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Battle for Middle Earth 2 - Rise of the Witch-King - Mission 4 - The Dark Lord's Eye
Battle for Middle Earth II - Rise of the Witch -King - Mission 4 - The Dark Lord's Eye
This is a hint/walkthrough post for Battle for Middle Earth II: Rise of the Witch-King. You can find an index of all our Battle for Middle Earth II posts here.
This is a tough mission primarily because you have to split your attention so much between building Mills, recruiting units, tactical combat. As soon as possible, it would be wise to take the time pressure off so you can concentrate on getting resources.
Instead of rushing around to get the Shards, or even getting four Shards to fulfill the mission objective of keeping Arnor from four, advance down the road (or around it if there are knights camped in the middle of the road) and box in the enemy at their fortress. Morgomir should be able to take down the catapult towers at the entrance. Bring up a Troll Stone Thrower and whatever reinforcements you can build (Dark Rangers are probably best here), then demolish the Arnor base.
Once the base is demolished, you can take your time to build up your forces, defend your holdings, and get the remaining Shards at your leisure because Arnor has no where to deliver their Shards.
In general, Arnor already has sizable forces at each Shard site. When you get close, they grab the Shard and make a run for it while some of their forces delay you. Periodically, Dunedain Knights are spawned from off the map and attack your Mills, so instead of chasing them, put two towers at each Mill.
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A former part-time school library assistant, Amanda MacGregor (above) considers the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) teens she worked with for more than three years to be "my kids," she says. Wanting to make sure materials were available for them—without forcing students to request them directly—MacGregor created displays of LGBTQ books, listed phone numbers for groups like the Trevor Project, a crisis intervention program for LGBTQ young people, and mixed LGBTQ titles in with ones thematically ranging from vampire tales to mysteries when creating book lists.
However, she thinks that her mere presence in a room without doors or an office, where students who needed a safe space could walk in and just be themselves, may have been her greatest value.
"Kids in general are often so grateful to have someone show an interest in their lives and accept them for who they are," she says. "I had one kid in my first year who spent a fair amount of time talking with me, often about having crushes on boys. He sent me a private message last year saying, 'I never thanked you for encouraging me to be myself.' That means something to me, even three years later."
The library: An unofficial refuge
Online sites are often the first go-to resources for educators searching for book lists and tips on setting up their libraries with more LGBTQ materials. Where do librarians look?
Kyle Lukoff often heads to Tumblr to find "some 21-year-old gender queer" whom he then follows. He learns a lot by just reading the comments—but is careful to not chime in himself. "Flame wars aren't great to participate in," he says.
Sarah Stone suggests going to the American Library Association's (ALA) site to look at current-year winners of Stonewall Book Awards.
Amanda MacGregor herself blogs at Cite Something! and writes about LGBTQ resources, GLSEN's National School Climate Survey, and other topics.
Jillian McCoy turns to sites including the Trevor Project, the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, and Lamba Legal, a resource site focusing on the legal rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and those living with HIV.
GLSEN's Jenny Betz recommends librarians look at the ALA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) Rainbow List for suggested titles, while also reading through GLBTRT's site for resources for GLBTQ-identifying librarians.
GLSEN produces a "Tools for Librarians" sheet, a two-page poster stocked with instructions on creating a Safe Space Kit, including one aimed at elementary schools. PDFs of the poster can be requested by email.
With 82 percent of LGBTQ students reporting verbal harassment, among other forms of bullying, according to the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) 2011 School Climate Report, finding a space to feel safe may be particularly crucial for these students. So is finding materials in which LGBTQ students can see themselves—resources that reflect the stories of their lives and the themes that mirror their own questions and concerns. School librarians provide support through their very presence as well as through the services they can provide.
"I remember hiding out in the library to escape bullying or because I generally felt I was not fitting in," says Jenny Betz, senior education manager for GLSEN. "It gave me a place to be."
GLSEN has seen library use grow among students seeking LGBTQ-specific content and information. This is no surprise, says Betz, since librarians are free-speech supporters and usually want to ensure LGBTQ student access to materials.
School librarians can highlight titles without making "a big deal, or doing things that might out people, by just leaving books on the tables, on the fly," Betz says. "Librarians have been doing this for generations, really finding ways to serve their constituents."
And LGBTQ teens are a constituency that librarians and educators consistently report as needing to be served.
More than 38 percent of LGBTQ teens report physical harassment, and 18.3 percent report being physically assaulted because of their sexual orientation, according to GLSEN's 2011 School Climate Report (a 2013 report is due this fall). The Web can also be an unsafe space for LGBTQ youth, with 42 percent reporting being harassed or bullied online—three times more than non-LGBTQ youth—and 27 percent saying they feel unsafe online, according to GLSEN's "Out Online" report from 2013.
L. Lee Butler, a librarian at the Stoughton (MA) High School, agrees that a librarian can play a key role in a student's school life as a "trusted adult who is not part of the evaluating or disciplinary process," he says. "That's not to say we don't discipline students or evaluate their work. But we are not giving them a grade. We can be more approachable than many classroom teachers."
Butler focuses in particular on making sure his students have access to "accurate and age-appropriate sexual health information," he says. While he makes sure he has materials available, he also watches to see which titles are never returned. Books that mention anything about sex? They often go missing, he says.
"They're not just being checked out voraciously. They just disappear off the shelves," he says. "The books that are stolen are often the ones most needed in your collection."
To highlight the books he thinks are important, Butler simply puts up displays on topics about sexual health and education when the Gay Straight Alliance comes in for their regular meetings. While "hanging out" near the check-out area afterwards, Butler says, they discover the titles he has purposefully, but casually, placed there.
"They're seniors, so they won't admit they need the information. But they do," he says. "They say they're going to give the resources to their classmates. They become information vectors."
Finding LGBTQ content for teens
Students, particularly those in their teen and tween years, also say they want to see more genres featuring LGBTQ students as characters, even if gender orientation isn't the main plot point.
When school librarian Jillian McCoy started at the Academy of Mount St. Ursula school in the Bronx, the ninth-through-twelfth grade girls started requesting "books that weren't just coming-out stories, but with LGBTQ characters in them," she says. "They were pretty vocal about it." At first, McCoy had trouble finding some genres, such as fantasy, with LGBTQ characters. But that's starting to change, she says.
Elementary school librarians may not have as many questions regarding LGBTQ issues as their high school counterparts, but they still have a responsibility to serve their students with these materials, believes Kyle Lukoff, a librarian at Corlears School in Manhattan. Lukoff actively searches for titles with LGBTQ themes for his younger students.
"I don't have Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games (Scholastic, 2008) in my library," says Lukoff. "But I have Jennifer Carr's Be Who You Are! (AuthorHouse, 2010), which is about trans kids. It's a matter of finding the materials."
