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MAD706, MADC706 (1987): Garoux Des Larmes, Pools In Eyes, A Feeling, Soap And Water, And A She-Wolf After The War, You Cage, Soul Soldier [R CAD607]
Produced by Mark van Hecke. Engineered by Warren Bruleigh, Trow Doolittle and Hideki Sunada. Sleeve by Kurt DeMunbrun, Kar, Richard Donelly and Kate Whitney. Side 2 of MAD706 is 45rpm and features a long version of «Soul Soldier» that has Kristin, Tanya, and a couple friends sitting in a park in Newport, RI looking at clouds and kites. The baby noises are Dylan's, through various effects, and sometimes backwards with the rest of the dialogue. «Soul Soldier» coproduced by Gil Norton.
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Observed at: Halifax Int'l Airport 21 February 2005 8:00 PM AST
Cloudy
Temperature -10 °C Pressure/ Tendency 102.8 kPa↓ Visibility 24 km Humidity 49 % Wind Chill -17 Dewpoint -19 °C Wind ENE 17 km/h 5 Day Forecast from Environment Canada
Monday night
Low -13 °C
A few flurries
Tuesday
High -3 °C
Flurries
Wednesday
High -3 °C
Low -8 °C
Flurries
Thursday
High -5 °C
Low -10 °C
POP 60%
Chance of flurries
Friday
High -7 °C
Low -15 °C
Sunny
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Halifax: Issued 4.00 PM AST Monday 21 February 2005
Tonight Cloudy. A few flurries beginning overnight. Amount 2 cm. Low minus 13. Tuesday Flurries. Amount 2 cm. Wind northeast 30 km/h. High minus 3. Wednesday Flurries. Low minus 8. High minus 3. Thursday Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 10. High minus 5. Friday Sunny. Low minus 15. High minus 7. YesterdayMax Temp. -6.9 °C Min Temp. -17.5 °C Precip Total Trace Regional NormalsMax Temp. -1 °C Min Temp. -11 °C Record Values
TodaySunrise 7:06 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 15:08 Moonset 6:18
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Observed at: Halifax Int'l Airport 21 February 2005 8:00 PM AST
Cloudy
Temperature -10 °C Pressure/ Tendency 102.8 kPa↓ Visibility 24 km Humidity 49 % Wind Chill -17 Dewpoint -19 °C Wind ENE 17 km/h 5 Day Forecast from Environment Canada
Monday night
Low -13 °C
A few flurries
Tuesday
High -3 °C
Flurries
Wednesday
High -3 °C
Low -8 °C
Flurries
Thursday
High -5 °C
Low -10 °C
POP 60%
Chance of flurries
Friday
High -7 °C
Low -15 °C
Sunny
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Halifax: Issued 4.00 PM AST Monday 21 February 2005
Tonight Cloudy. A few flurries beginning overnight. Amount 2 cm. Low minus 13. Tuesday Flurries. Amount 2 cm. Wind northeast 30 km/h. High minus 3. Wednesday Flurries. Low minus 8. High minus 3. Thursday Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 10. High minus 5. Friday Sunny. Low minus 15. High minus 7. YesterdayMax Temp. -6.9 °C Min Temp. -17.5 °C Precip Total Trace Regional NormalsMax Temp. -1 °C Min Temp. -11 °C Record Values
TodaySunrise 7:06 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 15:08 Moonset 6:18
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I thought you were a ripe grape
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
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After his father's death in 1885, when young Frost was 11, the family left California and settled in Massachusetts. Frost attended high school in that state, entered Dartmouth College, but remained less than one semester. Returning to Massachusetts, he taught school and worked in a mill and as a newspaper reporter. In 1894 he sold "My Butterfly: An Elegy" to The Independent, a New York literary journal. A year later he married Elinor White, with whom he had shared valedictorian honors at Lawrence (Mass.) High School. From 1897 to 1899 he attended Harvard College as a special student but left without a degree. Over the next ten years he wrote (but rarely published) poems, operated a farm in Derry, New Hampshire (purchased for him by his paternal grandfather), and supplemented his income by teaching at Derry's Pinkerton Academy.
