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When industry lying is the norm, concern about nuclear energy is not hysteria. It's a fight for our lives.
Like British Petroleum, the Tokyo Electric Power Company has a history of playing fast and loose with the truth and endangering lives. So let's drop the "What, Me Worry?" routine about nuclear energy. When cover-ups and preparing falsified records are part of the corporate culture, we're not just getting hysterical, as some blindly pro-nuclear power folks would have it.
We're getting real.
The horrible disaster we saw in the Gulf showed us plenty about what happens when industry and regulatory entities get too cozy and companies like BP are left to self-report on safety and are then actually trusted — by people as high up as the president of the United States — when they do. People die. Our natural world is polluted.
Admittedly there are no means of producing energy that are entirely without risk. Birds do get caught in windmills. But when something goes wrong at a nuclear facility, ENTIRE CITIES CAN BE WIPED OUT. So while nuclear hawks blithely tell us that smart companies and their engineers will take care of making nuclear energy safe and sound, let's remind them of the actual record.
For example, here's a little line-up of TEPCO lies:
- In 2002, Michael Zilenzieger reported that top officals TEPCO were forced to resign "after admitting that the company had covered up safety violations and falsified records at three of its largest nuclear power plants".
- In 2006, the government demanded that TEPCO "check past data after it reported that it had found falsification of coolant water temperatures at its Fukushima Daiichi plant in 1985 and 1988, and that the tweaked data was used in mandatory inspections at the plant, which were completed in October 2005."
- And in 2007, TEPCO reported that it "had found more past data falsifications, though this time it did not have to close any of its plants."
Then there were some minor matters of building on fault lines that they claim not to have known about and releasing radiation into the atmosphere. And so on.
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Am I saying that we need to abandon nuclear energy? No, I am not. I am sympathetic to the powerful need for clean energy in the face of alarming climate change. But there are very compelling reasons to proceed with a hefty dose of caution and skepticism. The nuclear power industry is designed to produce private profit, which gives corporate executives irresistible incentives to lie and distort. They have a big temptation to pay off politicians and capture regulatory agencies. As I wrote last year in the wake of the Gulf disaster,
[We face] the detachment, rapaciousness, and short-term vision associated with the modern global Corporation, whose latest poster child is BP (more of a bank, incidentally, than a traditional oil company). No matter what the spokespeople say (very little of which makes any sense), the Corporation is not interested in self-reflection, morality, or the health of our shining seas. It wants profits, period. And it will take us as close to the brink of disaster as it possibly can to get them. Inevitably, it will push us over the edge."
Even in a world where human greed and error do not compromise the safety of nuclear plants (and you'll let me know when that world exists), Mother Nature can throw a catastrophic curveball, or a whole series of them, that makes all the bells and whistles of new technology suddenly — and woefully — inadequate. There's also the terrifying problem that nuclear energy tends to beget the production of nuclear weapons in the countries that pursue it. And once that genie's out of the bottle, there's no putting it back in.
America's nuclear program will now be subject to renewed scrutiny. Too bad it took a disaster like this to bring us to common sense.
Lynn Parramore is the editor of New Deal 2.0, Media Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute fellow, and the author of Reading the Sphinx.


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Gunners win in Dortmund
Arsenal battled to a superb 1-0 Champions League victory over Borussia Dortmund as a second half goal from Aaron Ramsey proved enough to take all three points away from the Germans' Westfalenstadion fortress.
Dortmund had come into the Group F encounter searching for an eighth successive home Champions League win and had never lost against English opposition.
Jurgen Klopp's well-drilled side, who had won 2-1 in London a fortnight ago, dominated for long spells, but were made to pay for not converting their chances when Ramsey nodded home a knockdown from Olivier Giroud on 62 minutes.
It may not have been the flowing display which manager Arsene Wenger would have preferred - but the Barclays Premier League leaders once again answered questions with a display of real character to hand a rare defeat to last season's beaten finalists.
With Napoli beating Marseille, Arsenal still have work to do to secure safe passage through to the knockout stages, but will have gained more belief they can last the distance this season.
Arsenal had come into the tie on the back of a 2-0 victory over Liverpool which moved them five points clear at the top of the table.
The Gunners were also unbeaten in 14 away matches in all competitions since recording a famous win at Bayern Munich in March.
Dortmund, though, dominated the first half and were left counting the cost of not making the most of that spell in control, where the English side could not muster any attack of note and Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed a great chance for Dortmund when he shot wide from the edge of the penalty area after Arsenal were carved open down the right.
Gunners goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny saved well from Jakub Blaszczykowski following the restart, before Ramsey secured what proved to be the winner just after the hour for his 11th goal of the season.
Arsenal defender Kieran Gibbs had recovered from a hip problem to start, but England midfielder Jack Wilshere was ruled out with an ankle problem which could yet keep him out of the upcoming international friendlies if he fails a fitness test ahead of Sunday's trip to Manchester United.
Dortmund did not take long to open up the Barclays Premier League leaders through a determined run from Marco Reus.
However, German centre-back Per Mertesacker was alert to the danger and stepped across to put the ball behind for a corner as Robert Lewandowski steamed in at the near post.
Arsenal, though, also posed an attacking threat of their own, with Tomas Rosicky, who has a shirt in the Dortmund museum to mark his memorable spell at the Bundesliga club, offering an outlet down the right.
Dortmund went close to an opening goal on 16 minutes when Neven Subotic volleyed a free-kick from Reus just wide of the far post.
Gunners captain Mikel Arteta picked up a yellow card when he tugged back Blaszczykowski as Dortmund looked to break on the halfway line.
The Pole then could not finish off another slick Dortmund move down the right, scuffing a half-volley wide.
As the rain lashed down, the Westfalenstadion pitch became more slick, with players from both sides struggling to keep their footing.
Sven Bender capitalised on a mix-up between Arteta and Laurent Koscielny to pounce on a loose ball and charge forward - but Mertesacker was on hand again to make a huge tackle on the edge of the Arsenal penalty area.
Dortmund should have been ahead on 38 minutes when Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers played a good advantage following a foul on the break.
Blaszczykowski fed Mkhitaryan at the edge of the penalty area - only for the Armenia striker to stab the ball horribly wide as stranded goalkeeper Szczesny looked on.
The Germans pressed again at the start of the second half, with Arsenal once more lacking invention going forward.
Bender's cross from the right was headed down goalwards by Reus and Szczesny turned it behind at full-stretch.
The Poland keeper then denied his compatriot Blaszczykowski with another fine save as Arsenal were stretched again when Dortmund got a man over on the right. Reus tucked the rebound away, but was well offside.
Totally against the run of play, Arsenal found themselves ahead on 62 minutes.
Mesut Ozil, who had done little all night, collected the ball on the edge of the Dortmund area and clipped a lovely cross over for Giroud.
The France forward showed great strength to cushion a header down, and Ramsey bundled the ball past Roman Weidenfeller.
The Wales midfielder almost immediately doubled the lead when ghosting in at the far post, but this time the German keeper stood up to make a fine stop.
In an incredible spell of chances, Arsenal then had a shot cleared off the line by Nuri Sahin before Mertesacker was within inches of connecting with a diving header, then his backward header looped onto the top of the net.
Dortmund, though, continued to look for an equaliser and made a double change on 73 minutes when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Jonas Hofmann replaced Blaszczykowski and Bender.
Arsenal also made a switch as Nacho Monreal came on for Cazorla.
There was a stoppage when Koscielny was clattered by the Dortmund keeper at a corner, but after some treatment the Arsenal defender was able to continue.
Lewandowski headed over and then appealed for a penalty after tumbling in a challenge with Mertesacker, but the referee was having none of it as Arsenal closed out a well-earned victory.

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IF YOU EVER wondered what you would get if you crossed Woody Guthrie with Jimi Hendrix, you might want to check out guitarist and activist Tom Morello, also known as The Nightwatchman, whose work combines very modern flurries of feedback and distortion with old-school Popular Front politics. Last year, Morello played a prominent role in the occupation of the Wisconsin state capitol in support of public employees' unions, and this May Day he led a "guitarmy" through the streets of New York, singing "This Land Was Made for You and Me" in support of Occupy Wall Street.