Lukoff has heard the arguments that children, particularly those in the younger grades, might get confused by reading material adults don't believe they can understand, such as gender orientation. But he finds that argument specious. "Kids are always confused," he says. "They're confused about why their hands are sticky, or about what makes their jacket fall off their desk. Math is confusing. And we don't say not to teach them math."
Sarah Stone believes that her patrons should have access to as many materials as she can find and stock at the San Francisco Public Library, where she serves as a branch collections specialist. Stone is especially attuned to including LGBTQ-relevant titles. "There is a sense of showing some leadership because we are San Francisco," she says. "If it touches on some aspect of LGBTQ life, we probably want that book unless it is terrible."
Stone turns to blogs, traditional channels such as ALA's Stonewall Book Awards, and sites such as Goodreads to find new titles. Waiting for a review copy is the last way Stone wants to discover a book. Instead, she says, librarians "can be on the prowl."
That means looking at books focusing on LGBTQ issues from many different angles, says Stone. She mentions Chris Terry's Zero Fade (Curbside Splendor, 2013), about a teen named Kevin Phifer whose uncle comes out as gay.
However, "the queer experience doesn't have to be limited to 'coming out' books," Stone says. "It can be dealing with your own homophobia."
Or, a title can be a book that simply features an LGBTQ family within its story line. As many as six million American children and adults have an LGBTQ parent, according to the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute.
"There are children in the classroom whose families look like that," says April Sanders, assistant professor at Spring Hill College's Division of Teacher Education in Mobile, AL. "These books point to the importance of students finding themselves in the literature."
Sanders, who works with students pursuing teaching degrees, regularly emphasizes that LGBTQ books need to be part of collections, and displayed prominently—in classrooms as well as school media centers. Students don't always get time to go to the library, she notes.
"I can't emphasize enough how important is it for our students to be seeing themselves in the reading," says Sanders. "I think that goes a long way for students who are particularly dealing with issues like bullying."
Librarians who are unsure of how to launch a book collection or build other materials for LGBTQ students should take the advice they give to students, says Saunders.
"Sometimes it's just getting out there," she says. And "sometimes we just need to take a breath, and read some books."
Four librarians weigh in on essential LGBTQ books
L. Lee Butler
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, illustrated by Henry Cole (S. & S., 2005). PreS-Gr 2. Two male penguins and their baby.
Sex, a Book for Teens: An Uncensored Guide to Your Body, Sex, and Safety by Nikol Hasler (Zest, 2010). Gr 10 Up. "General sex ed and sexuality, including a lot about LGBTQ teen experiences."
Kyle Lukoff
Be Who You Are! by Jennifer Carr (AuthorHouse, 2010). Gr 3-5. "About trans kids, written for younger kids."
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation edited by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman (Seal Pr., 2010). An adult publication appropriate for teens. "Provides a lot of different perspectives about gender."
What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg, illustrated by Fiona Smyth (Triangle Square, 2013). PreS-Gr 2. A book about where babies come from that doesn't specify parents' gender or sexuality.
April Sanders
Daddy, Papa, and Me by Lesléa Newman (Tricycle, board book edition, 2009). PreS. "Board book for a very young level."
Sarah Stone
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills (Flux, 2012). Gr 7 Up. "Includes a transgender character."
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle (S. & S., 2014). Gr 4-8. A 13-year-old boy heads to the Big Apple looking to audition for a big-city musical.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth (HarperCollins, 2012). Gr 8 Up. Teen coming-of-age book.
10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert, illustrated by Rex Ray (Triangle Square, 2008). K-Gr 4. A picture book about a child who dreams at night of dresses.
Violet in Bloom: A Flower Power Book by Lauren Myracle (Abrams, 2010). Gr 4-8. "Has character with two moms, an experience that some readers may have in common."
Zero Fade by Chris L. Terry (Curbside Splendor, 2013). Gr 5 Up. The main character struggles with homophobic feelings about his uncle, who is coming out.
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Inhaled nitric oxide, delivered to heart attack patients before and during treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) did not reduce the extent of damaged tissue (infarct), but may have improved recovery, according to Hot Line results presented today at ESC Congress 2014.
BARCELONA, Spain – Monday 1 September: Inhaled nitric oxide, delivered to heart attack patients before and during treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) did not reduce the extent of damaged tissue (infarct), but may have improved recovery, according to Hot Line results presented today at ESC Congress 2014.The NOMI (Nitric Oxide for inhalation to reduce reperfusion injury in acute st-elevation Myocardial Infarction) trial was based on the hypothesis that nitric oxide inhalation can reduce the injury caused to heart tissue during reperfusion (restoration of blood flow when a blocked artery is re-opened), according to Stefan Janssens, MD, PhD from University Hospital Gasthuisberg of Leuven, Belgium. The trial included 250 heart attack patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who presented between two and 12 hours after symptom onset.Patients were randomised to receive supplemental oxygen via face mask, with (n=125) or without (n=125) nitric oxide at a concentration of 80 parts per million.The gas was started in the catheterization laboratory prior to PCI and continued up to 4 hours after the start of reperfusion. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to measure infarct size, assessed as a fraction of left ventricular (LV) mass, as well as to evaluate LV remodeling (injury-related changes).The study found that between 48-72 hours after the procedure there were no differences in infarct size between patients who received nitric oxide and those who did not (18% vs 19.4%, P=0.44).However, a pre-specified sub-group analysis of patients who had received intracoronary or intravenous nitroglycerin (IC/IV NTG) – the administration of which was left to the discretion of the local investigators- showed a significant interaction (P=0.014) with the use of inhaled nitric oxide. Among NTG-naïve patients (n=132), nitric oxide inhalation was associated with significantly smaller infarcts compared to patients who had previously received NTG (n=93). In the total population, MRI at 48-72 hours showed a trend for improved LV functional recovery with nitric oxide, which became significant at 4 months (P=0.048).Functional recovery was significantly better with nitric oxide in the sub-group of NTG-naïve patients. Nitric oxide did not cause major adverse events, and for a secondary composite endpoint of death, recurrent ischemia, stroke or rehospitalisations it was associated with a trend towards a lower event rate (P=0.10).The NOMI trial is the first to investigate the impact of nitric oxide inhalation on myocardial reperfusion injury, infarct size, and cardiac recovery, said Professor Janssens.
"While it did not show a significant reduction in infarct size in the overall study population, the findings suggest that nitric oxide inhalation merits further investigation in STEMI patients," he concluded.
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'Ale, Gingerbread and Oysters' Talk and Local History Walk led by Margaret Rogers
30 September 2018 14:30
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This talk and local history walk starts inside Emsworth Museum promptly at 2.30pm.
Dr Margaret Rogers will give details of the locations of a least 23 Public Houses and numerous beer houses that have thrived at sometime in the town. She will also discuss the origins and importance of inn signs.
This will be followed by a short walk to The Square where gingerbread was sold in the town market and then onto the Quay to learn about the history of the local oyster fishing industry and the reason for its demise.
