What does lusk mean?
It’s an obsolete word. Lusk basically means “a lazy fellow”. Someone who or is idle, slothful or unemployed.
Lusk is also a common last name for people and a number of towns are named Lusk (SOURCE: Wikipedia).
- Lusk, Tennessee, a community in the U.S. state of Tennessee
- Lusk, Wyoming, a town in the U.S. state of Wyoming
- Lusk, County Dublin, a village in Ireland
- Lusk, a band that released the album Free Mars in 1997
- Jeremy Lusk, a former American freestyle motocross racer
- Clayton R. Lusk (1872 – 1959), American politician from New York State
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Generation Zero is a documentary exploring the cultural roots of the global financial meltdown. From the narcissism of the 60’s evolving into the self-indulgent 90’s and inevitably leading to the present economic catastrophe. It shows how the mindset of the baby boomers sowed the initial seed of economic disaster for future generations.
It features an array of experts and authors and avoids the media headlines and gets to the source of the catastrophe that we have inherited today.
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The Colossus Of Rhodes was a 30 meter (170 foot) high statue of the Greek god Helios. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was erected by Chares of Lindos sometime between 292 and 280 BC.
The statue survived for 56 years until it was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BC – it snapped at the knees. According to historical accounts the ruins remained an impressive spectacle for over 800 years
8th Voyage Of Sinbad
The Syfy network reports that there is a new film in production called the “8th Voyage of Sinbad”. In this film Sinbad searches for the golden head from the ruins of the Colossus Of Rhodes statue.
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Tiger Woods has often been described as being “petulant”. What does the word petulant mean?
A person is petulant if they are easily upset even over minor annoyances. For example on the golf course Tiger Woods has been known to erupt in anger over minor things such as camera clicks and people talking (even softly).
Pronunciation Of Petulant
[pech-uh-luh nt]
Petulant Synonyms
Some good synonyms for petulant are touchy, pettish and irritable
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So are Goonch Catfish really man eaters?
Goonch Catfish have backward facing teeth. These are predicator teeth and the following YouTube video shows that they can grow as big as a man.
A series of 3 fatal goonch catfish attacks in villages on the River Kali in India between 1998 and 2007 occurred. Biologists were able to verify the stories after capturing a live specimen.
Why eat humans? The creature had probably developed a taste for human flesh from burnt human cremation remains. Also eating off all the cremation remains allows these creatures to grow very massive.
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What is a Metacognative Schnsunct?
Metacognition (noun) is knowledge about your own thinking and the things that influence your thinking. Metacognitive is the adjective form and describes a strategy of acquiring knowledge. Knowing about what strategies to use for learning a particular skill or for solving a particular problem. Can be described as memory-monitoring, self-regulation or self-awareness.
Definition Of Sehnsucht
Sehnsucht is a German word that means "longing" or something that is “intensely missing”. Life-longings. It’s a difficult word to describe as it involves a very deep emotional state.
CS Lewis has used the term as a synonym for the word “joy” or a “inconsolable longing” in our hearts.
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What is the definition of mooncalf?
Mooncalf is pronounced [moon-kaf]. It can have one of three possible meanings
- A daydreamer
- A fool
- A mentally deficient person born that way from birth
The word was first used to describes cows giving birth to unformed embryos (a moon calf). Superstition attributed the defects to the influence of the moon, thus the name moon-calf.
Bill O’Reilly asked thousands of viewers to lookup up the word “mooncalf” on his Fox TV Segment. A very strange request.
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So What is a Coconut Crab?
Coconut crabs are land living anthropoids – the largest in the word. They can weigh up to 10lbs. They have a leg span of up to 1m. Scientists believe that Coconut crabs have reached the limits that land dwelling animals with exoskeletons can achieve in our Earth’s atmosphere. There are much larger crabs in the sea because in this case their weight is supported by the water.
Coconut crabs live in costal forests of many Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean islands (e.g. Christmas, Seychelles, Cook ..). They emerge at night to forage on coconuts. They have very strong pincers which are able to crack coconuts, which enables them to retrieve the contents. They are scavengers by nature and will consume anything from dead animals to tortoise hatchlings.
Coconut crabs can climb trees to retrieve coconuts and also to escape the heat and predators but tend to pull their food into burrows which is safer while eating.
Coconut Crab Pictures
Here are some cool pictures of giant coconut crabs.
Coconut Crab Pictures by fearlessRich
Giant Coconut Crab Attacks
Coconut crabs will attack when threatened.
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A Tamarind is a tree native to the tropical forests of Africa. It thrives in a hot humid environment with well drained damp soils. The tree can grow up to 66 ft (22 meters) in height.
The Tamarind tree has been introduced into the East Indies and into other islands of the Pacific over the centuries.
The pulp from the tamarind fruit is able to be eaten. It has a very acidic and sour taste so is often used to spice dishes. It is also used in desserts as a jam, in candies and blended into juices. It is also used as an ingredient in Worcestershire and HP sauces.
It is a nature laxative if consumed in it’s raw state.
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A sextillion is 10 to the power of 21 (i.e. 10 ** 21) i.e. a 1 with 21 zeros after it.
So a sextillion is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
The following table should help to give some context to a sextillion. Traditionally the British have used a different system that is now obsolete in Britain.
| Name | Modern | Traditional British |
| trillion | 10 **12 | 10 **18 |
| quadrillion | 10 **15 | 10 **24 |
| quintillion | 10 **18 | 10 **30 |
| sextillion | 10 **21 | 10 **36 |
| septillion | 10 **24 | 10 **42 |
| octillion | 10 **27 | 10 **48 |
| nonillion | 10 **30 | 10 **54 |
| decillion | 10 **33 | 10 **60 |
| undecillion | 10 **36 | 10 **66 |
| duodecillion | 10 **39 | 10 **72 |
Here is the full table for the names of large numbers.
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