Morello first made his name playing with Rage Against the Machine, a 1990s band that blended a potent Molotov cocktail of rock, rap, and revolution. For most rock stars, getting political means promoting Amnesty International or Greenpeace, but Rage's favorite organization was the Mexican revolutionary Zapatista Army. After Rage fell apart, the guitarist had another successful band, Audioslave, fronted by former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell. Audioslave was a great rock band, but it lacked a political agenda. Morello is a great rock guitarist, but one with a political science degree from Harvard who said he finished his degree because he wanted to "learn how to get my hand on the levers and be an effective revolutionary." So simply making cool noises couldn't possibly keep him satisfied for long. Soon Morello was turning up for open mic nights at folkie clubs, disguised as his alter ego, The Nightwatchman.


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All About Roundabouts
The multi-lane Cordata Parkway Roundabout in Bellingham, Washington. Photo courtesy of Reid Middleton, Incorporated
What are roundabouts, and what are their benefits?
A roundabout is an intersection where traffic travels around a central island in a counterclockwise direction. Vehicles entering or exiting the roundabout must yield to vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
Roundabouts can have many advantages over traffic signals when constructed in the right location, including:
- They provide traffic calming, resulting in reduced speeds.
- They require less maintenance, have lower yearly operational costs, and have a longer service life.
- They reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing vehicle idling time.
- The median islands provide refuge for pedestrians, allowing them to cross one direction of traffic at a time.
- They provide additional opportunities for landscaping in the community.
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Tips for motorists navigating roundabouts
Taken from the Department of Motor Vehicles' California Driver Handbook
When you approach a roundabout:
- Slow down as you approach the intersection.
- Yield to pedestrians and bicyclists crossing the roadway.
- Watch for signs and pavement markings that guide you or prohibit certain movements.
- Enter the roundabout when there is a big enough gap in traffic.
- Drive in a counterclockwise direction. Do not stop or pass other vehicles.
- Use your turn signals when you change lanes or exit the roundabout.
- If you miss your exit, continue around until you return to your exit.
For roundabouts with multiple lanes, choose your entry or exit lane based on your destination. For example, to
- Turn right at the intersection, choose the right-hand lane and exit in the right-hand lane. (Blue car)
- Go straight through the intersection, choose either lane, and exit in the lane you entered. (Red car)
- Turn left, choose the left lane, and exit. (Yellow car)


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Youtube is CIAtube
I was going to comment on this article Freemasons Control Most Protestant Sects and respond with the thing that I noticed about youtube lately. I can't help but think maybe the entire conspiracy thing is a controlled psyop. Not that it's all fake, but that it's controlled release. As in the "revelation of the method" occult ritual type release. Because there is a marked increase of what I figure are CIA youtube channels. Think of how many CIA cyberwarriors are on the job right now and then, look at what I consider to be known compromised youtube channels. secureteam10 I have always suspected. Judge the content, observe the types of videos produced and then consider the message the "them" might want to convey to us. A good channel to examine is SiriusDisclosure – look at who their related channels are – then look at the content and the collective message. Another one that makes me think is SuspiciousObservers.
Are these people CIA Trolls?
I used to like project camelot with bill ryan but was always holding them in the realm of possible disinformation. Same with alex jones' infowars and prison planet. It's when you assume they are compromised and look at relationships like who is being interviewed – whats the message – and the video production styles you can see the relationships between them. It's really hard to judge nowadays considering that it all might be part of the "Matrix" now.
Easy to control what you own
I always wanted to make some kind of database that showed links like the Brain a lot of work there. GnosticMedia alerted me to the Brain from the following videos. You really ought to take the time to see this series it's like a 12 hour interview in 2 hour episodes that is really eyeopening.
Steve Outtrim – Silicon Valley's Secret Weapon: The Shadow History of Burners Pt1
Part 2 :: Part 3 :: Part 4 :: Part 5a :: Part 5b
To supplement this series also see James Corbett's Report on the same subject(almost).
Once you see the depth of control they have and understand the control they want then you can see what I'm saying about the youtube. And I'm not the only one to have noticed.
Paid Gov't and Corporate Internet Trolls Are Real
Government Trolls Are Using 'Psychology-Based Influence Techniques' On YouTube, Facebook And Twitter
CIA Trolls control consensus reality
So, the trolls working at the CIA are also making content. They control the youtube by way of google (since they funded them) so they can control the suggestions as well. This is the bit that bothers me: it's targeted advertising and I get related videos even when I'm not logged in. They could have complete control of the narrative and do, I suspect. In some cases in the suggestions list all I get is single channel suggestions (terence mckenna for example). Assume they do have control of suggestions and can block messages they don't approve of can filter and censor and have been able to for some time then why are they letting the messages out that one would assume is bad for the elites? Look at DuderinOK2 and PrometheanReachXVII both not active for like 4 years? Is the entire awakening a long game controlled release?
What exactly is their goal?
Now this Are Many Celebrities Secret Trannies? article you(henry makow) just wrote had many links to youtubes – and they all meet my criteria for judging them to be CIA troll videos especially when you examine the other videos in the owners content and related channels. I can't argue about whether or not these ideas are true I can however argue that these video owners are not true people. Most of them use fake personas and you can tell right away from their name. This post is a good example of the CIA trolls at work. Here is another set of articles I think help understand what it is we, as a society, are up against (search for it : "jew as adversary").
What I'm feeling is that the youtube is now populated mostly with CIA trolls. Like 90% trolls. Considering all I have heard about them and their business of control and the level of control of society I think they have which is going on 75% as far as I can tell. It's a cornerstone for the satanic agenda.
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Part LinkedIn, part CareerBuilder, job site Doostang claims that its network includes 25 percent of recent graduates from the country's top 30 universities. And now the Palo Alto, Calif., company has raised $1.25 million of an expected $2.1 million round of equity to expand even more, according to a filing with the SEC.
Doostang, which now claims 600,000 users, distinguishes itself from competitors as a career network for elite job candidates. Not only does it place emphasis on attracting members from top colleges and business schools, it also culls prestigious listings for them to choose from. For this reason, it offers several premium membership options that grant access to even better listings and high-profile connections to enable power networking.
But it's not alone in trying to appeal to this niche, elite audience. TheLadders, a job site for people searching for six-figure salaries and up, has seen a lot of success. It raised $7.25 million from Matrix Partners to start back in 2004 and has grown to 1.8 million members, not to mention 35,000 recruiters.
Doostang justifies its smaller user base by saying it's even more selective. Just two years ago, it was an invite-only service. Since then, it's opened to the general public. But the company still faces one challenge we brought up in a previous VentureBeat article: that the most elite job seekers probably won't have much trouble finding appropriate positions through their own personal networks. The site has managed to double in size since then — but many of its members probably belong to multiple job networks.
Shasta Ventures provided the recent round of funding, bringing Doostang's total capital raised to $5.25 million since its founding in 2005.


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On April 19, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nev., as a worldwide television audience watched, Dalton was crowned at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
For years, the women in Dalton's family have participated in pageants. Her mother, Jennie, was Miss North Carolina USA 1982, and her sister, Julia, was the penultimate runner-up in the 2008 Miss Teen USA® competition.
"I've always been a stringent believer in the power of having a positive outlook," says Dalton. "I believe that your attitude determines your altitude." There's no telling how high the peak is for this ambitious beauty.
Dalton attended East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., where she represented her school as class president for two years and served as the vice president of the National Leadership Honor Society. The North Carolina native majored in psychology, with a minor in Spanish.
A relative renaissance woman, Dalton is an accomplished singer, actress and dancer. She has appeared on hit television shows, including "One Tree Hill," and starred in numerous nationwide commercials for brands such as M&Ms, Sketchers, Allegra, Budweiser, Carl's Jr. and Baskin Robbins. Dalton also hosts a show on iTunes called Relationships Radio with her husband, Kris Wolf, the founder of GoodGuySwag.com.
Additionally, Dalton is the creator, editor and writer for the online magazine for women, SheisMore.com which features articles, devotions, daily prayers and inspiring videos. She recently published a devotional book called, "Rise Up Princess: 60 Days to Revealing Your Royal Identity". Click here to purchase the book.
Dalton currently lives in Los Angeles working as a model, commercial actress and independent talent recruiter.