The cost of this talk and walk is £3.00 per person. Advance booking is not required. The
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How would you explain Chisels to an American? The first thing that jumps to mind is the "Freebird" joke. You know how this goes - you go and see some sensitive balladeer like Sufjan Stevens or Ryan Adams and, during a lull in the show, some wag in the audience yells "Freebird!". Well, in Australia, it's "Play some Chisels!".
An unsuspecting migrant trying to fill in Australia's immigration tests might wrongly think that Australia's national anthem is Advance Australia Fair. The correct answer is, of course, Khe Sanh, the poignant tale of a VietNam vet who returns to Australia only to fail to cope with civilian life. To adequately describe the significance of this Australian Marseillaise, I must turn to people far more competent than I:
an incredibly annoying song that is played at the end of every outer suburban Year 12 Social to a group of vomiting underage drinkers, and every function involving boorish Rock Spider Aussies making utter cocks of themselves abroad, and every footy trip/Grand Final barbeque/buck's night, or any other gathering popular with people who's main philosophy is 2-4-6-8-Bash-A-Gay-Til-He's-Straight...During the 70s and 80s, Cold Chisel and their fans were despised by indie and alternative types, many of whom bore bruises inflicted by Chisels' more closely-related fans, and it was not until about the middle of this decade that Cold Chisel enjoyed a certain amount of rehabilitation (although songwriter Don Walker has always been held in high esteem by your male white Hornby wannabe's, and rightly so).
In general, Cold Chisel's most popular songs are straight-down-the-line rock, with some sentimental ballads slowing the pace a little. What saves Chisels from being utter shit is the quality of the songwriting. Mostly handled by Don Walker - but all members of the band contributed songs - the songs enable you to see the characters and step into their lives. I don't write this lightly - when you listen to Ita, you can see the stoner share-house full of bogans watching quality TV like Beauty and the Beast. You can relate to the guy who foolishly told his girlfriend they should take a break from their relationship, only for her to up stumps and get married to someone else. I absolutely guarantee you're hankering to rip the headset off, tell the customer to go fuck themselves and head off to Bow River, whatever that may be for you. I mean, for me Bow River is the East Brunswick Club (I have small dreams). The point is that just because I'm a middle-class* softcock doesn't mean I can't see myself in a Chisels song. Here's a great little explanation of the appeal of the Ian Moss-penned Bow River.
*For widely varying definitions of middle class - the reason this post is four months overdue is that I got a job as a real live pubic servant in February, and my life has been a whirlwind of business cases and benchmarking and probity, but not the good kind of probity.
You Must Know:
Khe Sanh
Just what it says on the box. If you don't know any other Chisels songs, this is the one you need to know.
My Turn To Cry
"When I told you just have a good time I think you took me all wrong - next thing you're engaged and a kid is coming along." Remember Barnsey next time you're thinking of suggesting to your partner that you should consider a trial separation.
Choir Girl
Possibly the world's only Top 40 hit about abortion.
No Sense
No Sense is unusual in two regards - firstly, it's stylistically quite distinct from Cold Chisel's typical output, and secondly, it was written by singer Jimmy Barnes, whose career both in Cold Chisel and as a solo artist has not suggested that spiky, post-punk screeds are really his thing.
Bow River
Like a more mainstream version of Take This Job And Shove It.
You Got Nothing I Want
Chisels' response to not breaking the American market.
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National Forest Service: Beware of Marijuana Growers
The National Forest Service issued a press release today that urges hikers, campers and others to be on the watch for a very dangerous type of forest dweller: Marijuana cultivators.
Issued by the agency's headquarters in Washington D.C., the press release provides safety tips for people who think they may have found amarijuana growing operation:
- Sometimes marijuana smells like a skunk on hot days.
- Hoses or drip lines located in unusual or unexpected places.
- A well-used trail where there shouldn't be one.
- People standing along roads without vehicles present, or in areas where loitering appears unusual.
- Grow sites are usually found in isolated locations, in rough steep terrain.
- Camps containing cooking and sleeping areas with food, fertilizer, weapons, garbage, rat poison and/or dead animals.
- Small propane bottles, used to avoid the detection of wood smoke.
- Individuals armed with rifles out of hunting season.
The announcement continues:
"As soon as you become aware that you have come upon a cultivation site, back out immediately. Never engage the growers as these are extremely dangerous people. If you can identify a landmark or record a GPS coordinate, that's very helpful. The growers may be present and may or may not know that you have found their grow site.
"Get to a safe place and report as much detail about the location and incident as you can recall to any uniformed member of the Forest Service or to your local law enforcement agency. Leave the way you came in, and make as little noise as possible."
If our leaders in Washington would wise up and legalize marijuana we wouldn't have problems like this. We wouldn't have to fear for our lives while going for a hike because some brutal Mexican drug cartel has set up an operation in our favorite patch of forest and decided to defend it with automatic weapons.
Instead of just warning people, why doesn't the government actually do something to fix the root of the problem?
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TV product performance
On an average day in 2008,
characterised by the considerable
growth of the digital satellite and
terrestrial offering, the Rai Group
consolidates its share of the market,
showing an increase of 0.10% on its
average daily share, compared with
drop of -1.07% recorded
by Mediaset.
This result is due to the good performance of RaiDue (+0.20% share), partly attributable to the Beijing Olympics, and also to the doubling of viewing figures recorded by Rai's digital networks ('Rai Digitale'), which have shot up from a share of 0.40% in 2007 to 0.82% in 2008.
These results offset the 0.51% decline of RaiUno, accompanied by the stability of
the market share held by RaiTre (-0.01%).
The positive performance of Rai Digitale is mainly influenced by the launch of the new digital channel Rai 4, but the good viewing figures of the renewed Rai Sport Piu` recorded during the 2008 Olympics should not be overlooked.
This makes Rai Italy's third digital broadcaster, after Sky and Fox and before important competitors such as Disney, Turner, Discovery Channel and Viacom.
In more general terms, viewing figures for digital channels are occupying more and more space in the increasingly crowded and aggressive competitive scenario: excluding the Rai channels, 'Satellite TV' as a whole has increased its share by +0.58% compared with 2007, while 'Other Terrestrial TV' (local TV and DTT) have
grown by 0.28%.
The Rai Group maintains the same result as last year for Prime Time (+0.01%).
This result is based on the same factors highlighted for the average day: the
decline by RaiUno (-0.61%) and, to a lesser extent, RaiTre (-0.09%), is offset by
the good performance of RaiDue (+0.42%) and Rai Digitale (+0.29%).
The market share of the Mediaset Group has dropped (-1.09%), to the benefit of the 'Satellite TVs' (+0.47% share), 'Other terrestrial TVs' (+0.30%) and La 7 (+0.32%).


