#Carl Franzen

[dirtyriver]

Homage to the first appearance of Scrooge in "Christmas on Bear Mountain", 1947, by Carl Barks.

"Return to Bear Mountain", D 9614, Donald Duck Adventures #33, February 1993, written by Lars Bergström (plot) and Tom Anderson (script), interior art by Daniel Branca, cover by Bob Foster (layouts), Jim Franzen (pencils) and Bruce Patterson (inks)

This 29 pages Danish story was too long for a standard US comic, so the first 9 pages were published in the previous issue.

[frank-wedekind-baffles-me]

so ive spent the last ~2 years searching every bookstore for a copy of the awakening of spring, and ive finally found one in a used bookstore. however, its not the translation im used to. i now own a copy of eric bentley's translation, and i was wondering if its good/any differences, and i figured you were the person to ask

So, I've actually never run across the Eric Bentley translation and did not know it existed! I have copies of Edward Bond's, Jonathan Franzen's, and Carl Muller's, and from the experience of reading those, they do tend to differ greatly in phrasing and some details, but the overall plot remains the same. Sorry I can't really help more!

Out of curiosity, what translation are you used to?

[readingoals]

Mid Year Book Tag Thing

I wasn't tagged by anythone but I thot this might be a bit of fun

Best book you’ve read so far in 2022

This is a very tough choice cause I've read some absolute bangers this year but at the moment I think my fave would be Why Didn't They Ask Evans by Agatha Christie. I just loved the characters so much and I think their relationship was one of the best I've read in any Christie novel. Plus the mystery itself was very well done.

Best sequel you've read so far in 2022

I've not read a lot of sequels (I don't read all that many series) so I think it has to be Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch. I adore the Rivers of London series and AOW was no exception. If I'm being honest the last couple books of this series I've found harder to follow/remember what happened in them (which is more to do with my headspace than the books I think) but AOW had me completely invested. The start was a little slow but once I was in I was in. Favourite re-read

Okay there are two because I literally cannot decide. The first is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It's one of my all time favourite books and I re-read it every couple of years. The other is Zigzag Street by Nick Earls which I hadn't read for quite some time. Very very different books but I just adore them both. Genre you've been loving/reading the most

It's really no surprise that mystery has been my most read genre this year. I'm following the 2022 Read Christie challenge which means I'm reading 1 Agatha Christie book per month so mystery is definitely right up there for me at the moment. My second most read is Historical Fiction I think. New release you haven't read yet, but want to

I'm gonna be honest, I don't really keep up with new releases. Like if I'm in a bookshop and one catches my eye I'll pick it up but I have no idea what are new releases and what aren't. Looking at my shelf I don't think I have anything that was released this year that I haven't already read. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year

Like I said anticipated releases aren't really my thing. But I do know that Taylor Jenkins Reid has a new book coming out sometime towards the end of the year which I'll definitely pick up because I've liked everything else I'd read from her. Biggest disappointment

Take Me To Your Nerdy Leader and Sincerely Confusingly Yours by Hailey Gonzales. I really wanted to love those two because the series has an aro main character and I'm aro and I just had very high hopes that the books did not live up to. Biggest surprise

Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie. This one is very different to what I expected and to other Christie's I've read. It's a short story collection for one. And also very romance focused. I mean it's still a mystery book and Pyne solves a number of cases, including murder. But a lot of them are relationship based mysteries - unhappy marriages and the like. Which was definitely not what I had in mind when I picked it up, although still very enjoyable. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)

I don't think I have one. Most of the books I've read have been by authors I'm already familiar with. Of those that weren't - the two Hailey Gonzales books were disappointing, Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen was good in patches but mostly I hated it, and The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins was enjoyable but I'm not desperate to read anything else by him. I think the closest to a new fave author would be Emma Brodie since I really enjoyed Songs In Ursa Major but again I'm not like scrambling for more of her writing. If I saw she had another book I might pick it up but she's not a guaranteed buy yet. Newest favourite character

I think it has to be Frankie from Why Didn't They Ask Evans. I just adored her. Bobby also should get a mention since they worked as a team to solve the case. Book that made you cry

I don't think anything I've read this year has made me cry. Songs In Ursa Major might have made me tear up a bit, same with The City of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon but I don't think either made me properly cry.