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Fire and Ice
The infamous tent-scene from Edward's POV.
1. Fire and Ice
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"Please, do you mind!"
The thing is, if you happen to have the misfortune of being a vampire some people will automatically assume your self-control is never ending. Especially when you're a vegetarian.
The thing also is that "people" happen to be wrong on several occasions which leads us to the present time where I find myself facing one of the worst nights I've ever faced. If I were prone to over-dramatize things I'd even say I'm facing the worst night in the history of mankind but let's be realistic: it's merely the worst night of the century.
Of course, I seem to be the only one realizing the predicament judging from the thoughts of pure confusion the wolf is projecting at me.
"What?" he asks needlessly and I grit my teeth in frustration. Leave it to Black to forget that he's sharing a tent with a mind-reader. And the aforementioned mind-reader's fiancé. Now one would think that most people would realize at this point that visualizing doing the things he wants to do with the gorgeous – albeit half-frozen - fiancé in front of an ill-tempered mind-reader may not be the most intelligent thing to do. But nothing ever goes easily, does it?
"Do you think you could attempt to control your thoughts?" I snarl, teeth still gritted as to minimize the temptation of spontaneously launch myself at the dog (and tear out his throat) that instantly flushes in embarrassment.
"No one said you had to listen. Get out of my head," he mutters and I roll my eyes. As if I've got much of a choice.
"I wish I could." You cretin. "You have no idea how loud your little fantasies are. It's like you're shouting them at me."
"I'll try to keep it down," he says in an insolent voice and my instincts scream at me to attack. But no – there's Bella. I won't have her hurt. I won't.
So I merely grab a leftover bar of metal I couldn't fit in when I set up the tent earlier (They didn't use to make the instructions to set up tents this needlessly complicated in my time!) and squeeze, imagining it's his neck while I try to get a grip on my breathing. That is, I try to concentrate and breathe again because I keep forgetting to do it when agitated. Or hunting.
After a moment the anger passes, the bar has been re-modeled into many tiny little pieces and I start relaxing again. Everything will be fine.
'You realize of course that I can kiss her. Really kiss her.'
'Or not,' I think as my blood starts boiling in anger once more and I desperately start humming Grieg's Puck in my mind in order to calm down.
'The jealousy must kill you. Knowing exactly how I could touch her to-'
"Yes," I snap, knowing full well that if he thinks another word my patience will end. "I'm jealous of that, too." What does he think I am, anyway? A saint? 'I have a problem controlling my temper, you ignorant moron!' I think and barely suppress a growl.
"I figured it was like that." He smiles at me in the darkness and the fine hairs at the back of my neck rise as I desperately – desperately – struggle to remain in control. "Sort of evens the playing field up a bit, doesn't it?"
Grrr. Seriously, if it wasn't so uncivilized I'd be growling. Probably biting, too.
Instead, an inner voice – that sounds suspiciously like Carlisle – tells me that it is our self-control that sets us apart from the monsters. That grants us humanity in our inhumanity. Taking a deep breath I look up again (for I did not trust myself to gaze at the dog without keeping myself from attacking) and chuckle.
"In your dreams." Admittedly, I haven't even convinced myself with this repartee and judging from the dog's triumphant look he isn't impressed either.
"You know, she could still change her mind. Considering all the things I could do with her that you can't," he taunts and suddenly neither the melody of Puck nor Carlisle's calming influence is enough to keep my temper in check. My muscles tense in anticipation of a fight when my eyes – as they are wont to do – stray to Bella, lying comfortably in the brute's embrace. And as much as I hate to admit it – she'd freeze to death if it weren't for him.
"At least, not without killing her," Black rambles on, oblivious as usual and I strongly remind myself that Bella needs her heater. Tonight. Things will look differently in the morning.
It is that thought that gives me the strength to keep my voice relatively calm. "Go to sleep, Jacob. You're starting to get on my nerves." Which translates to: you're only a hair's breadth away from becoming my dinner.
"I think I will. I'm really very comfortable," he smirks and I instinctively snarl back, displaying my canines in a gesture that shows that I am as much of an animal as he is. Except for the fact that I have better taste in clothes, of course. Come to think of it, at least I wear clothes.
We both sit in silence for a moment as I close my eyes and listen to the sound of Bella's breath, turning up Grieg to reach the top volume inside my mind. Black's thoughts, too, seem to calm – his childish desire to hurt and taunt me leaving – which relieves me to no end because I was seriously afraid that I'd be forced to go through the entirety of Verdi's courses before the night is over (which are so much louder than Grieg).
'It's not fair.' His thoughts suddenly reach me and the music stops abruptly. Doesn't he ever shut up?
'Why can he invade my head and find out everything he wants to? How does he do it? That's unnatural even for the leeches! Was there a glitch in his brain even when he was human? And why – oh, why! – can he read my thoughts? As in…oh, hell. He can do it now. He can get all the answers he wants.' 'And some more,' I add mentally.
'And me? Nothing. I'd like to see how graceful you act when someone forces out all the answers from your head – but I forget – you only get answers. You'd never give them.'
I open my eyes at that, surprised with the level at frustration shining through. "Maybe I would."
"But would you be honest?" he asks, all aggression gone now, leaving only honest curiosity and suddenly I find it harder to hate him.
"You can always ask and see," I offer, amused despite myself and he tenses up immediately.
'He'll lie. Who's to tell me he won't?' Jacob thinks and I sigh. One would think I've learned a bit of patience over the last century but once again – one would be wrong. However, before I can answer he speaks again.
"Well, you see inside my head." 'Well-spotted, Sherlock,' I think dryly as I wait for him to continue. "Let me see inside yours tonight, it's only fair."
And this is where he has me. I'm a sucker for fair-play (unless I play video-games against Emmett but that's an entirely different topic!), so I merely nod. "Your head is full of questions." Which is so much better compared to the things your head was occupied with previously. "Which one do you want me to answer?"
"The jealousy," Jacob answers immediately. "It has to be eating you. You can't be as sure of yourself as you seem. Unless you have no emotions at all." 'Which would make my life so much easier,' I add but bite my tongue before I give him a snappy reply. There's no need to destroy our tentative peace any sooner than absolutely necessary. I give us another five minutes or so before we're at each other's throats again. Metaphorically, of course as I'm a vegetarian and without dental floss and take it from me – there's nothing as disgusting as having wolf-thrombin sticking between your teeth and no floss at hand. Oral hygiene is vital for a vampire. But back to the topic – my jealousy. Of course it's gnawing away at my insides.
"Of course it is," I agree, losing my patience considering this stupid question and the aggression bubbles up again as I suddenly no longer care about floss or the lack thereof. "Right now it's so bad that I can barely control my voice." Thinking of his filthy body next to Bella's with him thinking all these dirty thoughts about her and…I ball my fists so tightly that my knuckles come out white – well, white-er - against my skin. "Don't kill him,' I remind myself. 'She won't make it through the night without her heating-device. Better keep talking or I'm in danger of doing something stupid.'
"Of course, it's even worse when she's away from me, with you, and I can't see her." Or protect her.
"Do you think about it all the time?" he asks and the something in the way he asks makes my anger melt away. He almost sounds like…like he's looking for something. Reassurance, perhaps?
"Does it make it hard to concentrate when she's not with you?" Is he talking about me or himself? Does it really matter?
"Yes and no," I answer truthfully, feeling curiously relieved to talk about my feelings with someone who – despite our differences – understands me unlike anyone else can. Because he, too, loves Bella.
"My mind doesn't quite work the same as yours." 'And I'm grateful it doesn't,' I mentally add before continuing. "I can think of many more things at one time. Of course, that means that I'm always able to think of you, always able to wonder if that's where her mind is, when she's quiet and thoughtful." And ripping the meager remains of my soul into shreds while she's at it. Not that she wants to – Bella is far too kind for that – but she does. Goodness knows, she does.
We're silent for a moment and I'm surprised that Black doesn't use my admission to taunt me. He could have – but he doesn't and despite my better knowledge that makes him rise in my opinion.
'Does she…?' he starts, almost shyly, 'Do you think she thinks of me sometimes?'
I raise my eyes and meet Jacob's, finding the insecurity and vulnerability there far too familiar for my liking.