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Vase planted by Sallie Corbin
"Nebaj is a highland village which has suffered many tragedies as a result of Guatemala's political turmoil over the past several decades. From the 1970s through the 1990s, Nebaj was attacked and tortured by their own government where hundreds of innocent civilians were killed and many families fled to live in the forest in hiding. People lived off scraps of food and whatever could be smuggled out of the forest or eaten off the trees. Many did not make it although the survival stories are amazing. I chose this spot to bury the vase in the Mayan mountains, below a telephone wire overlooking the town in hopes that blessings would be sent through the valley."


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In the last seasons has been discussed, in several European leagues, the presence of a continuously decreasing number of national players in clubs' starting 11 and the negative consequences of this fact on national teams performance.
Football Industry analyzed the starting 11 of 148 clubs from 8 different leagues in the first 3 matchdays of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 in order to:
1 – Check the average number of national players in clubs' starting 11;
2 – Analyze the disparity between clubs with higher and lower reputation with regard to their bet on local players;
3-Verify the standard starting 11 of each league (by nationalities);
4-Verify which teams have more and less local players in each league; and
5-Check the field position occupied by the Portuguese players chosen for the starting 11 of the clubs competing in Liga ZON Sagres.
In the analyzed period, Eredivisie (Dutch League) was the one with a higher number of national players in its clubs' starting 11, recording an average of 7.3 players in 2013/2014 and 7.0 in 2012/2013. The Spanish and French Leagues (Liga BBVA and Ligue 1) complete the podium having presented, on average, 6.7 and 5.8 players in each starting 11 in 2013/2014. The German (Bundesliga), Belgian (Jupiler Pro League), English (Barclays Premier League), Italian (Serie A) and Portuguese (Liga ZON Sagres) leagues were also considered in this research.
A complete version of the study can be read below.
This research was discussed on the TV show "Maisfutebol", of TVI24, on the 18th of October.
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Escrito por: Nuno Bolas
Consultor e Analista, Mestre em Gestão pela NOVA - School of Business and Economics.


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Tree houses are all about friends and fun. That's why we're happy for our friends, carpenters James and Ryan McCarthy, for going out on a limb with their fun local company, Tree House Brothers. Check out this video created by Google's small business group; it captures the magic of what they do. You can also visit www.treehousebrothers.com.
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And you thought that $398 laptop at Walmart the day after Thanksgiving was cheap! Fuhgeddaboutit. CompUSA can beat that. On Sunday, the computer company was selling a Toshiba laptop with a 15-inch screen, 1.5GHz Celeron M processor, 256MB of memory and a 60GB hard drive for $150, after $550 in rebates and signing away your life to AOL for one year. It lasted only 16 hours, but even with the AOL thrown in that's a darn good deal. And then, to go one step further, the retailer offered a $99 Compaq desktop with an AMD processor, 17-inch CRT monitor, 256MB of memory, an 80GB hard drive and a CD-RW drive—also after about $480 worth of rebates. Obviously it's a ploy to get warm bodies into the store and spending money. Brian Woods, executive vice president and general merchandising manager of CompUSA, reported the company sold 7500 Toshiba notebooks in just 2 hours, while 7500 desktop bundles were also sold during the day. But don't fret, though the laptops were completely sold out, some of those desktops are still around, so I suggest checking your CompUSA flyer this weekend if you're looking for a deal.
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May is the time when Dandelions and other weeds wake up, and contaminate the nice green of the lawn with its bright yellow color. Dandelions are actually capable of taking over your lawn, and destroying it almost entirely! For the survival of your lawn, it is crucial to stop dandelion's growth, and prevent them from spreading out.
As you might know, chemicals are not allowed in Thonrhill area, which is great, because the damage they caused to our health is definitely not worth the green lawns it produced, and not so great, because now fighting weeds is so much more difficult.
So now, fighting with dandelions is quite a challenge!
How can we stop dandelions?
The effort for dandelion lawn care is mutual – we come and help you with the first push, and then it is up to you to spend a few minutes here and there – plucking the yellow heads out, and if possible – the root too!
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I was watching a demonstration of an artist doing a pen and watercolor of a gorgeous building. Instead of using a waterproof pen for the initial drawing, she used one of these.
Many people buy these and use them simply as pens. Not I, said the fly. These are water-soluble, making for beautiful effects once water is applied. In today's post, I used the brown pen for my drawing and went back in with a bit of water. On the rose, I added a touch of red from my travel palette to the flower and a bit of green to the leaves. In the vase and flowers (sorry it's crooked, I do all my art journal stuff on my lap in front of the TV), I added water only. And I actually love it with no other color at all. What do you think?
For the flowers in yesterday's post, I drew them in pen, went back with water to blur the lines a bit – then once the ink dries, it is apparently set. Went back in with watercolor paint on top. The underdrawing didn't move. Just gave a very cool effect to the flower as a whole.
Just wanted to share this with all of you, since these pens are a steal at Blick and elsewhere. Maybe it's just me – but I love the effect it gives! Peace and happy Tuesday to all of you. Enjoy!


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Monday, March 19, 2012
Image Entertainment bares all with "STRIP STRIP HOORAY!" Coming May 1st to DVD
Get ready for a real eye opener! On May 1st Image Entertainment takes you back in time to the gorgeous, glamorous, girl-esque of the 1950's with Strip Strip Hooray. This six-movie compilation featuring the best of burlesque exploitation films dances its way on unrated DVD for an SRP of $19.98. Pre-book is April 3.
Midnight Frolics (1949, B/W, 68 mins.): Direct from L.A.'s Belasco Theatre comes a galaxy of gorgeous girls including Sunny Knight (The Golden Girl of the Golden West), Mickey "Ginger" Jones, Aleene, Boo LaVon, Shirley Heart, Annette Warren and "Sonney's Sunkist Beauties"!
Everybody's Girl (1950, B/W, 83 mins.): Gay Dawn heads a "Whirly-Girly cast of 40" including Mary Andes, Sylvia, Levalon, Leonora, Alberta, Charmaine, and Diana (The Glamour Girl of Burlesque)! If you don't have high blood pressure already, you will after ogling this humdinger!
French Follies (1951, B/W, 77 mins.): The Strip Parade continues with Mary Andes, Jennie Lee (The Sexiest Girl in Burlesque), Joanne Bridges (The Platinum Dream Girl), Ruby Lee, headliner Val de Val (The H Bomb of Burlesque), and the classic "Crazy House" comedy routine! "Say no more, Joe, say no more!"
"B" Girl Rhapsody (1952, B/W, 77 mins.): To be or double-D is the question, and here to answer it is Amber Dawn, Frenchy La Von, Ruby Lee (The Wham-Wham Girl), Nona Carver (TheBlonde Venus), smoking (literally) Joan Bridges, red hot Chili Pepper (The South American Cyclone) and headliner Lily!
The A-B-C's Of Love (1953, B/W, 74 mins.): Get ready for more wiggles, jiggles, and giggles featuring Blaza Glory, Mae Blondell (The Blonde Temptress), Bebe Hughes, Helen Lewis, and headliner Gilda (The Golden Girl) who's actually former Little Rascals child-star Shirley Jean Rickert turned Striptease Queen!