Book that made you happy

Zigzag Street obviously. It's so funny and because it's set very close to where I live it's just always a joy to read because I'm familiar with so much of what is mentioned. Special mention to Mostly Void Partially Stars by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor because the nostalgia of revisiting early Welcome To Night Vale episodes made me very happy also. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)

I think these three count as the prettiest books I've acquired this year. The first is a collector's edition of Frankenstein. It's got foiling on it so irl its all shiny and pretty. The second is The Complete Novels of Jane Austen. I'm a sucker for flowers and stuff and I really like the colours on this one. And then the third is A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende which I'm currently reading. I actually borrowed this one from the library I work in, partly because of the cover. It's hard to tell from the image but there's a lot of gold foiling going on highlighting the title and the lines of the sea and sky. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?

I don't have anything specific in mind. Obviously theres another 6 Agatha Christie books to read but I don't know what all of them are yet (the next one has to fit the prompt "takes place on holidays"). I'd like to finally get around to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and maybe re-read Cloud Atlas. Then theres the rest of the Welcome To Night Vale books. And in my yearly goals I said I'd like to read 3 non-fiction books and I haven't picked up a single one yet but I've got a few I'm keen to get to - The Regency Revolution by Robert Morrison in particular.

[aitalksblog]

Top Weekly AI News – Oct. 20, 2023

Top Weekly AI News How moving AI to the edge can help solve the data center energy crisis by: Carl Franzen Publication date: 2023-10-19 Anthropic brings Claude AI to more countries, but still no Canada (for now) by: Carl Franzen Publication date: 2023-10-19 Amazon partners with Israeli startup UVeye on AI inspections of delivery vans by: Carl Franzen Publication date: 2023-10-19 North…

[tamarovjo4]

Nightshade, a free tool letting artists "poison" AI models that attempt to train on their artwork without permission, is now available to download on Mac and PC (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

http://dlvr.it/T1fy82

[daimonclub]

Un buon libro per Natale

Albero di Natale di libri Un buon libro per Natale, in questo periodo di feste e di pandemia vi consiglio Curarsi con i libri un regalo intelligente per tutti che sfrutta i rimedi millenari della letteratura per lenire molti dei nostri disagi. Nel momento in cui ci si chiede il significato ed il valore della vita, si è malati. Sigmund Freud Qualunque sia il vostro disturbo, la nostra ricetta è semplice: un romanzo (o più d'uno) da leggere a intervalli regolari. Ella Berthoud e Susan Elderkin Non limitarti a dire che hai letto libri. Dimostra che attraverso loro hai imparato a pensare meglio. Epitteto Biblioterapia, ramo della medicina che cura certi disturbi dell'esistenza con la somministrazione di opere di narrativa. Ella Berthoud e Susan Elderkin I libri sono la cura per ogni malessere, ci mostrano le nostre emozioni, una volta, e poi ancora una, finché non riusciamo a dominarle. D.H. Lawrence La malattia è il medico al quale prestiamo più attenzione; alla gentilezza, alla conoscenza, facciamo solo promesse; al dolore obbediamo. Marcel Proust Scegliete sempre un libro che vi faccia fare bella figura se passate a miglior vita prima di averlo finito. P.J. O'Rourke In questo periodo di feste, e purtroppo di pandemia, voglio consigliare Curarsi con i libri, veramente un ottimo libro che potrebbe essere l'oggetto di un regalo intelligente un po' per tutti, proponendone sia una piccola sintesi introduttiva degli autori stessi, sia un paio di pagine relative al Natale. La letteratura si basa fondamentalmente sul linguaggio, e quest'ultimo è stato elaborato nel corso dei secoli per comunicare, vale a dire per mettere in comune quello di cui c'è bisogno, ovvero condividere informazioni, dati, notizie, storie, consigli, esempi, ammonimenti, leggi, e naturalmente gioie e dolori. Ecco, non sempre una buona e rapida comunicazione è alla base delle nostre relazioni e soprattutto dei rapporti tra medici e pazienti. Le varie problematiche sono dovute sia ad una certa disorganizzazione della nostra società, sia ad una certa ignoranza e incapacità dei vari attori della stessa. Per questo il linguaggio e la letteratura possono sempre servire, oltre che a migliorare le nostre conoscenze, anche a stimolare la comunicazione effettiva tra i vari artefici delle diverse attività umane, migliorandone così la qualità e l'efficacia. In ogni caso spero comunque che questi miei suggerimenti possano almeno aiutare tutti ad essere un po' più disponibili e ad avere più a cuore sia la cura di noi stessi, sia quella dei nostri simili e dell'ambiente in cui viviamo. Carl William Brown