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I. Challenge Title: The Potions master's Wife
The Great Hall of Hogwarts was packed for the beginning of term feast. Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting together as usual at the Gryffindor table at the opening of what would be their last year at Hogwarts.
"Who's she?" asked Harry.
"Who?" asked Hermione.
"That woman sitting at the high table, I've never seen her before." He pointed to the woman next to Professor Snape with whom, uncharacteristically, the Potions master seemed to be having an animated conversation.
Hermione followed his gesture. "Oh, her?" She smiled with the air of one who knew a secret. "That's Madam Snape. She often visits on weekends."
Rules:
1. The story is to start with the above sentences.
2. The back story, description and explanation of above are left to the author.
The Great Hall of Hogwarts was packed for the beginning of term feast. Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting together as usual at the Gryffindor table at the opening of what would be their last year at Hogwarts.
"Who's she?" asked Harry.
"Who?" asked Hermione.
"That woman sitting at the high table, I've never seen her before." He pointed to the woman next to Professor Snape with whom, uncharacteristically, the Potions master seemed to be having an animated conversation.
Hermione followed his gesture. "Oh, her?" She smiled with the air of one who knew a secret. "That's Madam Snape. She often visits on weekends."
Rules:
1. The story is to start with the above sentences.
2. The back story, description and explanation of above are left to the author.
"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
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Green is the Colour (Waters)
Heavy hung the canopy of blue
Shade my eyes and I can see you
White is the light that shines
Through the dress that you wore
She lay in the shadow of a wave
Hazy were the visions overplayed
Sunlight on her eyes but moonshine
Made her cry everytime
Green is the colour of her kind
Quickness of the eye deceives the mind
Envy is the bond between the hopefull and the damned
Heavy hung the canopy of blue
Shade my eyes and I can see you
White is the light that shines
Through the dress that you wore
She lay in the shadow of a wave
Hazy were the visions overplayed
Sunlight on her eyes but moonshine
Made her cry everytime
Green is the colour of her kind
Quickness of the eye deceives the mind
Envy is the bond between the hopefull and the damned
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RAMSEY I (R1)
Prison Unit Address/Phone:
1100 FM 655, Rosharon, Texas 77583 / (281) 595-3491 (**017)
Unit Location:
4 miles west of FM 521 on FM 655 in Brazoria County
Senior Warden:
Curtis McKnight
Regional Director:
Margo Green, Region III
Date Unit Established/On Line:
July 1908
Total Employees*:
451
Security Employees*:
298
Non-Security Employees*:
87
Windham/Education Employees*:
18
Contract Medical/Psychiatric Employees*:
45/3
Offender Population/Gender:
1,682 / Male
Maximum Capacity:
Unit: 1,570
Trusty Camp: 321
Custody Levels Housed:
G1 - G4, Protective Custody, Close Custody GRAD, Outside Trusty
Approximate Acreage:
16,844 (Co-located with Ramsey II and Terrell)
Agricultural Operations:
Ramsey I, II, and Terrell work in cooperation – Cotton Gin, Cow/Calf Operation, Edible and Field Crops, Farm Shop, Fresh Vegetable Cannery, Grain Dryer, Alfalfa Dehydrator, Swine Finishing Operation, Security Horses/Dogs, Texas Fresh Approach Food Bank Program
Industrial Operations:
Furniture Refinishing Factory
Facility Operations:
Southern Region (Region III) Maintenance Headquarters, Unit Maintenance
Medical Capabilities:
Ambulatory medical, dental and mental health services. Telemedicine and Digital Medical Services (DMS) electronic specialty clinic capabilities. Managed by UTMB.
