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omg, it's not a pirate story!

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

omg, it's not a pirate story!

No. No longer doing Blackbeard. I did Ben Franklin after Blackbeard.

Tuesday's Word Jumble words-- person, female, truck, alpha.

Jumble - Houston Chronicle

An interesting story about pirates is that they wore eye patches when on ship-- unless they were missing an eye-- so that their eyes would adjust more quickly when coming from a dark ship into the light aboard ship.

Unless this person was the alpha female at sea, she probably had to wear an eye patch too if she had any duties that involved helping when they were at battle. I doubt if they just stuck the female pirates in some trunk while in a struggle with another ship. It seems there were a lot of female pirates as well as many escaped slaves went to pirating as a way to survive.

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Jumble - Houston Chronicle

Turnip.
Sprawl.
Adult.
Spoil.

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Napoleon's wars spoiled the some in France-- adults and kids-- access to sugar. So what to do when faced with the omnipresent British Navy? Engineer the sugar beet! The sugar beat's empire would soon sprawl bigger than those of the British, Napoleon, and even that of Alexander. Blood From A Turnip? No, But Napoleon Got Sugar From A Beet » Arts & Life » OPB

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Jumble - Houston Chronicle

Useful.
Kayak.
Uproot.
Crack.

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Jumble - Houston Chronicle

Useful.
Kayak.
Uproot.
Crack.

There is a palindrome-- a word spelled forward and backwards the same way such as kayak-- that references Napoleon Bonaparte. ◦Able was I ere I saw Elba. It is about when he was uprooted from France after various defeats in Russia and elsewhere but he had not yet met his Waterloo. It probably still makes many an Englishman crack a smile at the expense of the people across the Channel. Probably not much of a smile given how useful stoicism is to many a man or woman in the United Kingdom-- stiff upper lip and all that. http://www.rinkworks.com/words/palindromes.shtml

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Friday's Word Jumble answers:

Entice.
Kiosk.
Upbeat.
Light.

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Friday's Word Jumble answers:

Entice.
Kiosk.
Upbeat.
Light.

Napoleon and the Jews - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Napoleon seemed to offer the Jews of Europe an upbeat kiosk of new rights and opportunities but when probing deeper he actually seemed to want French and other societies to assimilate those of the Jewish faith. He had enticed various Jewish leaders to embrace his enlightened views on the Chosen People.

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Jumble - Houston Chronicle

Oddly.
Fault.
Invest.
Island.

Napoleon oddly tried to invest in the Catholic faith by coming into an agreement with the Pope about the Catholic Church in France. It would no longer be an island of Enlightenment ideas which put the Church at odds with the State. Many find fault with this policy of Bonaparte when contrasted with his support of the Jews. He wanted the Jewish to assimilate through joining his army. He wanted the prestige of the Popes to help his recruitments for his military forces. He saw this as a wise investment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleo...atholic_Church

[Taltarzac725]

Sunday's Word Jumble answers:

Belie.
Trait.
Omelet.
Weaken.

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Sunday's Word Jumble answers:

Belie.
Trait.
Omelet.
Weaken.

Beethoven served Bonaparte an omelet of praise at first, but his admiration for the man soon weakened when Napoleon became Emperor. Grabbing more and more power was a trait that only some valued in the Little Corporal and certainly belied Beethoven. http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/s...a/aaeroica.htm

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Jumble - Houston Chronicle

July 8, 2013's Word Jumble answers:

Helix.
Scout.
Mighty.
Azalea.

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Steven Spielberg to create TV version of Napoleon's life in homage to greatest film Stanley Kubrick never made | Mail Online


There is possibly a TV series in the works by Steven Spielberg which will cover the life of the mighty Napoleon Bonaparte. Maybe, it should have Iggy Azalea in the part of Josephine? No word that they are scouting for locations. Just think if they filmed it in the Villages? There would have to be a whole new set of buildings and fields which none of them having anything to do with golf. Doubt if the Village's gators could stand in for the Egyptian crocodiles. And, what about the Pyramids?

You can get a look at the Kubrick script Spielberg is revising here-- http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/4/406...apoleon-for-tv

If the project turns out it will be similar to a double helix with one strand representing Spielberg's take on the subject of Napoleon's life and the other strand, of course, retaining Kubrick's vision.

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Elope.
Engulf.
Eject.
Trauma.

Jumble - Houston Chronicle

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Elisa Bonaparte - Napoleonic Historical Society

Eliza Bonaparte's husband probably wished she had eloped with someone else because of all the trauma she put him through with her various affairs as well as blue blooded attitudes to those without the Bonaparte bloodline.

Writing about Eliza Bonaparte's husband's station-in-life (from above linked article)--

At the parade, he was her aide-de-camp and lowered his sword as she passed; at official ceremonies of the palace, he was her Chamberlain, and stood behind her or marched after her; in social life, he was the very last and least of her associates; on the coins, his profile was three quarters absorbed and lost in hers. She seemed to make it a point to render him ridiculous in the eyes of Europe, and absurd in the sight of history.

It sounds like her husband was ejected from any real role in her politics and governing of the gifts of societies given her by her brother Napoleon. This must have engulfed him in shame, humiliation, and depression.