Natale nella vecchia Londra Curarsi con i libri I farmaci che prescriviamo non si trovano in farmacia quanto in libreria, in biblioteca, oppure sul proprio lettore di e-book. Siamo biblioterapiste, e i libri sono i nostri ferri del mestiere. La nostra farmacopea include balsami balzachiani, lacci emostatici tolstoiani, pomate di Saramago e purghe di Perec e Proust. Per compilarla abbiamo spulciato duemila anni di letteratura in cerca delle menti più brillanti e delle letture più ricostituenti, da Apuleio, che nel II secolo scrisse L'Asino d'oro, ai tonici contemporanei di Ali Smith e Jonathan Franzen. La biblioterapia è diffusa, sotto forma di libri di auto-aiuto, da alcuni decenni. Gli amanti della letteratura, tuttavia, utilizzano i romanzi come rimedio, più o meno consapevolmente, da secoli. La nostra fiducia nell'efficacia della narrativa come forma migliore e più pura di biblioterapia si basa sulla nostra esperienza con i pazienti ed è corroborata da una valanga di aneddoti. A volte è la storia che affascina; a volte il ritmo della prosa che lavora sulla psiche, calmandola o stimolandola. A volte un pensiero o un atteggiamento suggeriti da un personaggio che si trova invischiato in un dilemma simile. In qualsiasi caso i romanzi hanno il potere di trasportarci in un'altra esistenza, e farci guardare il mondo da un altro punto di vista... "Leggere uno scrittore, per me, non è solo avere un'idea di quello che dice, ma anche partire con lui e viaggiare in sua compagnia" disse André Gide. Nessuno torna da un simile viaggio come la stessa persona. Qualunque sia il vostro disturbo, la nostra ricetta è semplice: un romanzo (o più d'uno) da leggere a intervalli regolari. Alcuni trattamenti porteranno a una completa guarigione. Altri invece vi porteranno semplicemente conforto, dimostrandovi che non siete soli. Ma tutti, alla fine, offriranno un temporaneo sollievo dei sintomi, grazie al potere di distrarre e trasportare della letteratura... Come per ogni medicina, il trattamento deve essere sempre concluso per ottenere i migliori risultati. Ella Berthoud e Susan Elderkin

Canto di Natale di Charles Dickens Canto di Natale di Charles Dickens e Natale in casa Cupiello di Eduardo De Filippo Natale può essere uno di quei momenti in cui vi sembrerà di dover affrontare tutti i vostri problemi in una volta sola. Se avete una famiglia numerosa sarete in trappola sotto lo stesso tetto insieme a una notevole quantità di parenti (v. Famiglia, gestire la propria), che potrebbe includere un certo numero di bambini sovraeccitati (v. Maternità; Paternità; Intrappolati dai bambini). È probabile che in un mese spenderete tanto quanto, di norma, spendereste in tre (v. Al verde, essere al); di sicuro mangerete troppo (v. Gola; Obesità), farete molta aria (v. Flatulenza) e forse vi verrà pure la diarrea (v. Diarrea), o magari il contrario (v. Costipazione), e alla fine pagherete anche pegno per aver bevuto troppo (v. Sbornia, postumi della; oppure, se siete reduci da molti Natali punitivi, Alcolismo). Se siete sposati o fate coppia fissa, uno di voi senza dubbio litigherà con i suoceri e per questo potrete litigare tra voi (v. Sposati, essere). Se siete fidanzati, probabilmente sarete costretti a rispondere a varie domande personali su questa relazione (v. Coming out, fare; Bambini, essere sotto pressione per avere). Se siete single, infine, vorranno sapere perché (v. Single, essere) e questo potrà farvi desiderare di non esserlo e lasciarvi in preda a una terribile solitudine (v. Solitudine). Se non avete una famiglia numerosa, o se passate il Natale da soli con il vostro cane, potrete certamente sentirvi soli (di nuovo, v. Solitudine) o sentire la mancanza dei vostri famigliari. Tutto considerato, l'esperienza del Natale può condurre alla perdita della fede (v. Fede, perdere la) e al desiderio di chiudersi in un armadio, al buio, da soli (v. Misantropia). In queste pagine potrete trovare la cura per ognuno di questi disturbi. Come misura preventiva leggetele un po' per volta, nel corso dell'anno, e fatevi forza in vista del grande giorno. Quando arriverà, annunciate alla vostra famiglia, al partner, alla nonna o alla vostra pianta che, invece di guardare il solito film in TV, nel giorno di Natale leggerete a voce alta, intorno al camino acceso, con a portata di mano caldarroste e vin brulé, un libro per tutte le età: Canto di Natale di Charles Dickens. È una splendida storia di fantasmi. Ebenezer Scrooge: un uomo solo, vecchio, avaro, cattivo. Bob Cratchett, il suo impiegato: umile, sfruttato, maltrattato, eppure allegro. Tiny Tim, il figlio di Cratchett: adorabile, patetico, in punto di morte. Jacob Marley, un collega di Scrooge: ansioso, vendicativo, allarmista, morto. Tutti insieme raccontano una storia che ha il fascino e il con-forto di un classico per bambini ma è capace di rivolgersi anche a un pubblico adulto. Gustatevi quelle apparizioni spettrali. Restate sgomenti per l'inutile avarizia di Scrooge e per l'eterno rinvio del suo matrimonio. Versate calde lacrime di compassione per Tiny Tim.