A Night In Hollywood (1953, B/W & Color, 62 mins.): Misty Ayers, Jeanne Saunders, Rea Walker, and Mae Blondell set the stage on fire before the tempestuous Tempest Storm, The Girl with the Fabulous Front, turns this black-and-white film into gorgeous color for a dazzling bra-busting climax!
With these six steamy and sensual films all brought together on one disc, we are positive you will find Strip, Strip, Hooray worthy of a "standing" ovation!
Strip Strip Hooray! DVD
Genre: Special Interest, Something Weird, 50s, Stripping/ Erotic Dancing
Rating: Unrated
Language: English
Format: Full-frame
Audio: PCM Mono
Year: 2011
Street Date: May 1, 2012
Pre-Book: April 3, 2012
Color: Color/Black & White
Length: 432 Min.
Cat#: ID7929SWDVD
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SLUPSK, Poland (NNS) -- Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo and the
Polish Force Protection Battalion (FPB) of the Base in Redzikowo honor
two American soldiers from World War II who are buried in Sluspk,
Sgt. James Buffenmeyer and Pvt. Carl Rovinsky served in the United States Army and were killed in World War II after being taken as Prisoners of War (POWs).
"It's an honor to be here today to recognize the bravery, strength, and heroism of these two American soldiers," said Cmdr. John Brown, executive officer of NSF Redzikowo. "It is a great reminder to be thankful for the freedom we have in our country, something that we have only because of the many sacrifices that have been made."
Sgt. Buffenmeyer, of Missouri, served in the 6th Armoured Army in the 1st Armoured Division. He was taken as a POW in Tunisia and sent to a POW camp in Czarne, Pomerania, Poland. He died on December 2, 1943, at 21 years old.
Pvt. Rovinsky, of Pennsylvania, served in the 157th Infantry Regiment in the 45th Infantry Division. He was taken as a POW in Italy and sent to a POW camp in Czarne, Pomerania, Poland. He died on March 11, 1943, about two months shy of his 20th birthday.
"Being involved in events like this is just a small way we can show our thanks and our gratitude to those that have come before us," said Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Elizabeth Schoeberlein. "They gave their lives for the freedoms and liberties that we have today and I think it's really important to honor that."
Twenty sailors from NSF Redzikowo and 20 soldiers from the Polish FPB lined up together in front of the tomb stones for the ceremony.
Cmdr. Brown commenced the ceremony by sharing the opening remarks and the chaplain followed by saying a prayer.
"It is important to memorialize the lives of these young men who were separated from their comrades, isolated with POWs from other countries," said Cmdr. Timothy Gault, command chaplain of Naval Support Activity Naples. "They went to Europe and Africa to defend our way of life and we acknowledge the value of their lives and what their sacrifice means for us today."
Two NSF Redzikowo sailors, Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Schoeberlein and Master-at-Arms Seaman Bryanna Rodriguez, spoke about the fallen soldiers and the history of the POW camps that they were held prisoners in.
To end the ceremony, Cmdr. Brown and Maj. Mariusz Warta, executive officer of the Polish FPB, laid a wreath on the fallen soldiers' graves.
"We are proud to stand alongside the Polish Army to honor two men who stood for freedom, no matter what the cost, and stood strong until the end," said Cmdr. Brown. "They are true heroes."
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DISCLAIMER: Remember, this was written in May of 2012, so shouts to Dem Atlas, Lizzo, Allan Kingdom, Haphduzn and all the other artists who have made big waves since then. This write-up is a starting point, nothing more.)
Is the Twin Cities hip hop scene oversaturated (as this recent Slug-by-way-of-the-City-Pages article said)? I don't think so. There are a ton of hip hop acts here, but there are also a ton of hip hop acts doing radically different, interesting, creative things. I've been wanting to post something like this for a while now, and this seems like as good an opportunity as any.
One note, though. The TC hip hop scene is DEEP. In this post, I'm going to talk very briefly about the artists I know, but there are MANY more that I don't. Basically, this is how I see the scene right now, in 2012-- and I'm one person who occupies a specific space within that scene, so my view is going to be skewed, naturally. This is NOT meant to be a comprehensive overview of every single person making hip hop music in the Twin Cities-- just a place to start. So if you don't see yourself, or your homies, just leave a comment-- it wasn't an intentional omission.
In the interest of space, I'm also not including singers (big ups to Alicia Steele, K.Raydio, Claire de Lune and others), DJs, b-boys/b-girls, poets, producers, promoters and the like, though all are instrumental in creating the scene that we have here. And in the interest of not getting punched in the face, I'm going to save the criticism (constructive or otherwise) for another post. I may not love every artist below, but I do believe that every artist below has qualities someone could love. So I'm focusing on the positive here.
I wanted to write this so I'd have somewhere to point all those people who say "I had no idea MN had a hip hop scene, " or the people who love Atmosphere and Doomtree but don't know what else is going on here. Because there's a LOT going on here.
1. The Big Names: Rhymesayers and Doomtree
I won't spend much time here, since if you're on my blog, the odds are good that you already know these names. Rhymesayers is a record label-- Atmosphere, Brother Ali, P.O.S., Eyedea (RIP), Los Nativos and more. Doomtree is a crew-- P.O.S., Dessa, Lazerbeak and more (we could maybe throw Astronautalis in there too, a bigger name who just moved here and is down with Doomtree). They've each paved some important paths and put out lots of good music. Again, I won't dwell on them; peep the links for more info.
I will point out, however, two artists associated with Rhymesayers who don't get as much attention-- Toki Wright and I Self Devine. Both have made names for themselves as smart, politically-conscious MC's MCs, and both have put out some great material. I Self has been around forever and is really one of the most important figures in TC rap; he also just released a new album. Toki is one of the best pure MCs in the country, in my opinion, and he also just released a new project.
2. The Trailblazers
It's important to point out that TC hip hop didn't start with Atmosphere. There are some classic tracks out there by groups like the Micranots, the Abstract Pack (who are still making good music), Truthmaze (ditto), Phull Surkle, Headshots crew, Musab and many others; again, I'm not mentioning everyone, just a few. For a more comprehensive look at the history of hip hop in the TC, check out this piece and read Big Zach's book.
I'll also mention Heiruspecs here. They're a hip hop band that has been going strong since the early '00s and have worked with tons of other TC rap artists. And they're still one of the tightest collectives in the scene. Kanser is also a group that's been making noise for over a decade. Big Zach and Unicus have built so much as artists and as organizers, and we're all kind of in their debt. And Zach also has one of my favorite TC rap albums in his solo joint "White Jesus," which is funny, down-to-earth and heartfelt.