"Yes, I would guess that she thinks about you often," I whisper for I do not trust my voice to remain calm if I were to raise it. "More often than I like. She worries that you're unhappy." I continue and in the blink of an eye the brief moment of connection is broken as a wave of frustration overwhelms me. "Not that you don't know that," I growl, my voice low and dangerous. "Not that you don't use that."
"I have to use whatever I can," Jacob says, a quiet sort of desperation in his voice that tugs at my heart-strings. I blame this all on the fact that I used to have a little pub as a boy that pulled the same heart-wrenching expression whenever it wanted something.
"I'm not working with your advantages," he presses on quietly and I raise my eyebrow. 'My advantages? Wit? Charm? Looks?' I think with dry humor and tilt my head to the side curiously.
"Advantages like her knowing she's in love with you." 'Who's the mind-reader now,' I wonder and bite my bottom lip.
"That helps," I admit when he expertly destroys all hints of compassion I've had for him with his next answer.
"She's in love with me, too, you know."
'Like hell she is!' I want to scream but find that I can't. And goodness, that hurts.
"But she doesn't know it," Black insists and I realize that he expects an answer.
"I can't tell you if you're right."
"Does that bother you? Do you wish you could see what she's thinking, too?" Damn the pub for being so perceptive or – and personally I suspect that's rather the case – for having such a knack of hitting exactly the spots where it hurts.
"Yes…and no, again," I reply, trying to buy some time. Of course I'd like to know what she thinks – not knowing has been a source of frustration to me often enough and yet…"She likes it better this way, and, though it sometimes drives me insane, I'd rather she was happy." 'And the scary thing about this? It's the truth. Bella may frustrate me to her heart's content if it makes her happy,' I think as our thoughts drift into silence once more.
A few moments pass, the night interrupted by nothing but Bella's breathing and the wind howling outside. It's quiet. Too quiet, I think as my hunter's instincts roar to life again but before I can voice my concerns the wind picks up, now blowing and howling more aggressively, shaking our little tent as if it were determined to blow it away, leaving us to the cold. 'Leaving Bella to the cold,' I think with a shiver that has nothing to do with the temperature as my eyes travel to my love, finding her warm and protected in his arms.
Tonight it's his presence that keeps her alive and no amount of wishing that I were the one to keep her warm will change a thing. I can't keep her warm. If she had her way I was to steal the warmth away from her life, leaving her in the cold forever. With me.
I shudder again and force my thoughts into another – less hurtful – direction. "Odd as this might sound, I suppose I'm glad you're here, Jacob."
"You mean," he replies with the hint of a smile, "'As much as I'd love to kill you, I'm glad she's warm,' right?"
I have to give it to him – the pub is perceptive.
"It's an uncomfortable truce, isn't it?" I grin, unwilling to out-right confirm his suspicions. Still, it seems to be enough for him as his face breaks into a self-satisfied smile.
"I knew you were just as crazy jealous as I am," he says smugly and I sigh. Considering the fact that I've admitted to this several times this evening I'm not too much impressed with Mr. Perception right now.
"I'm not such a fool as to wear it on my sleeve like you do," I reply, feeling incredibly mature – a fact that vanishes the next moment when I can't resist adding, "It doesn't help your case, you know." So, there.
He shrugs, or at least he attempts to do so as he still cradles my dozing Bella in his arms. "You have more patience than I do."
Once again I raise an eyebrow. Apparently I'm spending the night with Captain Obvious. "I should. I've had a hundred years to gain it." And still it didn't help too much. "A hundred years of waiting for her."
However, my melodramatic claim seems to fail to make the intended impression and he does manage to shrug this time (a feat that impresses me as Bella dozes on, oblivious to the world. Or is she?).
"So…at what point did you decide to play the very patient good guy?" he asks and I press my lips together in annoyance. 'Since I wanted to prevent you from taking the spot,' I think with a hint of bitter sarcasm then opt to tell him the truth.
"When I saw how much it was hurting her to make her choose." When I saw how much it was hurting me to realize that she won't choose unless forced to. "It's not usually this difficult to control," I go on, my voice carefully controlled as it does not do for me to start growling again. "I can smoother the…less civilized feelings I may have for you fairly easily most of the time." It usually suffices to retreat and go through a thorough work-out with Emmett or Jasper or break some furniture but I'm not fool enough to admit that when I'm not completely sure she's really asleep. "Sometimes I think she can see through me, but I can't be sure." Just as I can't be sure if..if…
It is Jacob who finally puts the thought I don't dare to think into words and hearing it out loud strikes me like a physical blow.
"I think you were just worried that if you really forced her to choose, she might not choose you," he says, no trace of malice in his voice and again – for the fraction of a second – I recognize a kindred spirit in him. I am not the only one who is afraid of that, apparently.
It takes a few moments until my voice is steady enough for me to reply and when I do I detect the barest hint of a quiver in it, praying that Jacob doesn't notice.
"That was part of it." There was also the part of Esme giving me a rather…impressing talk about not being a controlling and obsessive boyfriend. Among other things. Pushing that intimidating thought away, I face Jacob again. "But only a small part." Which is relative, of course. "Mostly I was worried that she'd hurt herself trying to sneak away to see you. After I'd accepted that she was more or less safe with you –" Wait, I remind myself, we're talking about Bella here. "- As safe as Bella ever is – it seemed best to stop driving her to extremes." And myself, too.
Jacob sighs, his breath moving the hairs on the back of Bella's neck ever so slightly and I feel a wave of jealously wash over me. It should be me lying there next to her. It should be me inhaling her scent and humming her lullaby and…and it will be. My thoughts distract my so much that I almost don't catch his first words when he speaks again.
"I'd tell her all that," he says, sounding incredibly frustrated, "but she'd never believe me."
'Yes,' I smile to myself, 'that's exactly my Bella. Stubborn yet oh-so-irresistible in every little thing she does.'
"I know," I grin because goodness knows, I do know. This girl will do and believe what she wants and come heaven or hell, there's no way to convince her otherwise once she's made up her mind about something. With a start I realize that Jasper is right: I am so whipped. 'A lifetime of teasing is awaiting me,' I think before my smile vanishes slowly as my thoughts turn to the fight that lies ahead. Provided we all survive.
"You think you know everything," Jacob mutters and I can't stop myself from grinning again. He really is a child, playing a man's game, I think before my thoughts return to the next day. 'Will they all make it? What if…what if someone doesn't make it? Perhaps Esme who is like a mother to me? Or Rose, my horribly annoying sister whom I still love more than I'd ever admit? Or…or Carlisle? My father? My mentor? My…not Carlisle. Not ever Carlisle, please,' I think and the mere thought turns my insides into ice.
"I don't know the future," I reply silently, not knowing if it's a curse or a blessing.
~ * ~
Again, we drift into silence, Jacob's thoughts going along the same lines as mine – a soldier worrying about his comrades – and again I'm forced to re-think my opinion of him. Perhaps he's not that much of a child, after all.
"What would you do if she changed her mind?" Jacob suddenly asks, once again aiming for the spot where it hurts with deadly precision. How is it that this…child/man…can be so perceptive yet so blind at the same time? Idiot savante, perhaps?
'Never mind,' I decide, 'Idiot or genius – he won't rest until he's had his answer and I've promised to be honest.'
"I don't know that either," I admit, surprising myself how easy it is to say it. However, that does not seem to impress him as he seems to find something funny in this answer.
"Would you try to kill me?" Jacob asks, and I feel the corners of my mouth turning up into an involuntarily predatory smile. What does he mean 'try'? If I really were to set out and kill him then I…would not only disappoint Carlile but also hurt Bella. Deeply.
The smile drops off my face at that thought and my shoulders slump – almost disappointed. "No."
"Why not?" he queries as if driven by some perverse desire to inspire me to kill him. Does he not realize that Bella is the only reason keeping me from indulging my…less civilized feelings? Apparently not, so I decide to once again spell things out for him.
"Do you really think I would hurt her that way?" Idiot. Scratch the 'savante', I think but then he catches me by surprise again as he switches from child to man again.
