marmarlade
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Comment · 12 years ago
Comment · 12 years ago
I LOVE Topkapı Palace, it's gorgeous. Have you been?
I had an amazing tour guide who, among many other things, explained how everything had two layers of security (at least) built in. For instance, eunuchs in the Harem were always black just in case the castration was botched - that way, you could still tell the child was not the Sultan's. A bit more here: http://jmilton6000.wordpress.com/2006/11/23/the-harem-and-th...
Talk about redundancy.
Comment · 12 years ago
I wonder if they simply ignored all the negative connotations with Incubus when picking the name because it was 'oh so good a pun'.
I.e. very male-centric, all about preying on women, ...
I also hear Brandon Boyd is a mentor.
I'm possibly exaggerating
Comment · 12 years ago
Nice idea, but I do take a bit of an issue with ideas like these. More often than not, they serve as a fig leaf and give the people using them a false sense of comfort and achievement.
There's a reason sports programming exists, and a certain level of intensity, planning and rotation is necessary for results.
A better thing to follow for at least a modicum of impact is http://www.7-min.com
Anyone who's done any amount of exercise worth the designation will have to do a few rounds of this to actually get into heavy breathing territory, but it's a (structured) start!
Comment · 12 years ago
Hmm, if they are, they're elaborately faking to the extent of making up sources in the footer. I'll take a look tonight if there is a CCTV camera where they claim there is and let you know!
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