Natale a Napoli Fate festa con tutti, alla fine. «Sono leggero come una piuma, felice come un angelo, allegro come uno scolaretto. Sono stor-dito come un ubriaco», canticchia Scrooge. È colpa di Dickens se ci aspettiamo sempre un bianco Natale; è lui che per primo ci ha esortati a «onorare il Natale nel cuore», a fare festa e a dare agli altri tutto ciò che possiamo, in altre parole, è in gran parte responsabile per avere trasformato il Natale in quello che è adesso. Dunque, tocca a voi trasformare Dickens in una tradizione che si ripete ogni anno. Un gradevole senso di calore si diffonderà nel vostro cuore mentre leggete, e nel cuore dei vostri consanguinei. Anzi, forse scoprirete che l'anno dopo andrà ancora meglio. E se sarete soli a Natale, offritevi di leggerlo ai vicini. Con la vostra migliore voce dickensiana. Intervenendo nella loro dinamica famigliare potreste aiutarli più di quanto pensiate. Ma se vi piace il teatro, per superare tutto il trambusto di questo periodo di festa e trasformarlo in una sarabanda tragicomica sempre restando nel solco della tradizione, potreste affidarvi anche alle battute di un altro scrittore che conosceva bene le voci dei fantasmi di dentro e di quelli di fuori: Eduardo De Filippo. Natale in casa Cupiello fu rappresentato, nella sua prima versione come atto unico, il 25 dicembre del 1931 a Napoli. Intorno all'ignaro patriarca Luca Cupiello, che si occupa esclusivamente di costruire e salvaguardare il suo presepe, va in scena l'esplosione definitiva di ogni illusoria armonia familiare, una danza di ipocrisie, tradimenti e disinganni. Lo schema eduardiano della riunione di una famiglia per un ultimo grande Natale si riproporrà, in un'altra latitudine e nel primo anno del nostro nuovo secolo, ne Le correzioni di Jonathan Franzen, più o meno con gli stessi esiti: una condanna all'allucinazione e alla demenza per il capostipite. Rammentatelo, quindi, il giorno che vi troverete seduti a capotavola in una cena o in un pranzo di Natale: forse fareste bene a prenotarvi un viaggio alle Hawaii. Tratto dal libro Curarsi con i libri. Rimedi letterari per ogni malanno. Ella Berthoud e Susan Elderkin Sellerio Editore

Curarsi con i libri Se amate il Natale, le feste e la letteratura potete anche leggere i seguenti articoli: Aforismi e citazioni sul Natale Aforismi divertenti sul Natale Barzellette sul Natale La fiaba del pupazzo di neve Aforismi di C.W. Brown sul Natale Pensieri e riflessioni sul Natale Numeri sul Natale Odio il natale (Umorismo) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Other books by Charles Dickens Fairy tales and other stories by Hans Christian Andersen Best Christmas songs videos and karaoke Christmas markets in England Christmas markets in America Christmas markets in Italy and Germany Christmas quotes 60 great Christmas quotes Christmas tree origin and quotes Christmas jokes Christmas cracker jokes Funny Christmas Stories Amusing Christmas stories Christmas food Christmas thoughts Christmas story Christmas in Italy Christmas holidays Christmas songs Christmas poems An Essay on Christmas by Chesterton Read the full article

[lexingtonparkleader]

Library Outlines Reopening Plans

Library Outlines Reopening Plans

The St. Mary’s County Library has announced its Phase 1 reopening plans. The book drops at all three library locations — Charlotte Hall, Leonardtown, and Lexington Park — will be opened to receive checked out materials Wednesday, June 17. All three locations will start curbside pickup of reserved materials on Monday, June 22.

Please note that the Leonardtown Library has moved to the new building…

[finnish-art-gallery]

Salaneuvos Carl Daniel von Haartman, Timoleon von Neff, Finnish National Gallery

Carl Daniel von Haartman (1792-1877), lääketiet. prof., valtioneuvos. Rosina von Haartman o.s. Franzen oli hänen 1. puolisonsa.

http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+IV+2787

[goalhofer]

Top 5 Worst NHL Goalie Slashes Of All Time.