"Yeah, you're right," Jacob sighs and I barely resist the urge to strangle him. He's so damn irritating. "I know that's right. But sometimes…"
"Sometimes it's an intriguing idea," I agree and before our respective protective shields go up again we share a smile of true camaraderie before he turns away, pressing his face into the sleeping bag to muffle his laughter.
"Exactly," he agrees and I sigh in defeat. Damn the dog for being so…like-able. And damn my tendency to go looking for love and friendship in the oddest…the most unnatural…places.


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Veterans and Traumatic Brain Injury
Important Websites
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center [DVBIC]
The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs.
This site is a storehouse of facility and key staff information within 1280 VA facilities, maintained on a regular basis by editors and administrators nationwide throughout the VA network.
US Dept. of Defense Military Health System
Electronic Pamphlets and Articles
TBI and PolyTrauma Special Issue [Journal of Rehabilitation, Research and Development]
Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) [pdf document]
TBI in the US: A Call for Public/Private Cooperation [pdf document]
Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury [29 minutes]
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- Veterans Affairs Department Extends Program for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (4.15.15)
- Smell Test Helps Spot Brain Trauma in Combat Zones, Study Says (3.27.15)
- After Wartime TBI Or Concussion, Psychological (Not Cognitive) Symptoms Predict Which Soldiers Suffer Long-Term Disability (3.5.15)
- Partner caregivers of veterans with traumatic brain injuries may be at risk for inflammatory disease (2.16.15)
- DoD makes advances toward blood test to diagnose concussions (9.1.14)
- VA reform bill saves unique pilot program for veterans with TBI (8.4.14)
- Research may help prevent eye injury among soldiers (7.2.14)
- Officials Release Support Tools for Post-concussion Sleep Issues (7.1.14)
- Study suggests risk of dementia higher for veterans with brain injury (6.26.14)
- Effects of traumatic brain injury in soldiers deserve more attention (4.10.14)
- New Technology May Assist the Department of Defense in the Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury (3.21.14)
- Some Vets With Brain Injury Can't Control Laughing or Tears (3.21.14)
- Bill Would Provide Veterans Free Treatment (3.11.14)
- Traumatic brain injury: Knowing is half the battle (3.10.14)
- American Legion launches TBI/PTSD survey for veterans (2.12.14)
- Senate passes bill to study veteran brain injuries (2.5.14)
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- Veterans with traumatic brain injuries and combat-related challenges (2.4.14)
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- Helping soldiers with traumatic brain injuries through art therapy (7.10.13)
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- Operation TBI Freedom Raises Funds for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (5.31.13)
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- One Soldier's Progress Against Traumatic Brain Injury (3.22.12)
- GAO: Pentagon's mental health, TBI programs not tracked properly (3.22.12)
- Soldiers with TBI to practice combat skills in simulated environment (3.6.12)
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I had bookmarked this recipe some time ago and just hadn't gotten around to testing it out. I was menu planning this weekend, saw it and thought it sounded like a great summertime dinner. I was right.
I changed the recipe up a bit by omitting the 1.5 cup cooked rice (I was serving rice alongside the meal) and replacing with:
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– 1 ear of fresh corn (cut from the cob)
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I also drizzled the peppers with a little bit of this Cilantro Dressing from Trader Joe's. My friend has got me hooked on it and I put it on everything now.
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"The whole event was set up," said the man who provided the fake police helicopter. "It was completely scripted, there was no real emergency - we were hired to play along." Continuing to explain that while it appeared that May, who has no experience flying airships, was in control, a professional pilot was actually in charge during the trickier maneuvers.
Incredulous that viewers don't realize Top Gear is a scripted television show, a BBC Spokesperson responded, "As an entertainment programme, Top Gear prides itself on making silly films that don't pretend to represent real life. Any suggestion it deliberately misled viewers is patently ludicrous."
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Music Supervisor:
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Music Editor:
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Stephen Coleman
Additional Orchestration:
Andrew Kinney
Performed by:
The Czech Film Orchestra and Choir
Music Contractor:
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David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Greg Spence, George R.R. Martin, Jeremy Podeswa, Mark Mylod, Matt Shakman, Alan Taylor, Holly Schiffer, Janet Graham-Borba, Onnalee Blank, Matt Waters, Spike Allison Hooper, Chris Zampas, Jake Chusid, Alan Frier, Maria Machado, Sam Schwartz, Michael Gorfaine, Cheryl Tiano, Peter Paterno, Brandon Campbell, Everybody at Remote Control, Sandrine Pecher, Uli Kurtinat, the Djawadi family, Hans Zimmer, Jennifer Hawks, Paige & Miles
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Release date : 08/25/2017
Main Titles (1:53)
Dragonstone (5:06)
Shall We Begin? (1:24)
The Queen's Justice (1:21)
A Game I Like To Play (1:45)
I Am The Storm (6:25)
The Gift (2:03)
Dragonglass (4:19)
Spoils Of War, Pt. 1 (3:54)
Spoils Of War, Pt. 2 (4:03)
The Dagger (2:34)
Home (2:30)
Gorgeous Beasts (2:11)
The Long Farewell (2:46)
Against All Odds (7:48)
See You For What You Are (2:09)
Casterly Rock (2:23)
A Lion's Legacy (1:34)
Message For Cersei (1:43)
Ironborn (2:19)
No One Walks Away From Me (2:11)
Truth (3:31)
The Army Of The Dead (5:26)
Winter Is Here (2:54)
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|| 2019-04-14 16:22:24
Yeaah! It's almost here. So curious about everything that's going to happen.
And I also hooe we get a large score release!!
Can't wait!!!!!!
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2019-04-14 17:47:04
The release better have at least 2 CDs or we riot
2019-04-14 22:06:24
Can't wait to see what Ramin has prepared for us.
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2019-04-23 07:02:51
Season 8 OST better have Jennys Song
2019-04-23 10:23:45
Honestly I am more annoyed that the soundtracks still put in endcredit songs despite them being the easiest to rip.
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|| 2017-08-28 13:13:33
Spoilers if you haven't seen episode 7!!!!!!!!!
I have figured out the chronological order of the soundtrack.
Episode 1:
Main Title (Title Sequence)
Dragonstone (Deanerys' arrival)
Shall We Begin? (End Credits)
Episode 2:
I Am The Storm (Sea Battle / Death Of Sand Snakes / Yara & Euron Duel)
Ironborn (End Credits [0:58 - end])
Episode 3:
The Gift (Euron arrives with Ellaria, Tyene & Yara in Kingslanding)
The Long Farewell (Cersei poisons Tyene in the dungeon)
Casterly Rock (The Unsullied take Casterly Rock)
A Lion's Legacy (Jaime & the Lannister army take Highgarden)
Message For Cersei (Ollena reveals to Jaime that she is Joffrey's killer)
The Queen's Justice (End Credits)
Episode 4:
Home (Arya returns to Winterfell [This piece is also used in other parts of the season])
Dragonglass (Jon shows Daenerys the cave)
Spoils Of War, Pt. 1 (Daenerys goes to battle with Drogon)
Spoils Of War, Pt. 2 (Tyrion arrives / Bronn Vs. Drogon / Jaime marches towards Daenerys)
Episode 5:
Gorgeous Beasts (Daenerys returns / Jon touches Drogon)
Episode 6:
Against All Odds (Frozen lake battle / Daenerys to the rescue / Viserion dies)
See You For What You Are (Jon plegdes alegiance to Daenerys)
Episode 7:
A Game I Like To Play (Littlefinger manipulates Sansa into thinking Arya is the enemy)
The Dagger (Littlefinger's trial / Littlefinger's death)
No One Walks Away From Me (Cersei tells Jaime she is going to betray Daenerys & Jon. Despite of Cersei threat to kill him, Jaime leaves after disagreeing with her)
Winter Is Here (Jaime rides away from Kinglanding as it begins to snow. Winter has come to Kingslanding)
Truth (Bran & Sam discover Jon is really Aegon Targeryen and the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. Jon & Daenerys make love on the boat)
The Army Of The Dead (The Dead arrive at Eastwatch. After standing completely still, the Night King arrives on a ressurected Viserion and destroys the Wall. The Army Of The Dead marches south of the Wall / End Credits [4:07 - end])
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2017-08-28 18:23:16
The last part of Home was used in epidoe 7 in Sansa/Arya final conversation
2017-08-28 23:36:49
Is the music from the scene with Theon on the beach on the OST?