3. The Avant-Garde
I know that's kind of a charged phrase-- I'm just referring to the acts who are breaking boundaries and making hip hop that's a little left-of-center. No Bird Sing, for example, is a hip hop band featuring dense, claustrophobic rhymes and some beautifully-crafted drum and guitar work. Kristoff Krane is one of the most skilled pure rhyme technicians I've ever seen, but he'll pick up an acoustic guitar and sing a folk song in the middle of a monster hip hop set. Kill the Vultures have an incredibly distinct sonic identity-- Crescent Moon's rhymes are darkly poetic and evocative and Anatomy's beats are unlike anything else in the scene-- cracked jazz samples, bone-crunching drums and some really dynamic arrangements. Many of these acts are also involved in Coloring Time, an improv crew, as well as the FIX collective. Joe from No Bird Sing, Crescent Moon from Kill the Vultures and Lazerbeak from Doomtree also form the supergroup Mixed Blood Majority.
I'll also mention in this section MC/poet Desdamona and MC/beatboxer Carnage, two accomplished solo acts who also form the duo Ill Chemistry.
4. The Traditionalists and the Wag Posse
While a lot of people are realizing that the TC has a great indie hip hop scene, I think most of the attention is centered around acts from point 1 and point 3. But we also have an unbelievably talented group of artists making more quote-unquote "meat and potatoes" rap music too. While not everyone goes under the "wag" umbrella, that term is something... well, you can read about what that means here. Artists of note include Audio Perm, a three-producer collective that also includes a half-a-dozen MCs (and a bunch of sub-groups), all of whom are genuinely fresh (special shouts to Yakub, who also produced a song for Ghostface, and Chantz, who is my favorite MC in the Twin Cities... but Dylan, Bobby, Ramiro, Adrian, Jake, Spencer and all of them got BARS); they also put on the most energetic live show in town. Illuminious 3 (Freez, Mavin MC and Franz Diego) have been releasing high-quality material as a group and as solo artists for years now. Similarly TUSS Music (formerly the Usual Suspects) come together as a group for monstrous live shows, but members Greg Grease and IBE have both released brilliant solo material, and Akrite has an upcoming project with Ramiro X called "Mundo Libre" that I'm really excited about.
And "traditionalists" probably isn't the best word, because these acts are all blazing trails in their own ways. I just mean it's generally less self-consciously "out-there" than the acts in the previous point. No qualitative judgment on that. Others who should be on your radar: MaLLy, whose new album has received a ton of attention from critics and fans alike; Meta, who has been releasing a song a day this May; The Tribe & Big Cats!, who have one of the wildest live shows around and make some incredibly dynamic music (they've since disbanded, and Rapper Hooks and Big Cats both have solo material on the way); Unknown Prophets, another group of vets who have been making down-to-earth reality rap for over a decade now; punchline technician St. Paul Slim, Slim's Guardians of Balance partner Mastermind, witty, elastic-voiced Sean Anon and his group Wide Eyes, intelligent firebrand the Lioness, throwback kings Wize Guys, super crew 925ve, the whole Background Noise Crew, all-female hip hop collective The Chalice... I could go on for a long time. Again, the scene is deep; everyone I've mentioned here has put out genuinely good hip hop music-- I'm not just throwing every name I can think of out here; as a matter of fact, I'm missing a ton of other talented artists.
5. The Harder-to-Classify
Big Quarters has been one of my favorite hip hop acts-- local or otherwise-- for a while. Their production bangs, and their rhyme style is unique and fun to listen to; they also do a ton of good work in Minneapolis. Prof is probably the "next big thing" coming out of this scene, at least in terms of audience acclaim. While pegged as a party rapper, he's got a unique sound and undeniable talent as a rhymer. Villa Rosa is a new group made up of two accomplished solo artists-- Muja Messiah and Maria Isa. The collaborative album is very cool, and both artists have a ton of quality solo work. M.anifest splits time between Minnesota and Ghana, and his sound reflects that; he's also collaborated with Femi Kuti, Damon Albarn and more. Another one of my favorite locals, radical-trans-rapper Heidi Barton Stink, just released a new album produced entirely by See More Perspective. See More is one of the most unjustly overlooked local artists, in my opinion; he's got a great live show, and his album is adventurous and unique and beautiful. Ecid (and the Fill in the Breaks crew) is a DIY mastermind-- rapping, producing and managing himself to the point where he has a solid career built on integrity and an unhinged, engaging rap style. There's also Long Doe, a crew including Big Wiz, Tony Bones, Mike the Martyr and more, if you're into something a little more street-level and hard.
There's also Junkyard Empire (a political jazz-rap band), Tou Saiko Lee (one of the premier Hmong hip hop artists in the country), DJ Snuggles (one of the best beatboxers you'll ever see), Culture Cry Wolf (a hip hop/ska/rock/everything band with a killer live show), Kaoz (HIV-educator and rapper), Spyder Baybie Raw Dog and 2% Muck (coked-out orgy rap) and more. One of my favorite up-and-coming MCs is Dem Atlas. I guess I'd put myself, along with all of my side-projects (Guante & Big Cats, A Loud Heart, Sifu Hotman) in this category too.
6. Tip of the Iceberg
Like I said earlier, actually sitting here and talking about EVERY Twin Cities hip hop act would take a very long time. The artists I've mentioned here are a good start. By exploring their music, you'll probably get put on to a lot of other artists, people like Just Wulf, CMJ, Paul Thompson, D'allen White, Irenic, Mammoth, PCP, KILLSTREAK, Knonam, Toussaint Morrison, Omaur Bliss, Ernie Rhodes, Matt Jarvy, Spy MC, the Level Heads, Duenday, Zac HB, I.L.I.C.I.T., Misfit, Lady Ice, Mod Sun, Vision the Kid, Danami, Manny Phesto, Gaines, Rocky Diamonds, Mike Dreams, Ice Rod, La Manchita, MC Harv, BdotCroc, Escape Artists, FDR, Moonlight Grammar and many more. Homeless just moved back too.
Also, be sure to check out Jack Spencer's Local Mixtape Roundup over at Gimme Noise, which features a wide cross-section of local talent.
I'm nervous about posting this, because I'm sure I'm missing some big ones-- again, I apologize for that. Leave a comment, post your Soundcloud page, whatever. This is a hell of a community, and it's still growing.


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For the last few years, economists have been running through the alphabet to describe the shape of the long-awaited recovery - starting with an optimistic V, proceeding to a more downbeat U, and ending up at a despairing W. But now a deeper anxiety is beginning to stalk the profession: the fear of what I call an "L-shaped" recovery.
Viewed in the light of the past five dismal years, 2013 was not bad for the advanced economies. The eurozone technically emerged from recession, the unemployment rate in the US was lower than in previous years, and Japan began to stir after a long slumber and the negative shock of the earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
But if we look beneath the surface, it becomes evident that we are still hovering on the edge of a precipice. In the third quarter of this year, GDP contracted, on a year-on-year basis, not just in well-known cases like Greece and Portugal, but also in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic. And GDP in some countries, like France and Sweden, grew at rates lower than population growth, implying that per capita GDP income declined.
