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The Third Report from New York State
The Third Report from New York State by Katzenperson Today I woke up to find another day of being buried in the snow. The local news channel was full of dire warnings to stay off the highways, stay off the roads, stay home. The children of the neighborhood...
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Robert Burns
Robert Burns was born on January 25th, 1759, in Alloway, Scotland . At the age of 37, he died from rheumatic heart disease , which he had suffered from since he was a child. Robbie was the oldest of seven children born to a struggling farmer and his wife....
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Roobarb and Custard
Roobarb angers the Viking Gods So Roobarb runs away ............................................................................ When the moon rises up with the gang of robbers where going out and stealing . When then was the sun the birds have realised...
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Illinois the land of the Tully monster
Illnois,as crow flies, is located 1,818 kilometers away from Montana! This is the marvelous land of the "golden eagle. Scientists found that Illinois was covered by a sea during the Paleozoic Era. During the late 1950's, Francis Tully found a fossil he...
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Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Chuck Berry lyrics shine higher than anybody else and brought the American Dream to the whole wide world. Chuck Berry was the greatest pure rock ‘n’ roll writer that has ever lived, Chuck Berry has influenced on every rock ’n’ roll band. Chuck...
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Küssen will ich, ich will küssen
Küssen will ich, ich will küssen Freund, noch einen Kuss mir gib,Einen Kuss von deinem Munde,Ach! ich habe dich so lieb!Freund, noch einen Kuss mir gib.Werden möcht ich sonst zum Dieb,Wärst du karg in dieser Stunde;Freund, noch einen Kuss mir gib,Einen...
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The fourth report from New York State by Katzenperson
American spelling shall rule the world! Plow, draft, traveling, programs, neighbor, analog, favorite, color, eon, jibe, airplane, civilize, disk! Pajamas, gray, curb, ax, skeptic, vial, whiskey! From the moldering grave arises Noah Webster as a griffin,...
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Cagnacci's Repentant Magdalene
Cagnacci's Repentant Magdalene Cagnacci's Repentant Magdalene A dramatic painting that I have always enjoyed in the National Gallery is this one. Filled with Drama. Filled with so many questions. Repentant? What had been done in order to repent? Who is...
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Listening to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto
.Listening to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto ; Such a pleasure to just listen. Visual without pictures. Listening whilst cooking. Audio alive with Bach Immersed in listening. Ups and downs of the music Profound sounds in the kitchen with Bach It does not...
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Marvellous French
Here are some of the nice words that make French so lovely. ange – angel (masc.) baleine – whale (fem.) bisou – kiss (masc.) brindille – twig (fem.) brûler – to burn brume – mist (fem.) câlin – hug (masc.) chaleur – heat (fem.) chatoyer – to shimmer chaussettes...
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Monet’s Les Nymphéas
Monet’s Les Ny mphéas What to say when you visit to see it in the Louvre Je trouve que c’est important de voir les Nymphéas comme un ensemble au lieu d’étudier chaque tableau individuellement. — I think it’s important to regard Water Lilies as an ensemble...
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The Princess and the Pea
The Princess and the Pea Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough,...
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Cooking scones with cheese.
Scones Ingredients Makes 12 mini scones 225g plain flour Half tsp salt Half tsp bread soda 1 tsp dried oregano 200g farmhouse blue cheese, cubed 190ml buttermilk 1 egg whisked with milk (for glaze) For the fig jam: 6 fresh figs, trimmed 60g soft brown...
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Fizmer
Sitting reading with a fizmer in my ears happy underneath a bending oaken tree with the words of a story to amuse me as the sunny spring day passes me by fizmer – n., rustling noise produced in grass by petty agitations of the wind. Fizmer is a fabulously...
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Picts
Picts The Picts were a tribal confederation of peoples who lived in what is today eastern and northern Scotland , One of the lesser known aspects of Scotland's history is the role of the Picts. These were the tribal warrior tribes who were living in Scotland...
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What to do with over-ripe bananas?
What to do with over-ripe bananas? I usually make a cake using left over porridge with over-ripe bananas. I never make smoothies with them because I do not have the equipment. After from making cakes or into a nice drink there would be some other ways....
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The dragon at Wawel
it is a lovely story The beginning of our story is started in a castle the king was called Krak One day there was a big bang the bang was from the hill the hill called Wawel Wawel was also a castle The bang was a big mighty bang from you quess who - -...
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"Awa' an bile yer heid"
"Awa' an bile yer heid" This Scottish phrase is another one that needs a double-dose of translating! Simply putting it into English results in "Away and boil your head!" - which probably won't help you much. What it means is something along the lines...
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Privatisation of the beaches in France
20% of the beaches in France are now under the control of private companies. In France there should not be private beaches. In Paris there is a ministry of the environment that looks over and should protect the French coastline, sea and land. However...
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What is the cashless society and is it good?
A CASHLESS SOCIETY Is it a question of control? Does it exist? Where then does it exist? A cashless society lacks banknotes and coins, instead has digital information as a representation of money. There are an increasing number of cashless payments in...
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Censorship on Twitter disturbs Free Speech
Censorship on Twitter disturbs Free Speech Twitter is a social networking website. It is now censoring now some free-speech . With measures to hide messages even if no one has even complained. Using software to do they moderating. Free speech under assault...
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The Lego Batman (minifigures)
Tjhe starting of our adventure with batman. Batman woke up on the Saturday morning. Batman goes to a shop that he usally goes to . Batman is in the shop. Catman goes into the shop. Batman carries the menu to the catman with the pencil. Catman reads the...
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Orange Blossom is the Florida State Flower
Yesterday I wrote about the Flower in Texas. Today with a note to a return of the Orange power to rule and into the Westminster establishment of the United Kingdom it was brought to my attention from across the pond in Florida that Orange blossoms as...
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Annie Lennox; Into the West
I was listening to the radio when this song appeared. I could recognise the voice. The soothing Scottish voice. That of Annie Lennox. The music was beauty The words entranced Took me with her song. Along with the ship Along with the life Marvellous Brought...
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Regenlied auf Deutsch
Regenlied ,nnmjjjjj Regen fallt vom Himmel. grun wird jedes Gras, Regen fallt vom Himmel, macht den Kindern Spass Regen ist ein Besen legt die Luft ganz rein, springt auf unsre Nasen und wascht jeden Stein A comment on the text from Germany I am native...