2017-08-29 17:43:12
This score is just incredible! I love how the thematic development has gone and how we get some new themes (Jon & denaery's being one of the most beautiful). This score is darker than the season 6 score and it goes into interesting directions! I think the OST does it justice.
There are a few missing cues that would have been nice to have; Missandei & Greyworm's love scene, Euron Greyjoy arriving in Kings Landing in episode 1, the Oldtown music (particularly the version when Sam and Gilly leave Oldtown) but other than that this is a great score release!
2019-03-10 23:48:12
Is there a breakdown like this for seasons 1-6 soundtracks?
2019-03-11 00:25:34
I have mine. But you're gonna have to give a bit of time to find them. Not sure there 100% right, because it's what I thought myself was right. I'll come back to yoy
2019-03-11 20:30:45
I've placed my chronological order from me on every one of the Game Of Thrones pages. Hope this is to your liking!?
2019-03-11 23:14:39
Greatly appreciated that you posted. Thank you very much.
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We're so close to Season 8!!!! I can't wait!
Hope we get a big score release like the one for season 6 or the 2 Westworld seasons. Those were great releases!!!!!!!!
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|| 2018-09-09 07:17:54
Congratulations to Ramin on his first Emmy!
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2018-09-09 11:22:32
Long overdue!
2018-09-09 13:12:55
The music for 'The Dragon And The Wolf' was amazing. I hooe we'll get a complete score for all the season. Especially seasons 6 & 7!
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|| 2018-05-22 16:22:55
Is anybody going to see the Game Of Thrones Live Experience???
If they do.. It's going to be amazing!! I saw the show yesterday in Amsterdam, and it was epic!!
@hybrid: do you know if they are going to release a cd / dvd / blu-ray of the show???
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2018-05-22 18:44:56
Such a great show indeed !!!
No idea about a release... :/
2018-05-22 23:20:45
A release would be awesome! It came to my country but I noticed it too late and the tickets were gone. I hope for next year I can see it live but meanwhile listening/watching to it would be amazing!
2018-05-23 12:53:36
I saw it in Paris, amazing show, my favourite after Zimmer's one
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|| 2017-10-11 16:09:54
Vinyl release on december 1th. Looks like no limited edition will be available at the moment.
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2017-10-11 18:16:48
December oneth cause that's a date
Barnes and Noble is releasing an exclusive and its on November 17st not December 1th but thats the U.S.
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|| 2017-09-27 10:10:24
Ramin will make an European tour in 2018, tickets for Paris and many more cities available this Friday !
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2017-09-27 10:36:09
Do you if he will come to Spain? Maybe Madrid or Barcelona? I would love to go to one of this tours but they usually don't come to Spain.
Anyway, is the Game of Thrones tour or is something different, like the one Hans did? Thanks for the info!
2017-09-27 11:12:40
All dates here : https://www.gameofthronesconcert.com
2017-09-27 16:32:18
Ohhh yesss!
He comes one day to Madrid. The ticket is a bit expensive but it will sure be worth it!
2017-09-29 09:51:29
Does the concert includes music from season 7???
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2017-09-29 10:21:16
Yes Ramin said the concert will be updated with S7 highlights.
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According to Film Music Reporter, Ramin gonna score Disney's upcoming film A Wrinkle in Time
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|| 2017-08-30 14:24:41
How great is the new Night King theme! The moment when he rides the resurrected dragon and blows the wall to bits is just incredible!
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2017-08-30 17:21:21
Yeah, this theme scared the s** out of me.
2017-09-02 17:07:23
Yeah indeed a scary theme!
Another great new theme from season 7 is the Lannister battle theme that can be heard in Spoils of War, Pt 1 after Daenerys and the Dorthraki arrive!
2017-09-02 17:57:46
And how epic is the dorthraki theme variation played by the brass!
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|| 2017-08-25 17:46:52
Amazing album, Although for me i feel like the sixth one was better.
And i am not sure whether they used "The Army Of The Dead " track already ? can't remember heard that one from episode 6...
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2017-08-26 07:37:38
It's not, it from probably from episode 7. Against All Odds is the track from episode 6.
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|| 2017-08-25 11:52:17
Sorry guys. Tell me please! Does anyone know the information about the album Prison Break - Sequel (TV Series)? The album will be published? Thanks!
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2017-08-25 14:01:59
No sadly, it looks like they won´t release it :/
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2017-08-25 14:03:32
Tell me about it, still waiting for any kind of release for The Strain !! -_-
2017-08-25 15:43:03
Yes! The Strain is also very Good, but still no release :(
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Alongside the albums for the first and second season, this is probably the best GoT score to date. The sound mix on the TV show itself doesn't do this masterpiece justice it deserves. This is rich in audio, layered in texture, and unbelievably epic. Ramin has done it again!
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Replies: 0 || 2017-08-25 08:41:35
Djawadi does it again. Another fantastic score! Doesn't top the one for season 6 but damn that new Jon Dany theme is amazing and already pays off so well in Against All Odds. The only thing that I'm missing is the music from the scenes in Oldtown and the citadel. One of this year's best scores for sure.
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|| 2017-08-24 08:58:47
Tracklist has been revealed on Amazon.
Anyone know what tracks could be the first sea battle, the scènes in Oldtown and the frozen lake scène from ep 6 ?
1. Main Titles
2. Dragonstone
3. Shall We Begin?
4. The Queen's Justice
5. A Game I Like to Play
6. I Am the Storm
7. The Gift
8. Dragonglass
9. Spoils of War, Pt. 1
10. Spoils of War, Pt. 2
11. The Dagger
12. Home
13. Gorgeous Beasts
14. The Long Farewell
15. Against All Odds
16. See You for What You Are
17. Casterly Rock
18. A Lion's Legacy
19. Message for Cersei
20. Ironborn
21. No One Walks Away from Me
22. Truth
23. The Army of the Dead
24. Winter Is Here
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2017-08-24 09:49:15
Maybe 'Ironborn' for the sea battle. And for the frozen lake maybe 'The Army Of The Dead' or 'I Am The Storm'.
2017-08-24 09:50:02
And it seems like almost the complete battle qith the loot train is on there!!
2017-08-24 10:15:17
I think A Lion's Legacy Truth and Winter is Here are from episode 7
2017-08-24 10:37:07
I am the Storm sounds like it could fit Euron too
so who knows
Lions Legacy may be the downfall of Highgarden with the Lannister theme. (They always give us endcredit music lately)
But I suppose that could alsio be 'The Queens Justice'
But I am hoping that Queens Justice is the Martell dungeon scene
Frozen lake may be 'against all odds' or 'army of the dead' or both
The score is clearly not chronological, seeing where they put Casterly Rock's music
2017-08-24 10:41:47
or The Gift is the dungeon scene
that works too
2017-08-24 10:48:56
The Gift has probably something to do with the wight that they brought for Cersei
2017-08-24 11:03:10
eh that could be 'Message for Cersei' instead
I mean Euron kept using the word 'Gift' so I think that fits more
2017-08-24 11:38:17
The track titles are really vague. Haha.
I thought Shall We Begin was going to be included in the Dragonstone track because it's probably the end credits cue from episode 1.
Anyway the score has a good amount of tracks for a 7 episode season. Season 6 had 19 tracks and 7 bonus tracks but those are mostly underscore. Didn't hear much of those in season 7.
2017-08-24 14:51:02
Oeuw runtimes...
Looks like I am the Storm will be the sea battle from episode 2, Against All Odds or Army of the Dead is episode 6. When I look at some youtube videos who ripped the audio from The Loot Train Attack, it looks like we get everything from that scene in Spoils of War pt. 1 and 2. Without the end credits, but that was the track Hold the Door.
I think Dragonglass, Gorgeous Beasts will feature the new Jon/Dany theme. Still wondering what tracks may feature the Oldtown/Maester variations..
2017-08-24 15:14:22
Message for Cersei is when Ollena tells Jaimie she killed Joffrey. It's not in chronological order.
After sundays episode I'm gonna take a look at the right order.