5. Mike Smith on Dustin Brown May 15, 2012 vs. Los Angeles.

4. Tim Thomas; Jr. on Carl Soderberg January 28, 2014 at Boston.

3. Ed Belfour on Martin Lapointe May 31, 1998 at Detroit.

2. Ron Hextall on Kent Nilsson May 24, 1987 vs. Edmonton.

1. Jamie McLennan on Johan Franzen April 22, 2007 at Detroit.

[historysisco]

On This Day in History July 1, 1979: The world’s first personal portable music player, the Sony Walkman TPS-L2 became available in Japan for $150 (roughly $529 in today’s dollars). The original cassette format of the Sony Walkman line was retired in 2010. The Walkman line of products still exists in other formats.

For Further Reading:

The Sony Walkman (1979-2010) by Dan Sung  from PocketLint.com dated October 25, 2010

The History of the Walkman: 35 Years of Iconic Music Players by Carl Franzen from the Verge.com dated July 1, 2014

[thedjmusic]

Berlin Deep-Tech House Top 100

DOWNLOAD: https://newdjmusic.com/music/berlin_deep_tech_house_top_100

DATA: 2022-04-24 TOTAL: 103 FORMAT: MP3 QUALITY: 320 kbps GENRE: Deep-Tech House

1,"Offplan - JiNGO.mp3"

2,"ETHERYAL - Strong.mp3"

3,"Bottler, GONE - Tacoma - Gone Remix.mp3"

4,"XlamoorX - Mask On.mp3"

5,"COLOR.LOVE - Waiting.mp3"

6,"Hugo Massien - Quantum Mechanics.mp3"

7,"Thirty - Oh Baby!.mp3"

8,"Leigh Michio - Decades.mp3"

9,"Gregor Klamra - Reinbek Rodeo.mp3"

10,"Beatamines - Grandma.mp3"

11,"CastNowski - Fool For Nothing.mp3"

12,"The Sahoo Conection - Latina - Original Mix.mp3"

13,"Foreign Guest, Dr. Tax - Chemu.mp3"

14,"Vvrn - Spearmint Tea.mp3"

15,"Jamback - Roaring 20's.mp3"

16,"DJ Minx, Carl Craig - Do It All Night - C2 Edit.mp3"

17,"Ben Sterling - Rok The House.mp3"

18,"Maceo Plex, Liberty City - You Know What I Got - Extended.mp3"

19,"Hools - Arkady.mp3"

20,"Nosssia, ID Project - Ultramar.mp3"

21,"Pizarro - work dance move shake for me - Extended Mix.mp3"

22,"Wilkie - Demolished.mp3"

23,"Phil the difference - Odyssey.mp3"

24,"Enflure - Ferragosto.mp3"

25,"Tunebased - Let It Go - Radio Edit.mp3"

26,"Zoo Brazil - Magic Feeling.mp3"

27,"Lito AR - Rush.mp3"

28,"Taylan - Psycho.mp3"

29,"DJ Atlance - Diva or Not.mp3"

30,"Lloyd Ashley - Rock the house.mp3"

31,"Hidde van Wee - Day After Tomorrow.mp3"

32,"Diplomatic Enjoy - Higher African Rhythms.mp3"

33,"Techu - Olimpiada.mp3"

34,"Gaisfool - Timing.mp3"

35,"Crvvcks - Palms.mp3"

36,"Kevin Knapp - Dancing With The Devil.mp3"

37,"Jyoel, Etzu Mahkayah - Bungee Jumping (Etzu Mahkayah) - Etzu Mahkayah Remix.mp3"

38,"Tokujoros - Deep Perco - Original mix.mp3"

39,"Reechar Nills - The North.mp3"

40,"Faucon - Make It Right.mp3"

41,"biskuwi - Valerie.mp3"

42,"The Gabe Concept - Cosmic eternity - Extended Mix.mp3"

43,"Tony Shades, Joël Kaspen - Wolves.mp3"

44,"Bullynho - What We Do!.mp3"

45,"MRMR - You Feel It Too Right?.mp3"

46,"Drew Quinn - Madam Groove - Radio Edit.mp3"

47,"Bram VanK, ambiophonic - Inevitable Sunset.mp3"

48,"Bruno Bar - King.mp3"

49,"Josh Butler, Lauren Lo Sung - Vortex - Edit.mp3"

50,"Waycool Junior - Fire Hazard.mp3"

51,"Meedoe - Attraction - Radio Edit.mp3"

52,"Evan De Novellis - Off World - Radio Edit.mp3"