Moreover, labor-market conditions deteriorated toward the end of the year. The number of unemployed in Germany grew for four consecutive months up to November. Among the industrialized countries, the US is the bright spot. But, even there, while the unemployment rate has dropped during the year, and now stands at 7 percent, long-term joblessness is at an unusually high 36 percent of total unemployment, threatening to erode the skills base and make recovery that much more difficult.
Japan's revival, meanwhile, was caused by a much needed liquidity injection. But Japan's upturn will be short-lived unless Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government follows through on its promise of deeper structural reforms.
Given these developments, a few commentators have written recently about the possibility of a prolonged slowdown in industrialized countries. This is not a popular view, with others criticizing its advocates for stoking pessimism. But the pessimists cannot be dismissed out of hand.
The fear of an L-shaped recovery is legitimate. Modern technology has enabled workers in emerging economies to join a global labor market; in the absence of major policy innovation, this is likely to cause a prolonged drag on rich countries. And there are few signs of innovation.
Why this stasis? One possibility is that the same factors that are making entrepreneurs overcautious about new ventures are making policymakers prone to conservatism. An engaging paper by the World Bank economists Leora Klapper and Inessa Love shows that one major consequence of the financial crisis has been entrepreneurs' reluctance to start new firms. They show that after a steady increase from 2004 to 2007, firm creation dropped sharply. In the United Kingdom, for example, the number of newly registered limited-liability companies fell from 450,000 in 2007 to 372,000 in 2008 and 330,000 in 2009.
What is interesting is that while this decline is most marked in advanced economies, which are especially dependent on financial markets, it is visible in virtually all of the 95 countries that the authors studied. The reason is not hard to fathom: A recession is a time when we tend to become cautious and stick to familiar territory, steering clear of new projects.
The same mindset has become apparent among economists and policymakers. In times of profound uncertainty, the tendency is to cling to the domain of the familiar and avoid innovative thinking. This is especially unfortunate nowadays, when the structure of the global economy is changing rapidly.
A telltale sign of overcaution among economists and policymakers has been their propensity to convert the need for evidence to an aversion to analytical creativity. We should, of course, use the best available evidence in crafting policy. But there are areas in which there is no evidence. In these uncharted territories, one must rely on a combination of intuition and theory. To resist new policy on the grounds that it is not founded in hard evidence is to trap us in the status quo.
Imagine that, on the basis of theory and some assumptions, one recommends new policy X, even though there is no hard evidence regarding whether or not X works. Now use Y to refer to "not doing X." If there is no evidence regarding whether X works, there clearly is no evidence concerning whether Y works. So, if the lack of evidence is considered a good reason not to do X, it is also a good reason not to do Y. But this is a contradiction, because it is impossible not to do either X or Y.
The propensity to use this inconsistent argument reflects a proclivity for the status quo and a bias against policy innovation. But what we need now is precisely the type of new analytical thinking that spurred the great advances of economics as a discipline over the last two and a half centuries - and that led to major policy breakthroughs during the Great Depression.
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Man Found Photos From Europe In 1904, Revealing How Everything Looked Before Modern Technology
When we get a chance to look at vintage photos, it always seems that things were completely different back in the day and it's just so hard to imagine what life was like back then.
25 years ago Bill Nelson, a vintage photography enthusiast, found a packet of negatives at an estate sale in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been trying to find as much information about these photos as possible. "The negatives themselves are about 10 cm x 12.5 cm and are cut from roll film. The film stock is quite brittle and is, I believe, nitrocellulose, so I store them in a freezer. Because they are fragile and inevitably degrading, I took the time to scan them all at a high resolution. Still, it's quite remarkable they survived at all, given their indifferent treatment for the first 90 years of their existence," Bill told Bored Panda.
According to him, photos like these can give a palpable connection to the period and an opportunity to know it differently than you would from modern histories.
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Four Boys From Volendam, Netherlands
Cockington Forge, Devon, England
Tourists At The Frauenkirche, Nürnberg, Germany
Mother And Daughter On Mountain Top, Austria
Two Gentlemen, London
Market, Bayreuth, Germany
Men And Girl On The Docks, Marken, Netherlands
Net Mender, Étretat, Normandy, France
Oldest Man In Clovelly, England
Mature Woman On Bench
Omnibuses, London, England
Girls In Cottage, Marken, Netherlands
Marken Girls, Marken, Netherlands
Steigersgrachtwater, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Fishing Boats, Volendam, Netherlands
On The Charles Bridge, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Great picture! But there was no Czechoslovakia in 1904. It was Bohemia, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Steep Street, Clovelly, Devon, England
Take a look on google streetview - the place still looks the same.
Laundry On The Beach, Étretat, France
Such hardship to have clean clothing etc. These days people complain about turning a nob in, and having to empty the machine when the job is finished for you. Oh how we "evolve" lol
Asparagus Sellers, Vienna, Austria
Women In Market, Bayreuth, Germany
Haying With Oxen, Austria
Zwinger Palace, Dresden, Germany
Dresden? Oh dear. ... Yup: "The building was mostly destroyed by the carpet bombing raids of 13–15 February 1945. The art collection had been previously evacuated, however. Reconstruction began in 1945, ...By 1963 the Zwinger had largely been restored to its pre-war state." Wikipedia
Cheese Market In Alkmaar, Netherlands
This ceremonial market process is still carried out every friday during summer
Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
Stuart never happy with one thing,built two of everything
New Inn, Clovelly, Devon, England
Horses, Carts, And Bobbies, England
Farm Buildings, Normandy, France
Organ Grinder And Daughter, London
Woman With Heavy Basket, Location Uncertain
Punting At Magdalen Bridge, Oxford, England
School Children, Netherlands
Old Fisherman, Netherlands
Replica Windmill, Sans Souci Park, Potsdam, Germany
Caveé Saint-Firmin, Montreuil-Sur-Mer, France
Roadside Shrines, Austria
There are shrines like that along the roadsides here in the states.
Ornate Doorway- Eglise St. Maclou, Rouen, France
Group Of Women On The Shore, France
The women seem to be in a hurry to get the fish to market, fresh as can be after the boats came in.
Chateau De Coucy In 1904, France
Old Street, Possibly Montreuil-Sur-Mer
Frenchwoman And Her Geese
Alice, London, England
The Boat Crush, Eights Week, 1904 Oxford, England
Bavaria, Germany
Here you can see some type of traditional bavarian garb, still worn by some women for special occasions today - especially in southern Bavaria. FYI: The so called "Dirndl" that you get to see a lot e.g. on the famous Oktoberfest in Munich is not considered real garb. This type of dress was made for the upper class in the 19th century as leisurewear during summer months. A few decades later the Nazis changed the look a bit and voilà... a myth was born. ^^;
Linderhof, Ludwig Ii's Palace In Bavaria
Mrs. Dixon And Alice, London, England
Men Killing Time, Germany
Kibitzers, Etretat, Normandy, France
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Dave, Doug and Frank, the first teamsters
This Is A No Longer Existing Windmill Called "De Maagd" In Dordrecht, Netherlands
De Maagd means the Virgin. It was not a reference to the virgin Mary, but a personification of the city of Dordrecht.