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2017-08-24 15:17:03
The Long Farewell is clearly the dungeon scene
2017-08-24 16:21:00
I listened to the samples:
The Queen's Justice is the end credits music from epsiode 3. A Game I like to Play could be the dungeon scene, The gift is that scene in episode 3 with Euron Greyjoy. The Dagger is probaly from scenes with Little Finger. A Long Farewell is the poisson kiss scene. Don't know for sure but the Against All Odds track is from Beyond the Wall. See You For What You Are can't place it. Maybe Jon leaving to the wall or that love scene with Grey Worm... A Lion's Legacy another variation of Rains of Castamere. Ironborn is when Euron's fleet sails to King's Landing I think.
No maester theme variations from what i've heard :'( also I don't think the music from that scene with Arya and Nymeria is included. But oh there is a little bit of piano in Winter is Here.
2017-08-24 16:56:19
The score is up on youtube.
2017-08-24 17:27:56
No EP2 End Credits? >:(
2017-08-24 17:33:09
Nevermind Ironborn seems to be an extendended version of the episode 2 credits in the same way Needle was for the episode 8 os season 6
2017-08-24 17:45:53
I believe 'The Army Of The Dead' is an extended theme for the white walkers & the wights
2017-08-24 17:55:55
I believe 'A Game I Like to Play' is from Arya's scene in episode 6
The Spoils of War tracks dont include the extended opening before the Dothraki march in and they miss a bridging section after Dickon saves Jaime/before Dronn gets the Weapon
'I am the Storm' is the Sea battle but with an alternate intro
'Casterly Rock' has parts of the Casterly invasion scenes, but it seems to be mixed very differently
'Lions Legacy' is the fall of Highgarden
No clue where 'Home' goes, but a variation of it shows up in a lot of Winterfell scenes from episode 4
2017-08-24 18:31:00
im guessing that Truth is gonna be featured in a flashback scene with Lyanna/Ned Stark?
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Things I already figured out:
Dragonstone - Dany's arrival
Shall We Begin? & The Queen's Justice - End Credits episode 1 & 3
I Am The Storm - Sea Battle
The Gift - Euron arrives in King's Landing with Ellaria & Yara
Dragonglass - Cave scene
Spoils Of War, part 1 & 2 - Drogon & Dothraki Vs. Lannisters
The Dagger - Bran & Littlefinger scene
Home - Arya returns to Winterfell
Gorgeous Beasts - Jon touches Drogon
The Long Farewell - The dungeon scene
Against All Odds - Frozen Lake Battle
See You For What You Are - Dany & Jon boat scene
Casterly Rock - The Seige of Casterly Rock
A Lion's Legacy - Jamie at Highgarden
Message For Cersei - Olenna tells Jaimie she killed joffrey
A Game I Like To Play, Ironborn, No One Walks Away From Me, Truth, The Army Of The Death & Winter Is Here.
These I don't know yet
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Im looking foward to some bonus tracks like last year
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|| 2017-08-15 00:54:27
They better included a track with the new variations of the Measter theme. Last episode agai. Had some great new music. Can't wait for this album.
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2017-08-15 09:24:20
I really liked that variation.
And there have also been many variations on the Targaryen theme so I hope they include some of them like(SPOILERS) Danny arriving at Dragonstone or the one from the final scene from the previous episode or that variation when Job touches Drogon.
2017-08-15 12:58:13
Djawadi basically confirmed that the Dragonstone piece would be on the OST in an interview he gave after the first spisode aired!
The music is really great in this season and the battle music in particular!
2017-08-24 11:19:27
Going by titles
the Jon/Drogon and Jon/'Dany' scene is on there too
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|| 2017-08-17 22:10:40
Am I the only one whos been a bit of disappointed of the lack of new music in this season ? We've had new variation of old themes but the only new theme I've noticed is the Dany/Jon one thats been there a couple of times.. Have I missed one ? :)
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2017-08-17 23:27:11
I don't think there are many new themes. But there is a lot of new action/battle music.
For example:
Greyjoy Battle
Loot Train Battle
I hope these battles are on the soundtrack. Also I hooe we get another big soumdtrack like season 6. Not the soumdtrack of 50 minutes from season 2 - 5.
2017-08-17 23:49:53
Ah yeah, i forgot about those twos.
Yeah, give us a big soundtrack like s6 :)
2017-08-18 00:32:20
Less episodes so I'm thinking less material to choose from. By that logic maybe we'll get a hefty release!
2017-08-18 10:45:39
I don't think it's necessary to create any new big themes. Game of Thrones already has a lot of themes and I don't expect from season 7 to bring something new to the score table because this season is all about characters and storylines coming together. The themes Djawadi established throughout six seasons will pay off in this season and the next in new variations of them and intertwine with each other.
These new variations of previous theme's are well done. They could have just used the old tracks but instead Ramin Djawadi gives us new variations of the theme's we all love.
2017-08-21 22:55:01
There is a major and beautiful new theme this season! The Jon Snow Denaerys Theme!! It was heard in it's greatest version yet in the end of episode 6!
2017-08-22 08:43:47
Any chance the soundtrack will be released this friday ? ;)
2017-08-22 09:51:46
That's right, I forgot about the Jon & Daenerys theme. It's beautiful.
Hope this will be in there
2017-08-22 10:02:52
I'm not sure they'll release the album this Friday already because I guess they're very cautious about spoilers, but it would be stupid if they didn't release it digitally before the 29th of september.
I'm sure that new theme will be on the OST at least once and I want the creepy Jon Snow variation in episode 6. And the battle version of Light of the Seven when Drogon goes for Bronn in episode 4!
2017-08-22 12:28:52
Spoilers ? haha I stopped avoiding them. With al the leaking and people on social media who seem to forget that others are watching it a little bit later than airing time it's impossible to avoid them. They did release it last year in front of the final episode. With Light of the Seven as a big surprise.
2017-08-22 12:44:38
Lol I avoid spoilers at all cost! I checked the ost after the finale last year!
2017-08-23 03:09:15
Good news guy! It releases this Friday Ramin confirmed on twitter.
2017-08-23 03:28:16
The Lord of Light is watching over us!
2017-08-23 07:01:02
Yes, I knew it! The night isn't full of terrors after all.
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|| 2017-08-08 04:39:59
Im glad that ramin has evolved from that dissapointing atmospheric music from previous seasons to something more elaborated like season 6 and 7
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2017-08-08 11:59:14
The whole show has evolved, not just the music... it used to be dialogue heavy and slow paced, now it's much more straightforward, it looks more and more like Hollywood movies. The music reflects that. And I find it much nicer, really happy with this direction.
2017-08-08 17:28:32
Gonna be honest with you I'm gonna miss that slow pacing but im really glad that now they have a proper budget to focus in what is important instead of putting nude scenes in every chapter like s1 and 2
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|| 2017-08-08 12:22:52
Wonder why this is getting released a month after the last episode. Previous years the score was always released a week later after the last episode ?
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2017-08-08 13:32:04
For now the release date for the digital version hasn't been announced. 29/09 is just for the CD, in the past the CD release also came a month after the season ended. Digital is indeed after or before the last episode.
2017-08-08 16:27:21
Ah ok, thanks for the clarification..
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|| 2017-08-08 00:07:11
Was expecting this cover art but I didn't think much of the poster for this season as with the previous season, this one just looks like a teaser poster. But anyway can't wait for the score. Heard some new great things in episode 4. (The Cave scene) It's not the best season we've had so far, the pacing and forced humor is bothering me but Ramin doesn't dissapoint. Wondering how this release will sound like. This is my ranking for the scores: 6,3,4,5,2,1
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2017-08-08 01:40:30
thats not official. hybrid chose it just so theres cover art
2017-08-08 04:52:50
Official or not, way better than Season 5's cover
2017-08-08 05:58:37
Would have been cool if the composer could revisit the first two seasons and redo/enhance his score based on what he's learned and applied to the series lately.
2017-08-08 09:09:11
It is the offical cover art! And I think it looks great! The battle version of light of the seven/cersei's theme was so badass!
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|| 2017-08-07 21:08:47
Here's your traditional "new GOT season" page ! lol
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2017-08-07 22:17:24
2017-08-08 00:03:57
Hybrid, any word on the release date??
2017-08-08 00:08:35
It's september 29th on CD, as we look at previous releases the digital might be released at the end of this month or beginning of september.
