation:
'tO-"hed Function: noun Date: 1829 1 : a low alluvial island or shoal in a
river : SANDBAR 2 : a head of hair resembling tow
especially in being flaxen or tousled;
also
: a person having such a head of hair - tow·head·ed /-"he-d&d/ adjective From Bruce Hartmann: Do you know the origin of the expression tow head (possibly toe head) meaning a young boy with blond or at least sandy colored
hair? None of my etymology books has this one. Thanks for your help.
Tow
means "flax or hemp fiber", and so tow headed is literally "flaxen haired". This meaning of tow comes from Middle Low German touw (which means "flax, hemp fiber").
This probably went back to the prehistoric Germanic base *tow-, *taw "make, prepare" (source also of English tool), in the sense "make yarn from wool;
spin". THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND From Benjamin Weatherston: “How does the term three sheets to the wind denote drunkenness?”
It’s a sailor’s expression, from the days of sailing ships. The terminology of
sailing ships is excessively complicated and every time I refer to it people
write in to say I’ve got it wrong, usually contradicting each other. So treat
what follows as a broad-brush treatment, open to dispute on fine points. We
ignorant landlubbers might think that a sheet is a sail, but in traditional
sailing-ship days, a sheet was
actually a rope, particularly one attached to the bottom corner of a sail (it
actually comes from an Old English term for the corner of a sail). The sheets
were vital, since they trimmed the sail to the wind. If they ran loose, the sail
would flutter about in the wind and the ship would wallow off its course out of
control.
Extend this idea to sailors on shore leave, staggering back to the ship after a
good night on the town, well tanked up. The irregular and uncertain locomotion
of these jolly tars must have reminded onlookers of the way a ship moved in
which the sheets were loose. Perhaps one loose sheet might not have been enough
to get the image across, so the speakers borrowed the idea of a three-masted
sailing ship with three sheets loose, so the saying became three sheets in the wind. Our
first written example comes from that recorder of low life, Pierce Egan, in his
Real life in The
version you give, incidentally, is comparatively recent, since the older one
(the only one given in the big Oxford
English Dictionary) is three sheets in
the wind). However, online searches show that your version is now about ten
times as common as the one containing in,
so it may be that some day soon it will be the only one around. The version with
to seems to be gaining ground because so many people think a
sheet
is a sail. WHAT IS the meaning and origin of
"three sheets in the wind"? (M. Kiran Kumar,
Narsapur) This is a relatively old expression, which is not often heard these
days. When you say that someone is "three sheets in the wind" or "three sheets
to the wind" what you mean is that the individual is very drunk. Here are a few
examples. * Mohanty was three sheets in the wind by the time we arrived. * If Sunil is three sheets in the wind, don't discuss anything
important with him. * Many of the students were three sheets in the wind at the party.
The expression "three sheets in the wind" was quite popular with
sailors till the late 19th century — when wooden ships were common. The "sheets"
refer to the "ropes" or "chains" tied to the lower corner of sails; they do not
refer to the sails themselves. I understand that on the lower edge of a sail
there were usually four "sheets" or ropes attached. By tightening or slackening
the sheets one controlled the sail. If the sheet was not tied and allowed to run
free, then the sail was said to be "in the wind". When three sheets were not
tied and left hanging loose, then the sails merely flapped around and the ship
moved in a jerky sort of way. In other words, when three sheets were in the
wind, the ship wallowed and staggered like a drunken sailor! Graveyard Shift This term for a late-night work shift dates to around the turn of
the 20th century. The nautical term
graveyard watch appears in 1895. 1907 sees the move to land-based industry
and the word shift added in place of
watch. Both terms are American in origin. The
term does not date to the 16th century as is claimed in the Internet lore title
Life in the 1500s. Nor does it have
anything to do with men stationed in graveyards listening for those accidentally
buried alive to ring bells in their coffins to alert others that they are alive,
nor is it a reference to medical students robbing graves in search of cadavers.
Instead, the term simply evokes the desolation and loneliness of late-night
work. Grandfather Clause A grandfather clause is one that allows
someone who previously had the right to do something to continue doing it even
though the law forbids it to others. For example, when I turned nineteen, the
state of The
term comes from discriminatory practices of certain Southern states against
blacks. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some Southern states had laws
requiring payment of a poll tax or taking of a literacy test before one could
vote. The poor and illiterate were denied the right to vote. This was
race-neutral except for clauses in the state constitutions that exempted someone
from poll taxes or literacy tests if their grandfather had had the right to
vote. This meant that virtually all whites, whose grandfathers could vote before
the imposition of these laws, were allowed to vote, while most blacks were
denied the right to vote. Over the years, the term has lost the racial stigma
and no longer connotes racial bias. The
term grandfather clause dates to 1900.
