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3 most popular male names for kids Probably not much to do with names much more to the east of my close neighbourhood, there is a pair of lists with the top ten boys and girls chosen names in 2022 going around. Francisco is number one 2022 chosen boy's name. Maria is number one for girls. Analysis ...

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And now, paraphrasing someone. Wagner tones...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XX5W7rBWkg
Siegfried - Idyll
Münchner Philarmoniker conducted by the one and only the late Celibidache...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW3IwWFkpfc And now the russophobic Boston Philarmonic Youth Orchestra performs Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmilla Ouverture (I had the care to pass on Tchaikovsky's 1812 Ouverture... you see old Tchaikovsky's sexual tendencies are a bit off on his homeland these days) The ...

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further today, there are some Wagner-tones :p really what Wagner has to do with anti-fascism and so on and on... tiresome and confusing "Good" propaganda is designed to be tiresome to the point people just stop thinking anytime they listen... again... and again... and again... But the "we are fight...

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PGX v787 available for download. Bug fixing. Meanwhile Jeff's posting and e-mailing mention he is working on a "Platoon Level" variant of the game. Actually, an idea that was already present in the old days of JP's. Additionally, he is tinkering with the introduction of another old idea in the "big ...

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...Serbs not only are Europe, but they also created it. (and Rome as well, he added)... As all the others, throughout history... It is precisely that multiplicity in the European identity that is so hard to understand from those who look "from outside". And some who are really "inside" have not yet...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC1ss61kATk Cowboy Junkies - Don't let it bring you down (Neil Young cover) https://www.google.com/search?client=avast-a-2&q=don%27t+let+it+bring+you+down+lyrics&oq=don%27t+let+it+&aqs=avast.4.69i57j0l7.9074j0j15&ie=UTF-8 Lyrics For Elena. Outskirts of Kyiv. Status un...

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Had a Brexit War started.
Royal Navy did not budge a single hex.
Aircraft did move and the French did send two Fighters to destroy one British Bomber.
In my second go I downed the two and bombed three French ships.
I also managed to Embark a ground unit and move it, contrary to the ships...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbKMX2vFOaQ
Tom Waits - Free the Glutens

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Dimitris GR wrote: ↑
2023-02-08 14:02, Wednesday

Bombast the Blue wrote: ↑
2023-02-08 12:34, Wednesday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78YpvJI6eSw
Tom Waits - Road to Peace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_mLxEw6XGE
Tom Waits - Day After Tomorrow

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Yes, this is another sad issue. In view of the many victims, it is difficult to draw musical parallels and not be impious. Electric Sun ‎– Earthquake Information about the band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Sun A lot of potential for awkwardness. But I see it as a token that one is paying...

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RUSSKAJA - Disbandment announced Peace RUSSKAYA" Stupid as the phrase is, this is not a normal war. Not in the sense that there is a single material object at stake. Something readily identifiable like land, resources, populations. Not that all of that is absent from the equation but there is more ...

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randowe wrote: ↑
2022-11-21 23:47, Monday
You better not listen to this german youtube classic which is not part of the cultural UNESCO world heritage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWRolPgp9JY.

More Deutsche Tanzen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW2tGDjyEAw

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Sorry for off topic raisins are dry grapes generally. But Corinthian raisin is also a variety of grapes (that they taste great as grapes also) So maybe raisins (generally and from other grapes, not only Corinthian) take that name from the Corinthian grapes (very very old variety) (if you don't unde...

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A linguistic / gastronomical curiosity for Dimitris from Corinth: "Corinto" is the Portuguese form of the city's name. But "corinto" or more often the plural form "corintos" also designates a variety of small grapes frequently used to make raisins. In this article they are even called "corintos greg...

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RUSSKAJA - No Borders Great message there! Unfortunately many over there let themselves believe in what is the opposite kind of message. So, here's great reading for those who may want to go beyond just wondering why... And reach a better understanding of what Europe (for starters) is really facing...

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http://forum.open-general.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=505 Game programmer on your own right, and arriving here to investigate Open General and maybe other projects !... Besides OG and the other projects that can be found in this forum related with Five Star Series there is also the one mentioned on the...

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PGX v785 available for download. This uses v1 World map - which I call Medium World Map. It is in a rough editing state, so, the "playing value" is somewhat low. I started a match at once because I'm a big World version fan. It is composed of 112 200X200 "sectors" for total dimensions of 3200X1400....

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PGX v785 available for download. Further changes in Artillery behaviour. Fix for a bug "hunted" by Teophrastus. (Or was it the other way round?) Game package enlarged by the inclusion, after many years of interruption, of a working World version. This uses v1 World map - which I call Medium World Ma...

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My opinion is that there is no shame in caring our history and showing it to other people. Just have to stay objective without extremities when we discuss the history of us and others. Although it is not easy. What a pity that Hollywood and other big movie makers in the western world are neglects u...

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Need to master a new music for the e-file... Mayhaps some C&C gold themes would be nicely fitting, dunno... Most is too modern/rhytmic/artificial for me. As campaign background music... maybe. https://www.google.com/search?q=ukraine+music&client=avast-a-2&sxsrf=AJOqlzW275Q6dEATgaX-xXdo65V0Woi_5A%3A...