53,"Nellis - You'll be fine - Original Mix.mp3"

54,"Tchaka - Zeus.mp3"

55,"Disclosure - Observer Effect - DJ-Kicks.mp3"

56,"Brandon Butler - Forget.mp3"

57,"NODEN - One of These Days.mp3"

58,"Baccus - Can You Feel It.mp3"

59,"Oliver Schories - Monza.mp3"

60,"Acid.gray - La Fête.mp3"

61,"GONE - Control.mp3"

62,"Audiojack - Missing.mp3"

63,"KA:US - Ace 320.mp3"

64,"Legit Trip - Too Many Times - Original Mix.mp3"

65,"Jimi Jules - Grumpy Monkey.mp3"

66,"Helmut Ebritsch - Interconnectedness.mp3"

67,"Mat.Joe, C'mon, Otistic - Pan Praise - Extended Mix.mp3"

68,"Martinbeatz - Help Me.mp3"

69,"Robert James - Space Beats.mp3"

70,"VSY - Just a Feeling.mp3"

71,"Dusky - Eros.mp3"

72,"Jonas Franzen - Wout 3.mp3"

73,"Majesty - Step Up - Original Mix.mp3"

74,"Bubba Brothers - Amandla (Tutu) - Extended.mp3"

75,"Philipp Zappel - Kids Who Get High.mp3"

76,"Philipp Zappel - Fat and Broke.mp3"

77,"Andrea Satta - Amanecer - Vip Radio Edit.mp3"

78,"The Gabe Concept - Tulum.mp3"

79,"Bubba Brothers - Strange - Extended.mp3"

80,"Rizbo - Break.mp3"

81,"Swimrabbit, DAHEE, Jeremy Olander - shy creatures - Jeremy Olander Remix Edit.mp3"

82,"Adriassi - Levitate.mp3"

83,"Charman - Get On - Original Mix.mp3"

84,"Creange - Galaxy.mp3"

85,"Steven Cee - Diamond Girl - Radio Mix.mp3"

86,"Alex Virr, Raves All Weekend, Dopamine - Jungle Punk (feat. Raves All Weekend) Dopamine Remix.mp3"

87,"Claude Tarrell - Straight.mp3"

88,"Taylan - Roads to Rome.mp3"

89,"RAFFL - Take Off.mp3"

90,"Lyand - Temperature - Original Mix.mp3"

91,"Max von Sternberg - Master of Two Worlds.mp3"

92,"Alexander Bollinger - Porque No Vienes.mp3"

93,"VAPA, Cross - Mental - Cross Remix.mp3"

94,"Lukas Lyrestam, CINTHIE - H.O.Y.L. (High On Your Love) - CINTHIE's Back to the Raw Remix.mp3"

95,"Branzei, TZEN - Inside Ya Head.mp3"

96,"Lorca - Polly.mp3"

97,"Leigh Michio - Awakening.mp3"

98,"DJOKO - Me & You.mp3"

99,"Luc Trampenau - Keep It Down.mp3"

100,"StuMac - Drop It.mp3"

101,"Rambo - Amusement.mp3"

102,"Threshold Productions - Klifdykos V.2.mp3"

103,"MAQ - Catch-22.mp3"

[chetsteadman]

Top 10 TV, Music, Film, Books for 2021

TV - 2021

Succession is the clear winner for 2021 even though it seemed to lose steam mid-season. There's nothing better on TV. The White Lotus follows a similar "rich folks being terrible" format to Succession, but stands on its own. I didn't see Station Eleven yet, which probably would have made the list.

1. Succession season 3

2. The White Lotus

3. I Think You Should Leave season 2

4. Mare of Easttown

5. Squid Game

6. Only Murders in the Building

7. Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 8

8. Made for Love

9. Love Life season 2

10. Clickbait

Music - 2021

1. Royal Blood - Typhoons

2. Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember

3. John Mayer - Sob Rock

4. The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy

5. Chevelle - Niratias

6. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home

7. London Grammar - Californian Soil

8. Lucero - When You Found Me

9. Death From Above 1979 - Is 4 Lovers

10. Mastodon - Hushed and Grim

Honorable mentions: The Darkness - Motorheart, Dirty Honey - Dirty Honey, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Georgia Blue

Film - 2021

1. Last Night in Soho

2. Dune

3. Reminiscence

4. Don't Look Up

5. The Harder They Fall

6. No Time to Die

7. Encounter

8. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

9. Bad Trip

10. I Care a Lot

This list is basically incomplete since I didn't see many of the movies I anticipated liking most in 2021, including The Green Knight, The Power of the Dog, The Last Duel, The French Dispatch, C'mon C'mon, Licorice Pizza, Old, Red Rocket, etc.

