Faustus

From the BBC: "Think of the Roman legacy to Britain and many things spring to mind - straight roads, under-floor heating, aqueducts and public baths. But they were also pioneers in the health arena - particularly in the area of eye care, with remedies for various eye conditions such as short-sightedness and conjunctivitis. Perhaps most surprisingly of all is that the Romans - and others from ancient times, including the Chinese, Indians and Greeks - were also able also to carry out cataract operations. The Romans were almost certainly the first to do this in Britain. Surgical skills" Faustus

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Oddly enough, me too. Because I like to control the volume we'll wait for the DVD. My bride doesn't like theatres at any rate. But . . . it would be nice to get some movie popcorn.

This is Primary day in North Carolina and Indiana Hillary Clinton

Interesting Viggen, the seafaring nature of all the places suggested like Portugal, Northern Spain, Brittany, Atlantic Coast of France, Western part of British Isles (Wales); (but particularly Portugal) when you consider the "sea locked" aspect and the "seafaring nature" or strain suggested of all these populations. Portugal has always roused my curiosity. Now this geographical pattern combines with the mystery of the origin of the Celts, of whom it seems there is always more to come.

Half right. The e in sine doesn't have a macron, while the e in die does. Hence, it's pronounced as "See-ne deeyay," in Classical Latin. I see upon looking it up that you are correct. It is sine and not sīnē and the marks in the link apply only to English and aren't intended to be used for Latin pronunciations. Thank you very much for the correction Ziriel! I like that big smile

sine die Definition sine die (sī′nē dī′ē) We occasionally hear this pronounced in the U.S. Senate, and House of Representatives. I have heard it, though it is rare, because in the context it is used there "without a day" means the House or Senate is adjourning without a set day (or date) for meeting in another session. The pronounciation you will often hear, even by the US Senator who most often makes reference to ancient Rome and specifically the Roman Senate, Senator Robert Byrd) is incorrect. ( You can listen HERE to hear the modern version ) Unless corrected I believe the correct pronunciation sounds (phonetically) like this: See-nay dee-yay Faustus

"Once on a time -- such is the tale -- a country mouse welcomed a city mouse in his poor hole, host and guest old friends both. Roughly he fared, frugal of his store, yet could open his thrifty soul in acts of hospitality. In short, he grudged not his hoard of vetch or long oats, but bringing in his mouth a dried raisin and nibbled bits of bacon he served them, being eager by varying the fare to overcome the daintiness of a guest, who, with squeamish tooth, would barely touch each morsel. Meanwhile, outstretched on fresh straw, the master of the house himself ate spelt and darner, leaving the titbits to his friend. At last the city mouse cries to him: "What pleasure can you have, my friend, in living so hard a life on the ridge of a steep wood? Wouldn't you put people and the city above these wild woods? Take my advice: set out with me. Inasmuch as all creatures that live on earth have mortal souls, and for neither great nor small is there escape from death, therefore, good sir, while you may, live happy amid joys; live mindful ever of how brief your time is!" These words struck home with the rustic, who lightly leaped forth from his house. Then both pursue the journey as planned, eager to creep under the city walls by night. And now night was holding the mid space of heaven, when the two set foot in a wealthy palace, where covers dyed in scarlet glittered on ivory couches, and many courses remained over from a great dinner of the evening before, in baskets piled up hard by. So when the town mouse has the rustic stretched out on purple covers, he himself bustles about in waiter-style, serving course after course, and doing all the duties of the home-bred slave, first tasting everything he serves. The other, lying at ease, enjoys his changed lot, and amid the good cheer is playing the happy guest, when of a sudden a terrible banging of the doors tumbled them both from their couches. In panic they run the length of the hall, and still more terror-stricken were they, as the lofty palace rang with the barking of Molossian hounds. Then says the rustic: "No use have I for such a life, and so farewell: my wood and hole, secure from alarms, will solace me with homely vetch."

Thank you MPC. I's always great to get the text in Latin and English displayed side by side! Faustus

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What you have in your hands has nothing to do with the Paragon Of Tyranny. He does not hang-out in bathrooms. No comment on ditch-digging which is a noble trade IN DEED

It would be strange indeed if there were no "music of the spheres" "Indeed, all the spheres do it, all the planets and all the quasars and stars and moons and whirlpool galaxies, all vibrating and humming like a chorus of wayward deities singing sea shanties in a black hole. It's nothing new, really: Mystics and poets and theorists have pondered the "music of the spheres" (or musica universalis) for eons; it is the stuff of cosmic philosophy, linking sacred geometry, mathematics, cosmology, harmonics, astrology and music into one big cosmological poetry slam." "In other words, you love loud punk? Metal? Jazz? Deep house? Saint-Saens with a glass of Pinot in the tub? Sure you do. That's because somewhere, somehow, deep in your very cells and bones and DNA, it links you back to source, to the Earth's own vibration, the pulse of the cosmos. . ."

That sounds really good about now. I think I'll have one of those too!

Mubarack Saddam Hussein Osama it's a strange name for a US presidential candidate especialy one that was raised in a muslim country and has a crazy priest that hates US His name makes me remember a scene from the movie Crash when the governor was looking for a black hero and they only got an arab fireman named Hussein. It's hard to believe that he could get elected in an european country, a clear sign of the different way in which europeans and americans define themselves as nations. It

Faustus, here's your "barbarian of an unwelcome nature": Tyrannos Paragon = snaaretonpnogar -e +y "A paragon of tyranny." -- Nephele Thank you. You keep great records, and you found a perfect match in only 25 minutes!

snaaretonpnogar (consider him a barbarian of an unwelcome nature)

Wednesday evening Hillary Clinton will make the first of two appearances on Fox News Channel

(Horror stories!) I got stuck on a 1979 five year contract at 8% on a spec house with a commercial loan at 18%, which I credited (no pun intended) Volker for help. But we all just had to work harder, and were helped some by inflation.

Sorry! That's what your sp check can get you on MSO!

Of course, and the rest of the world would find them attractive also, which should not be forgotten. Some interest rates (for construction and the like) in the very late 70's and very early 80's were at 18 percent at the commercial banks. We survived that: side contracts and trades/swaps became very popular.

All these numbers and proportions are something to ponder; very interesting G.O. It will be interesting to see what others add to this. Putting the shortest men in front has lots of advantages: They present a smaller target, (usually) they are more agile (that

I think interest rates are too low.

"The Fed's Bender"

To have said "cyclones" was wrong. To have said "cyclonic pattern" would've been more accurate. Faustus