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Wow! What for a Cover!
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Game Of Thrones (TV Series - Season 7) soundtrack - Ramin Djawadi 2017


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Comedian, TV presenter and new boyfriend of the "girl-who-kissed-a-girl", Russell Brand is selling his London home. True to character — the pad is dark and dangerous! The interior is predominantly Modern Gothic with a lot of black and OTT features. The reception room gets our vote for the most "out there" with its black and silver flock wallpaper, golden carpet, diamante studded antlers and a huge plasma screen. Brand once confessed: "I am slightly intimidated by that room. I tend not to go in there much. You shouldn't have a room you're intimidated by."
We could not agree more, no room should ever be intimidating. The upstairs comes at a surprise with a contrasting white zen yoga room and we get the idea Russell is a man with many sides. The Hampstead home spread over 2,000 square feet and five floors and is on the market for £2,500,000, thorugh Hamptons.
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He would be more than 100 years old today, but Mr Ian Fleming's discreet, upper-class style continues to permeate and largely define the cult of James Bond.
In many ways that goes without saying: Mr Fleming created the phenomenon when he sat down in Goldeneye, his house in Jamaica, and penned the first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952. (The book was published the following year.) However nobody denies that 007 was given an incredible boost when he was taken up by Messrs Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, who produced Dr. No, the first Bond movie, 50 years ago in 1962. Would we still be celebrating the exploits of a British secret agent in quite the same way if these two producers had not taken him in hand, and, with the help of Sir Sean Connery, Sir Roger Moore et al, launched one of the most successful cinema franchises of all time?
And yet, however much the films have departed in name and content from Mr Fleming's fictional output, they have always been in thrall to the man who came up with the original idea. For 007 was essentially and enduringly Mr Fleming's fantasy, the man he would have liked to have been had he not spent much of WWII sitting at a desk in the Admiralty, as personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence.
Mr Fleming behind his desk in his study, 1958
In this role Mr Fleming imbued Bond with many of his own characteristics, from an outsize libido to a taste for handmade Morland & Co cigarettes.
It was a style which he had honed over the years. Mr Fleming was born into a privileged family (his grandfather had set up the hugely successful Robert Fleming bank). Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and then in Austria and Switzerland, he coasted through his twenties, working for Reuters and then in the city. His love of Europe lasted throughout his lifetime and contributed to Bond's cosmopolitanism.
In the mid-1930s Mr Fleming established himself in a bachelor flat on Ebury Street in Victoria, where he set up Le Cercle gastronomique et des jeux de hasard, a group of friends with a love of gambling and high living. His weekends often involved popping across the Channel to Deauville for a hedonistic mixture of casinos, golf and women.
For a rich kid, this quasi-Bullingdon lifestyle was all fairly predictable. It was not until Mr Fleming was parachuted into his job at Naval Intelligence at the start of the war that he came into his own. It may have been something to do with wearing a uniform. Suddenly he was liaising with secret service chiefs on both sides of the Atlantic, travelling regularly to British code-breaking headquarters, Bletchley Park, and occasionally running his own operations, such as Goldeneye in Gibraltar, an Allied effort to monitor Spain after the Spanish Civil War.
Mr Fleming imbued Bond with many of his own characteristics, from an outsize libido to a taste for handmade Morland & Co cigarettes
At the same time he was hiring, meeting and debriefing a range of agents who worked for Naval Intelligence and the other secret services. From a composite of men such as Commander Wilfred "Biffy" Dunderdale, Lieutenant Commander Patrick Dalzel-Job and of course himself, he concocted James Bond. Commander Dunderdale was the prewar MI6 chief in Paris and Lieutenant Commander Dalzel-Job a multi-talent who was drafted into 30 AU Commando, a special forces unit devised by Mr Fleming to accompany Allied troops invading Europe and bring home crucial intelligence.
Over these years Mr Fleming's own style had evolved. In London he wore blue two-piece suits, a cotton shirt and, always, a bow tie. For relaxation he favoured lightweight suits, perhaps in hound's-tooth check. His distinctive golfing garb was epitomised by the jacket auctioned at Bonhams in 2010 and described as "tailored in tweed with a loud black, white and turquoise check, and bearing the label of Benson, Perry & Whitley Ltd". When dressing down, or in his beloved Jamaica, he donned short-sleeved Sea Island cotton shirts, shorts and even sandals.
Although he liked good things, he was not flashy or indeed profligate. Thus he opted for tailor Benson, Perry & Whitley on London's Cork Street, around the corner from, but not actually on, Savile Row. His suits cost 58 guineas in the early 1950s (about £1,330 today) and came with distinctive features such as turn-back cuffs. Within a half-mile radius he could have his hair cut at GF Trumper and make his purchases of hats from Lock & Co, wine from Berry Brothers & Rudd, and handmade cigarettes from Morlands on Grosvenor Street.
a writer's legacy
Mr Fleming chats with Swiss actress Ms Ursula Andress between scenes of Dr. No, 1962
Mr Fleming with his wife, Ms Ann Fleming, 1963
From left: Sir Sean Connery and Mr Fleming on the set of Goldfinger, 1964
The sartorial effect was understated and somewhat traditional, as was his approach to décor. The bedroom at his matrimonial home in Victoria Square was hung with green striped Regency wallpaper and festooned with various knick-knacks such as a small bust of Admiral Nelson. When it came to architecture, he abhorred the brutal modernism of Mr Ernö Goldfinger, whose name he appropriated for one of his villains.
Yet he had a fondness for the novelty and energy of the US, which resulted in his buying several American cars, including a couple of Ford Thunderbirds and a Studebaker Avanti.
These diverse stylistic influences were reflected in James Bond - in his own words, an "anonymous, blunt instrument wielded by a government department", who came with a wardrobe to match, a lightweight international version of Mr Fleming's. None of Bond's tailors are ever mentioned in the books, though the films are different. Mr Fleming's literary villains get the best clothes, such as Count Lippe in Thunderball in his "casually well-cut beige herring-bone tweed that suggests Anderson and Sheppard" and his "shirts from Charvet, ties from Tripler, Dior, and Hardy Amies, shoes from Peel, and raw-silk pajamas from Hong Kong." (Peel is probably literal. Mr Fleming was doubtless referring to British shoemaker Peal & Co., which is now part of Brooks Brothers.)
Other brand names litter the 007 canon - from Tiptree "Little Scarlet" strawberry jam to Taittinger Blanc de Blancs - all reflecting Mr Fleming's own taste and all demonstrating his eagerness to convey a sense of the emerging consumer culture of the 1950s. Bond himself remains essentially low key, his main concession to ostentation being his cars - not American, like his author's, but quintessentially British, with his Bentley Continental and his occasional use of an Aston Martin from the secret service car pool.
Truly, when it comes to Bond style, nobody did it better than Mr Fleming.
Mr Lycett is the author of Ian Fleming, the definitive biography of the author, and was a consultant for the Barbican's exhibition Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style, which runs from 6 July to 5 September. To read our interview with curator Ms Lindy Hemming click here.


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Consider the repair services offered
This is important because there are handymen who offer repairs only on specific furniture and materials while others will basically handle any kind of furniture and material for that matter. The best is a service provider who can handle practically any item regardless of the material it is made of. This way, you will be taken care of even with any future repair needs that might arise.
Get recommendations and referrals
The search for the best handyman can be tricky, especially when you are limited by time to have the repairs done. You can use friends and family to direct you to the best carpenters or furniture stores from where you can enjoy the services you really deserve fast and easy. References will not only make it easier for you to make a decision but will also keep you off unreliable providers.
Consider the repair costs
They will basically be determined by the length of damage your furniture is suffering from. However, most service providers have standard charges for different kinds of repairs. Looking at the repair costs is not only important in helping you select the best services, but can also very help in determining whether repairing is the best way to go over replacing the item.
If you can not handle your furniture repairs, it is then best to hire professional repair services. Your handyman will know the best way of dealing with the issue at hand, the best tools to use in the repairs and the techniques that will achieve the desired results with the repairs. Having your furniture repaired will add life and save it from further damage that could be even costlier. It is therefore important to seek repair services as soon as there is sign of furniture damage.