Men And Boat, Marken, Netherlands
Museum Of Natural History, Vienna, Austria
Market, Bayreuth, Germany
Two Men On Road, France
Laundry Day, Marken, Netherlands
The Quay At Clovelly, Devon, England
Street Vendors Below Josef's Fountain, Vienna, Austria
Cutting Hay With Oxen, Germany
Quay, Clovelly, Devon, England
Dining Hall At Christ Church University, Oxford
Steep Street, Clovelly, Devon, England
they still use sledges to take their shopping home as motorised vehicles are not allowed in the village.
Market, Nürnberg, Germany
Market, Nürnberg, Germany
Women Gathering Hay
The Cliffs At Étretat, Normandy, France
Chateau De Coucy, Near Étretat, Normandy
Mmmh, the Chateau de Coucy is so not near Etretat that it's not even in Normandy ;p It's been partly destroyed by German army in 1917 coucy-5b9a...80baf4.jpg
Man And Couple, Germany
Doorways, Vienna, Austria
Man With Dog Cart, Netherlands
Nowadays that would be labeled animal cruelty and all hell would break loose.


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The collaborative research will also be useful for improving other complex systems that can be challenged by their environment, such as smart phone networks.
"Plants achieve exquisite organisation and spatially-controlled division of labour," said Dr Veronica Grieneisen from the John Innes Centre.
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As they grow, repair and respond to their environment plants are able to coherently control the expression of thousands of genes. They do this using gene regulatory networks.
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University of Surrey
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Universiteit van Amsterdam
Gene regulation in corals and sponges
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John Innes Centre
Cell polarity, shape dynamics and patterning mechanisms in plants
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Three different players were on target as Guaya United kicked off its title defence in the T&T Football Federation National Super League blink/bmobile knockout competition with a 3-1 defeat of Petit Valley United at New Lands Ground, Guaya on Wednesday.
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However, that was as close Petit Valley/Diego Martin would get as Guaya United held out for the win to set up a round-of-16 clash with Championship Division leaders, University of T&T at Arima on Wednesday. Guaya United was joined in the last-16 by fellow Premier Division teams Police FC, Bethel United, Siparia Spurs while Championship Division trio, Youth Stars, Carenage United and Central 500 Spartans pulled of shock wins.
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Guaya Utd 3 (Cleveland Jordan 27th, Kendes Garcia 30th, Darryl Jessop 35th) vs Petit Valley/Diego Martin 1 (Curtis Smith 76th)
Police 1 (Kareem Perry 68th) vs Saddle Hill Hotspur 0
Bethel Utd 3 (Travis Winchester 12th, Rohan Sebro 23rd, Omarr Charles 84th) vs T&T Prisons 2 (Larry Albert 72nd, Ricardo Alleyne 87th)
Youth Stars 3 (Hakeem Legall 47th, 53rd, Henson Charles 92nd) vs QPCC 1 (Shabaka Mahluli 58th)
Siparia Spurs 2 (Andy London 41st, Chris Collins 60th) vs Cunupia FC 2 (Dellon Jaggasar 83rd, Dillon Walker 91st) – Siparia won 3-2 on penalty-kicks
Carenage Utd 3 (Daryl Mark 62nd, Clint Williams 75th, Kendell Baptiste 78th) vs Real Maracas 2 (Ryan Stewart 31st, Christian Thomas 43rd)
Central 500 Spartans 4 (Josiah Grazette 20th, 91st, Donavon Derrick 21st, Calvi Grazette 89th) vs Marabella Family 1 (Andrei Pacheco 50th)
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FC Santa Rosa vs Central 500 Spartans, Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, 5pm
Club Sando Moruga vs Carenage Utd, Grand Chemin Recreation Ground, Moruga, 4pm
Petrotrin Palo Seco vs Siparia Spurs, Palo Seco Municipal Stadium, Palo Seco, 6pm
Defence Force vs Youth Stars, Defence Fore Headquarters, Chaguaramas, 4pm
Matura Re United vs Police FC, Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, 4pm
WASA FC vs Police FC, WASA Ground, St Joseph, 4pm
1976 FC Phoenix vs Barrackpore Utd, Canaan Ground, Bon Accord, 4pm
UTT vs Guaya Utd, UTT Ground, O'Meara Road, Arima, 6pm
Tomorrow's Rescheduled Championship Div matches:
Saddle Hill Hotspur vs Youth Stars, Pascal Recreation Ground, Maraval, 5pm
Carenage United vs Central 500 Spartans, Dibe Recreation Ground, Long Circular, 4pm
Sunday Premier Division Day 14
Police vs Bethel Utd, St James Police Training Barracks (inside), 4pm
QPCC vs Siparia Spurs, St Mary's Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair, 4pm
Marabella Family CC vs Petrotrin Palo Seco, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Training Field, Marabella, 4pm
Real Maracas vs Guaya Utd, Maracas Valley Recreation Ground, St Joseph, 4pm
Club Sando Moruga vs WASA, Grand Chemin Recreation Ground, Moruga, 4pm
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Lucky then, that they still made it in time to open a concert. They had such fun together. The stage was certainly their playground, though, instead of swings and merry-go-rounds, they'd filled it with a trumpet and some keys and plenty of blessed guitars. There were even a bunch of ragged smilers up there as their backdrop, no less. Australia got welcomed pretty warmly by Utah that night. The music was slow enough to fill what needed to be right up.
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They ain't got what we got.
She ruined the plan, the one she didn't know about yet. There was a part of it that she was supposed to stick to—she had the sense to know that much—but Wyoming and its snow got in the way. It slowed everything right down a notch or five. She and her brother wouldn't be around to sing lullabies into our microphones after all. Such was the wrench in the spokes. She could have maybe sensed she was supposed to fall for a DJ who fell for her sounds only weeks before but, if she did, she didn't let on. Made nary a mention of it.
3 comments:
- greenatty said...
wow-i like these guys. do you enjoy arthur and yu?
- 4/25/2009
- Dainon. said...
Love 'em. Haven't seen 'em live, but I spend ridiculous amounts of time listening to their songs. Glad you enjoyed this ... I just love how casually she picks up the trumpet with one hand and starts playing, almost like it's an afterthought.
- 4/25/2009
- greenatty said...
i've been enjoying A Book Like This - it was a nice simple surprise. How are their other EPs? Arthur & Yu are lovely indeed :) In these rough times, my ears, soul and heart are craving the softer sides of music lately.. I enjoy your choices of music--your recommendations are greatly appreciated.
- 4/28/2009
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