Books I Read in 2021

I don't go out of my way to read new books, so here's everything I read in 2021 in chronological order:

1. The Duke and I - Julia Quinn (2000)

2. First Comes Scandal - Julia Quinn (2020)

3. The Return - Nicholas Sparks (2020)

4. The Dispossessed - Ursula Leguin (1974)

5. Deep State Vol. 1 - Justin Jordan (2015)

6. A New Death - Josh Vasquez (2013)

7. Deep State Vol. 2 - Justin Jordan (2015)

8. The Water Dancer - Ta Nehisi Coates (2019)

9. Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann (2017)

10. Zero Vol. 1 - Ales Kot (2014)

11. Skinny Dip - Carl Hiaasen (2004)

12. Reckless - Ed Brubaker (2020)

13. The Night Agent - Matthew Quirk (2019)

14. Later - Stephen King (2021)

15. Criminal Vol. 1 - Brubaker + Phillips (2006)

16. Under the Banner of Heaven - Jim Krakauer (2003)

17. That Texas Blood #1 - Condon + Phillips (2020)

18. Dune - Frank Herbert (1965)

19. The Time Machine Did It - John Swartzwelder (2002)

20. A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah Maas (2015)

21. Bringing Up Bebe - Pamela Druckerman (2012)

22. Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry (1985)

23. Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer (1978)

24. Boone's Lick - Larry McMurtry (2000)

25. Sabbath's Theater - Phillip Roth (1995)

26. Bad Blood - John Carreyrou (2018)

27. The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen (2001)

28. Some Can Whistle - Larry McMurtry (1989)

29. How to Stop Losing Your Shit with Your Kids - Carla Naumburg (2019)

30. The Nix - Nathan Hill (2016)

31. Bleeding Edge - Thomas Pynchon (2013)

I read 11,357 pages total in 2021, slightly more than 2020.

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Artist Announcement!

Hey everyone! Introducing our big group of awesome artists who are participating in this book. 82 artists in total (from a variety of countries!!)

They’re going to be tackling landscapes from all the regions of the games, in a really wonderful variety of styles. Hope you all are as excited about this book as we are!  

Alison Czinkota

Allison Carl

formyths

Anuca

Ashley Odell

ByronB

Crocojaws 

Cari Corene

Charlie Federico

Cheryl

Chris Hohl

Ciaran

CitrusFoam

Courtney

Cy Vendivil

Cynthia Yuan Cheng

Dana

Daniela Viçoso

droplix

dunesand

Ellen Mei

Ellie

Esther Lui

Francisco Riolobos

Gjo

Guinevere Reilly

Hanna Cha

Heather Franzen Rutten

Indiana-Jonas

Izzy

Jean Wei

jie en lee

Joey Rex

Juan Tang Hon

Julie Kwon

Kaeti Vandorn

Kai

Kanu Pham

Katie M

Koi Carreon

inktho

peroroh

KHong

Krithika "Kay" Vasudevan

Linnea Sterte

lok

Loreleï Simon

Louie Zong

Lyle Lynde

Lynnette Munoz

Maarta Laiho

Mao

Mattdraws

Maya

McJamie

MERUZ

Memorille

Minami

Nina Yoshida

Nimei

Olee

Olivia When

Pegushi

Peco

NN Chan

laughingbear

Rho Sovia

POM!