Educational Programs:
Literacy/Reading, CHANGES/Pre-Release, Special Education, Cognitive Intervention, Project RIO
Career and Technology Programs: Auto Specialization (Air & Heat/Brakes), Diversified Career Preparation, Mill & Cabinetmaking
Apprenticeship Programs: Cabinet Making, Furniture Upholstery
Alvin Community College Academic
University of Houston-Clear Lake Academic
Alvin Community College Vocational: Data Processing, Web Authoring
Additional Programs:
Spiritual Growth Programs, Graduate Program, Prison for a Day, Vietnam Veterans Program, GRAD Process
Volunteer Programs:
Chaplaincy, Education, Substance Abuse
* Data as of May 31, 2004
Prison Unit Address/Phone:
1100 FM 655, Rosharon, Texas 77583 / (281) 595-3491 (**017)
Unit Location:
4 miles west of FM 521 on FM 655 in Brazoria County
Senior Warden:
Curtis McKnight
Regional Director:
Margo Green, Region III
Date Unit Established/On Line:
July 1908
Total Employees*:
451
Security Employees*:
298
Non-Security Employees*:
87
Windham/Education Employees*:
18
Contract Medical/Psychiatric Employees*:
45/3
Offender Population/Gender:
1,682 / Male
Maximum Capacity:
Unit: 1,570
Trusty Camp: 321
Custody Levels Housed:
G1 - G4, Protective Custody, Close Custody GRAD, Outside Trusty
Approximate Acreage:
16,844 (Co-located with Ramsey II and Terrell)
Agricultural Operations:
Ramsey I, II, and Terrell work in cooperation – Cotton Gin, Cow/Calf Operation, Edible and Field Crops, Farm Shop, Fresh Vegetable Cannery, Grain Dryer, Alfalfa Dehydrator, Swine Finishing Operation, Security Horses/Dogs, Texas Fresh Approach Food Bank Program
Industrial Operations:
Furniture Refinishing Factory
Facility Operations:
Southern Region (Region III) Maintenance Headquarters, Unit Maintenance
Medical Capabilities:
Ambulatory medical, dental and mental health services. Telemedicine and Digital Medical Services (DMS) electronic specialty clinic capabilities. Managed by UTMB.
Educational Programs:
Literacy/Reading, CHANGES/Pre-Release, Special Education, Cognitive Intervention, Project RIO
Career and Technology Programs: Auto Specialization (Air & Heat/Brakes), Diversified Career Preparation, Mill & Cabinetmaking
Apprenticeship Programs: Cabinet Making, Furniture Upholstery
Alvin Community College Academic
University of Houston-Clear Lake Academic
Alvin Community College Vocational: Data Processing, Web Authoring
Additional Programs:
Spiritual Growth Programs, Graduate Program, Prison for a Day, Vietnam Veterans Program, GRAD Process
Volunteer Programs:
Chaplaincy, Education, Substance Abuse
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"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
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What IS Moxie....Really?
Moxie was our nations first mass marketed soft drink. Long before Pepsi, Coca Cola, and the current variety of "new age" soft drinks with sophisticated names, there was Moxie. Well before Cokes it's the "Real Thing" jingle in the early 1970's, the country was singing "Just Make It Moxie For Mine" at the Great St. Louis Exposition.
The word Moxie is the only proper name that has made it to the dictionary as a noun synonymous with having "spunk" or "guts"( if you ever tasted it, you would instantly know why!). It's still common to hear of someone as having "a lot of Moxie".
Moxie was founded in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1884 by Dr. Augustin Thompson of Union, ME. Originally, Moxie was touted as a patent medicine guaranteed to cure almost any ill including loss of manhood, "paralysis, and softening of the brain". These claims were revised slightly (more than slightly, actually) with the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.
By the early 20th century, the "Nerve Food" was carbonated, brilliantly merchandised, and became a household word. In spite of the claims restrictions placed on Moxie by the Food & Drug Act, many ads from this explosive growth period touted the "healthful" and alleged medicinal benefits of the tonic. In other words Quacks and Experts touting a snake oil patent compound! But... hey.... all those other companies of the time were doing the same thing.
Bottlers were opened all over the country. Frank Archer, who started with the company as a clerk, continued to brilliantly promote Moxie using every promotional gimmick known at the time. In the "heyday" the beverage was strongly associated with amusement parks, dance halls, and east coast resorts. These were places synonymous with good times, and the "vigorous" life that drinking Moxie was supposed to sustain. The horse drawn Moxie Bottle Wagons were a common scene at these locations. In the twenties and thirties, these were replaced by the famous Horsemobiles which could be seen at resorts, parades, civic events, and fairs. Pictured below is a September 1889 patent drawing for the "bottle" wagon.