The verb form, to grandfather, is more
recent, dating to 1972. esprit d'escalier (ess-SPREE dess-kahl-YAY) a remark that occurs to someone only later, after the fact;
the thing you should have said, but didn't think of. this wonderful french
expression literally translates as "wit of the staircase." the english quickly
recognized its usefulness, and had adopted it by the early 1900s. the oxford
dictionary of quotations defines esprit d'escalier as: "an untranslatable
phrase, the meaning of which is that one only thinks on one's way downstairs of
the smart retort one might have made in the drawing room." Mojo
Mojo
is from Black English, first
recorded in the mid-1920s. It is common throughout the South. The earliest recorded usages are in reference to the
blues and jazz music. The meaning has
always been magic, charm, or amulet or more broadly the power and influence derived from such a supernatural source. It is probably African in origin. Gullah (the dialect of the South Carolina
Atlantic islands) has the word moco meaning witchcraft or magic. And the
Fulani language of Claim: Phil
Collins wrote the song In the Air Tonight
after witnessing an incident in which a man refused to come to the aid of a
drowning swimmer.
<top> Status: False. Example:
[Collected on the Internet, 1994]
Variations: There are many variations in the
details of this seemingly straightforward legend: The song is
usually said to be a first-person account, but it is sometimes reported that Collins based the song on
an incident he heard about (but did not witness). The time lapse
between Collins' witnessing the incident and his writing the song varies: he
wrote the song right away, he waited several years, or he wrote the song many
years later (because he was a child when the incident took place). The nature of
the tragic incident also varies: it is most often a man standing idly by while
someone else drowns (or nearly drowns), but other forms mention a deliberate
drowning (i.e., murder), a rape (of Collins' wife), and Collins' catching his
wife in an adulterous act. The victim
takes on one of several identities: Collins' brother, Collins' wife (but only
when the incident involves a rape), a close friend of Collins', a stranger, a
rapist (whom Collins recognizes as his wife's attacker and refuses to help), and
Phil Collins himself (who supposedly nearly drowned when a boat he was sailing
in capsized). Collins himself
does not aid the drowning victim himself because he is either too drunk (or
stoned), too far away, or too busy soliciting help. In versions
where Collins learns the identity of the killer/rapist (sometimes by hiring a
private detective), he invites the man to an upcoming concert (sometimes
specifically arranged to take place in the man's home town) or sends him tickets
anonymously. At the
subsequent concert, Collins premieres "In the Air Tonight," which he sings while
a spotlight shines on the invited guest (or while he stares at the man, without
the spotlight). In some variations Collins never learns the man's identity and
sings the song at every concert as an anonymous accusation. The results of
Collins' musical revelation vary: the invited stranger is humiliated (sometimes
leading to a divorce or job loss), he commits suicide, or he is arrested by
waiting policemen. Origins:
In the Air Tonight (as well as most of Collins' 1981 Face Value album) deals with his bitterness and frustration over the
end of his marriage to his first wife, Andrea. As Collins has repeatedly
explained, the lyrics are not based on any specific real-life event. This rumor --
nothing more than another case of song lyrics being interpreted too literally --
originated not long after the release of the song 1981 and has been in
continuous circulation ever since.
Mental-Health Therapist Goes Ballistic Robert Powers, a mental health practitioner and professional counselor, got upset when he received a memo last summer saying only the manager of his office would have the key to certain supply drawers, according to state documents. Powers took the memo and shot it several times with a .22-caliber handgun before returning it to the office, the document says. Two days later, he reportedly called the office secretary and said he was too angry to return to work because he "might shoot somebody." The comment prompted several co-workers to seek protection orders against him. The state revoked Powers' license to practice as a counselor or therapist on the grounds of unprofessional conduct. Cruise Ship Repossessed, Passengers Left on Shore Soiled Underwear Causes Emergency, Results in Fine The city bomb squad and hazardous materials crew responded after an Erie Water Works employee spotted a black bag near the 33-million gallon Sigsbee Reservoir last month. The reservoir was shut down for several hours while the bomb squad X-rayed the bag and hazardous materials crews waited to test it. Police tracked down Troy Musil, 18, of Musil pleaded guilty last week to defiant trespass. The judge gave Musil a 90-day suspended jail sentence and ordered him to pay $500 a month for 10 months to the emergency agencies that responded. If he doesn't pay, the judge said Musil would be jailed. A telephone number for Musil couldn't be found.
It's a Good Thing Nobody Said 'They Killed Us'
To a 4-year-old, it must have made perfect
sense.
Some neighborhood kids spent New Year's Day
playing street hockey in Elora, Ontario, reports the
Nothing unusual there, especially when the NHL
lockout (search) has Canadians starved for something to do.
But when one of the players complained to a
4-year-old spectator that his team had been "robbed" of a goal, the thoughtful tyke took it
literally.
He marched right back home and promptly called
911.
"Some of the kids said to him, 'Call the cops,
someone stole a goal there,'" explained Provincial Police Sgt. Dave Rektor. "So he went
in and called the cops."
When the dispatcher asked for details, the boy
hung up. A call back and a conversation with the boy's mother quickly resolved the matter.
"He wasn't trying to be malicious," laughed
Rektor. "It was just the innocence of it that was funny."
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