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but for some reason it is not enough interested in the western world, because they prefer their own historical events, persons, super heroes, etc. and we are a little bit in the background. Guess it is universal trend to pay much more attention to own history. As is focusing on the brilliant aspect...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrEPzsx1gQ

The Tornados - Telstar (1962)

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https://www.songkick.com/concerts/40698 ... o-de-alges

NOS alive 2022 Festival brought Metallica to Lisbon.
In 2023 Mötley Crue and Deff Leppard are scheduled for June 23rd.

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Ukrano-russo war provides lots of new stand alone scenario ideas like escalated frontiers (lots'o'nationz versus lots'o'nationz on huge 5000x5000 pixels map!)... One of these days you may not even need to create your own "what if it escalates" scenarios... But until then there's plenty of room for ...

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Version 784 available for download. Inclusion of a new scenario: Europe 39. Uses a revision of the old Europe map. Includes a few new units. Starts with pre deployed units for some nations. To be considered work in progress. After just two turns it feels more challenging than the old DIY deployment ...

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:rip Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) :rip A highly revered musician who mastered the balancing act between many musical styles. Jeff Beck - Bolero https://www.google.com/search?client=avast-a-2&q=jeff+beck&oq=jeff+beck&aqs=avast..69i57j0l7.18113j0j15&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=c...

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https://eventosemportugal.pt/festivais-de-verao/hard-metal-fest-mangualde-cartaz/ Line up of Mangualde Hard Metal Fest to take place next January the 14th. Announcements highlight the presence of "Satan" from UK and "Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench" from Austria. https://www.google.com/search?client=a...

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2023?
Taking from 2022 I say: hope for the best - brace for the worst!

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-12/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-lombardi-papal-spokesman.html Personally very much more of science than faith, and feeling that faith should never be subject to hierarchies but rather kept in a personal level, generally speaking the biographies of r...

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento aka Pelé 1940-2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2DfDmPUY0c
Pelé Eterno

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fh133ZO1AE

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Big Nazaré 2022 https://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_mttao_surfer.gif Another sports event on these parts that is very likely to provide spectacular imagery: the rally at the Islands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szF_g3SQJI8 Azores Rally 2022 show and jumps and mistakes https://ww...

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A Christmas without russian missiles and a New Year without iranian drones to you all...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXvPBe9ynsc
Sepultura - Roots (full album)

Brazilian band Sepultura were announced as first headliner for Vagos Metal Fest 2023.
To take place 3, 4 , 5 August.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3iQBFf7td8
Focus live at Kun For Forrykte Festival 04/06/2022 (Denmark)

Still featuring two founders:
Drummer Pierre van der Linden, age 76.
Keyboardist, Flutist, Singer Thijs van Leer, age 74.
And two youngsters:
Guitarist Menno Gootjes.
Bassist Udo Pannekeet.

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Angelo Badalamenti 1937-2022.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCh6jhpIiws
Twin Peaks soundtrack

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And know the World Championship...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cimg-99ZQ4g
Jesus Quisto - Portugals (Let's win the victories)
Translator note: quisto = cyst
Also, probably, non Portuguese users will have some difficulty in capturing how daft the whole thing sounds.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw3mFXOwRgw
Tom Waits - Hoist that rag

https://www.google.com/search?client=av ... 5&ie=UTF-8
Hoist that rag - lyrics

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The mother of all mops...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLAe5oR5O4k

or never underestimate the power of telling someone not to read something...

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https://time.com/6233724/watch-nasa-art ... unch-live/
(actual launch a bit under the 2 hour mark)

Artemis 1:
Back to the Moon on the way to Mars.
Or at least that's what they say...

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https://www.zerozero.pt/video.php?id=1171567

It is an epidemic.
This time it happened during a Campeonato de Portugal match.
4th division in old language.

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Version 782 now available for download is a bug fix. Version 781 crashed a Teophrastus match after 5 turns. The newest version carries the same changes as the previous one. Artillery now works in a counter battery fashion. An attacked artillery that has enough range to reach the attacker will return...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeKl2Ag6Bnk

Liga Portugal (former 2nd Division)
Trofense 1 v Benfica B 2

Why a 2nd Division match?
It becomes evident around the middle of the video...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_5WhLFB_ys

Small part (end maybe?) of one of the two 30th anniversary concerts in Porto.
Of Moonspell.
Samael were scheduled as forerunners.

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Great, thanks :cool Excellent to see you post here in this thread about little old PGX, Great One! I have very few free time lately, but I'm a follower of Jeff's PGX since long time Additionally, there is an absolute first: Jeff made available at his own page a source code package. Language is Visu...

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Great, thanks :cool Excellent to see you post here in this thread about little old PGX, Great One! Meanwhile version 779 has become available. This one contains more Carrier AI tuning and a fix for a bug that shutdown one of my own matches. Says Jeff it is an old one that waited years within that c...

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I quickly came upon a game shutting problem and alerted Jeff.
A correction later PGX version 778 is available for download.

After a 12 turn run apparently without v777's problem...

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PGX version 777 is available for download. Version 777 introduces more changes to the Pacific variant. Some more units to the basic.equipment, most notably the brand new Construction Brigade Soft and Hard Attack values added for several Naval Bomber types AI tune ups, mostly centered on Carriers. An...

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Around here The Walking Dead's last season cranks up... again... the zombie series already got a zombie itself, so Camille Sait-Saëns's Danse Macabre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNMzBnuBC6Y

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