sanigo

Sarah Tsai

Shafer Brown

Shannon Kao

six

Stace Tindaan

Stefani 

Tristan Yuvienco

V Drummond

Victoria Joh

Vincent Chen

Wenting Li 

Will Quinn

Wrathes

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Thomas A. Adamavich Sheboygan - Thomas A. Adamavich, age 78, of Sheboygan, died on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at the Sunny Ridge Health Care and Rehabilitation Center due to complications from Covid-19. He was born in Sheboygan on November 10, 1941, the son of the late Clemons and Barbara (Jonelis) Adamavich. Thomas attended local schools and graduated from the last class of Sheboygan Central High School in 1960. On May 1, 1965 he was united in marriage to Patricia Norris at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. He was a current member of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church and the Sheboygan Moose Lodge. In his earlier years he was a milkman for Morning Glory Dairy in Sheboygan. Thomas then was employed as a truck driver at the Piggly Wiggly/Fresh Brands warehouse, retiring after 33 years. Thomas was very proud to be a member of the Teamsters. In his retirement Thomas was a courtesy driver for the Kohler Company for 10 years. Watching his children and grandchildren participate in their activities is what he enjoyed the most. He also enjoyed the outdoors. He loved to go up north to fish, hunt, and talk around the campfire with his cousin Bob. Thomas and Patricia also liked to go antiquing. He was especially proud of his Lithuanian heritage. Thomas had a larger than life personality with a gift for telling stories and making people laugh. Thomas is survived by his loving wife, Patricia; daughter, Vicki (Tom Binder); son, Steve (Amy); grandchildren, Claire and Elizabeth Binder, Emma and Anna Adamavich. He is further survived by brothers, David Admavich and Phillip Adamavich; sisters, Laurie (Henry) Franzen and Cathy (Carl) Mersberger; brothers and sisters in-law, Judy Zelle, Linda and Larry Burger; step-mother Marian Adamavich; and his aunt, Ruth Adamavich. He is further survived by many cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends. Thomas is preceded in death by his parents, his mother and father in-law, Ann and John Norris; his step father, Willard Clemens; sister in-laws Bonnie Adamavich, Alice Adamavich, and Mary Jane Norris; brother in-laws, Tom Zelle and John Norris; and niece, Lisa Marie Burger. Due to the current public health concerns, a celebration of Thomas's life will be held at a later date. A heartfelt thank you is extended to the entire staff at Sunny Ridge Health Care, especially Amie, Bobbi, Cassie, Jenna, and Ryan who went above and beyond in their care of Tom. We also thank the Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice for the compassion and care that was given to him.

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100 books everyone must read

Most of us always have that one question in the back of our minds; given our limited time and busy schedules, which are the books one must read through to get up the curve? While, the tastes and preferences vary from one to the other, the laundry list provided by Amazon.com takes almost everyone into account.

Hidden away in the books department on Amazon.com, shoppers can find a list of 100 great reads everyone should read in their lifetime, recommended by the Amazon Books editors. The list is impressive and covers a large span of time, weaving together classics like Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations with more modern options like The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins.Below, shop the list of books (listed here in alphabetical order.) 

Happy reading!

1. 1984, by George Orwell

2. A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking

3. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers

4. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah

5. The Bad Beginning: Or, Orphans!, by Lemony Snicket

6. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle

7. Selected Stories, 1968-1994, by Alice Munro

8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll

9. All the President's Men, by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

10. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir, by Frank McCourt

11. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume

12. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett

13. Beloved, by Toni Morrison

14. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, by Christopher McDougall

15. Breath, Eyes, Memory, by Edwidge Danticat

16. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller

17. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl

18. Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White

19. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese

20. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, by Brené Brown

21. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1, by Jeff Kinney

22. Dune, by Frank Herbert

23. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

24. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, by Hunter S. Thompson

25. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn

26. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown

27. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens

28. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond, Ph.D.

29. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling

30. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote

31. Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri

32. Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison

33. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, by Chris Ware

34. Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain

35. Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson

36 Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

37. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov

38. Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel García Márquez

39. Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich

40. Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl

41. Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris

42. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides

43. Midnight's Children, by Salman Rushdie

44. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis

45. Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham

46. On the Road, by Jack Kerouac

47. Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen

48. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi

49. Portnoy's Complaint, by Philip Roth

50. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

51. Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson

52. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

53. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin

54. The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton

55. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon

56. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley, by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

57. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak

58. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz

59. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger

60. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, by James McBride

61. The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen

62. The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson

63. The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank

64. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green

65. The Giver, by Lois Lowry

66. The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman

67. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

68. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood

69. The House at Pooh Corner, by A. A. Milne

70. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

71. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot

72. The Liars' Club: A Memoir, by Mary Karr

73. The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan

74. The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

75. The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler

76. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, by Lawrence Wright

77. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien

78. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales, by Oliver Sacks

79. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan

80. The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster

81. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver

82. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, by Robert A. Caro

83. The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe

84. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

85. The Secret History, by Donna Tartt

86. The Shining, by Stephen King

87. The Stranger, by Albert Camus

88. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway

89. The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien

90. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle

91. The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame

92. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami

93. The World According to Garp, by John Irving

94. The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion

95. Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe

96. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

97. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand

98. Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann

99. Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein, by Shel Silverstein

100. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak

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Community Invited to Drayden Schoolhouse

Community Invited to Drayden Schoolhouse

The Drayden African American Schoolhouse in Drayden will be opened periodically, thanks to a partnership between the St. Mary’s County Museum Division and the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions (UCAC).

The Drayden Schoolhouse is one of the country’s best-preserved, one-room African-American schoolhouses. The story of the schoolhouse represents a significant part of St. Mary’s…