Increased sugar prices, along with increased competition primarily from Coke, made Moxie what it remains today...once again a New England beverage...
Moxie was our nations first mass marketed soft drink. Long before Pepsi, Coca Cola, and the current variety of "new age" soft drinks with sophisticated names, there was Moxie. Well before Cokes it's the "Real Thing" jingle in the early 1970's, the country was singing "Just Make It Moxie For Mine" at the Great St. Louis Exposition.
The word Moxie is the only proper name that has made it to the dictionary as a noun synonymous with having "spunk" or "guts"( if you ever tasted it, you would instantly know why!). It's still common to hear of someone as having "a lot of Moxie".
Moxie was founded in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1884 by Dr. Augustin Thompson of Union, ME. Originally, Moxie was touted as a patent medicine guaranteed to cure almost any ill including loss of manhood, "paralysis, and softening of the brain". These claims were revised slightly (more than slightly, actually) with the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.
By the early 20th century, the "Nerve Food" was carbonated, brilliantly merchandised, and became a household word. In spite of the claims restrictions placed on Moxie by the Food & Drug Act, many ads from this explosive growth period touted the "healthful" and alleged medicinal benefits of the tonic. In other words Quacks and Experts touting a snake oil patent compound! But... hey.... all those other companies of the time were doing the same thing.
Bottlers were opened all over the country. Frank Archer, who started with the company as a clerk, continued to brilliantly promote Moxie using every promotional gimmick known at the time. In the "heyday" the beverage was strongly associated with amusement parks, dance halls, and east coast resorts. These were places synonymous with good times, and the "vigorous" life that drinking Moxie was supposed to sustain. The horse drawn Moxie Bottle Wagons were a common scene at these locations. In the twenties and thirties, these were replaced by the famous Horsemobiles which could be seen at resorts, parades, civic events, and fairs. Pictured below is a September 1889 patent drawing for the "bottle" wagon.
Increased sugar prices, along with increased competition primarily from Coke, made Moxie what it remains today...once again a New England beverage...
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La Traviata
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
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History:
The mountains here perpetuate the names of New Hampshire's most legendary Indians;
Passaconaway (Child of the Bear) was a peace-loving chief who, in 1627, united over 17 Indian tribes of Central New England into the Panacook Confederacy. As the first "Sagamon," he ruled wisely until his death in 1669.
Kancamagus (The Fearless One), grandson of Passaconaway, succeeded his uncle, Wonalancet, around 1684 as third and final Sagamon of the Penacook Confederacy. Kancamagus tried to keep peace between the Indians and the pioneering whites, until aggravated English harassments brought war and bloodshed. The confederacy's tribes scattered after 1691, and Kancamagus and his followers moved north to upper New Hampshire or into Canada.
About 1725, Paugus (The Oak), was Chief of the Pequawket Tribe along the Saco River. Later, around 1760, Chocorua, brave and perhaps a chief of the Ossipee Tribe, lived near today's Conway or Albany. Legends agree that Chocorua died on the summit of the mountain which now bears his name.
The mountains here perpetuate the names of New Hampshire's most legendary Indians;
Passaconaway (Child of the Bear) was a peace-loving chief who, in 1627, united over 17 Indian tribes of Central New England into the Panacook Confederacy. As the first "Sagamon," he ruled wisely until his death in 1669.
Kancamagus (The Fearless One), grandson of Passaconaway, succeeded his uncle, Wonalancet, around 1684 as third and final Sagamon of the Penacook Confederacy. Kancamagus tried to keep peace between the Indians and the pioneering whites, until aggravated English harassments brought war and bloodshed. The confederacy's tribes scattered after 1691, and Kancamagus and his followers moved north to upper New Hampshire or into Canada.
About 1725, Paugus (The Oak), was Chief of the Pequawket Tribe along the Saco River. Later, around 1760, Chocorua, brave and perhaps a chief of the Ossipee Tribe, lived near today's Conway or Albany. Legends agree that Chocorua died on the summit of the mountain which now bears his name.
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