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Susan's StoryMost of the recipes I found for Black Russian bread made two large loaves which would not fit into a bread machine. So I adapted those recipes and came up with this – very easy, flavorful, and authentic.
1 1/4 c
warm water (about 110°f)
1/4 c
dark molasses, blackstrap preferred
2 Tbsp
apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp
avocado oil, olive oil, or canola oil
1 1/2 tsp
1/2 c
whole wheat flour
1 1/2 c
dark rye flour
1 1/4 c
unbleached bread flour
1/2 c
wheat bran
2 Tbsp
cocoa powder
1 Tbsp
ground caraway seeds
1/4 tsp
fennel seeds (optional)
1 1/2 tsp
instant espresso powder
1 1/2 tsp
onion powder
1 Tbsp
active dry yeast for bread machines
Directions Step-By-Step
1Put the warm water into the bottom of the bread machine pan. Add molasses, vinegar, oil, and salt.
2Stir together flours, bran, cocoa, seeds, espresso powder, and onion powder. Add flour mixture on top of liquid ingredients in bread machine pan.
3Make a well in the top of the flour mixture and place yeast in the well. Set bread machine for whole grain setting, and operate according to manufacturer's directions. Allow to cool well before slicing.
4If you would like to shape the traditional large round loaf, set the bread machine for dough only. When cycle is complete, turn dough onto a well-greased surface and coat all sides with oil. Knead a couple of times and shape into a ball.
Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly grease the paper. Sprinkle with a mixture of cornmeal and whole wheat flour, or just plain cornmeal. Place ball of dough on the surface and flatten slightly to shape into a round loaf. Cover with plastic wrap or an inverted bowl and let sit in a warm place to rise until doubled, about 45-60 minutes.
Twenty minutes prior to baking, preheat oven to 350°F.
Using a sharp serrated knife, slash the top of the loaf with an "X" no more than 1/4" deep. Place the baking sheet on the center rack of the oven and bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until the loaf is crusty and sounds hollow when tapped with your finger. Transfer the loaf to a cooling rack and cool completely before slicing.
About this Recipe
Course/Dish: Savory Breads, Other Breads
Main Ingredient: Flour
Regional Style: Eastern European
Other Tag: Healthy
Hashtags: #Rye_bread, #Bread_machine
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I'm waiting for the bread to cool so I can slice it. Then I'll post pictures of it sliced and served with cream cheese.
Susan Feliciano frenchtutor - Jul 12, 2012
I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!
Diane Hopson Smith DeeDee2011 - Jul 12, 2012
Beautiful loaf!! Sounds delish as well!! Thanks for sharing!
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Gussie Davis
Gussie Lord Davis (December 3, 1863 – December 18, 1899)[1] was an African-American songwriter born in Dayton, Ohio.[2] Davis was one of America's earliest successful African-American music artists, having been the first Black songwriter to acquire fame on Tin Pan Alley as a composer of popular music.
Early life[edit]
Gussie Davis received musical training at the Nelson Musical College in Cincinnati, OH, where his application was rejected due to his color. However, he agreed to give janitorial services at a low wage in exchange for private lessons. Written at the young age of eighteen, We Sat Beneath the Maple on the Hill became a hit which helped propagate his success.
In 1886, Davis was brought to New York for Tin Pan Alley. He had climbed high on the ladder to success within a short time and many of his songs were being published. In 1895, he won second place in a contest sponsored by New York World to find the ten best songwriters in the nation. His song, Send Back the Picture and the Ring, won him nearly $500 in gold. Also a performer, he played the piano on Bergen Star Concerts and toured with his Davis Operatic and Plantation Minstrels.
At the time of his death in December 1899, Davis published more than two hundred songs and certainly left more in manuscript. He wrote a variety of musical forms, including sentimental ballads, comic minstrel songs, art songs, and choral music.[3] One of his musicals, A Hot Old Time in Dixie, was on the road when he died.[4]
Notable Songs[edit]
- We Sat Beneath the Maple On The Hill
- In The Baggage Coach Ahead
- Little Footprints In The Snow (This is not the Bluegrass classic, but a different song).[5]
- My Creole Sue
- She Waited at the Altar in Vain
- Why Does Papa Stay so Late?
Perhaps his most notable song, Irene, Good Night (1886), entered the folk song repertoire albeit significantly altered as Goodnight, Irene in Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly (1936), edited by John Lomax and Alan Lomax.
- ^ http://musicsack.com/PersonFMTDetail.cfm?PersonPK=100020237
- ^ International Dictionary of Black Composers, ed. Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., New York, 1999, p. 349
- ^ http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200152701/default.html
- ^ Southern, Eileen (1997). The Music of Black Americans. WW Norton & Company. pp. 242–244.
- ^ "Songs that Aren't 'Footprints In The Snow'", Supplement to: Footprints in the Snow: The Intercontinental Journey of a Song by Julay Brooks" (PDF). 13, No. 4. Oldtimeherald.org. December 2012. Retrieved March 2014.
External links[edit]
- Library of Congress's electronic archive of Gussie Davis's sheet music
- Life in Nineteenth Century Ohio: Minstrel Songs
- Wylie and the Wild West, Cowboy Ballads and Dance Songs
- Why Does Papa Always Stay So Late Sheet music
- Davis, Gussie Lord – Composer, lyricist, entrepreneur, Early Career Path, Songwriting Successes, Chronology
- Early recordings of Gussie Davis songs, Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project, University of California, Santa Barbara


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"Moment By Moment " is a film by Emmy winning film maker Dorothy Fadiman. It is the documentary of Molly Hale, who suffered a spinal cord injury in an automobile rollover, and after being told there was no hope for movement below her shoulders, proceeded to rehabilitate herself and continues to recover. "Moment By Moment" is Molly's story, a story about disabilities, health and healing, attitude, choice and intention, sex, intimacy, and relationships. This film is appropriate viewing for anyone with or without a disability, their family, friends and extended...Watch Documentary
In the 1980s, Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) suddenly became the talk of the town. Tens of thousands of Americans were diagnosed with an illness that was previously unheard of. A trigger for this sudden epidemic was the release of a film, "Sybil". Telling the dramatic story of a woman diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder, the film was shown across America making Sybil a household name. Now, Sybil's original diagnosis is being challenged. The psychiatric community is divided and people are asking whether MPD exists at all. Mistaken Identity is a documentary searching for...Watch Documentary
This Documentary explores the world of three women who are sexually and emotionally attracted to objects. These so-called 'objectum sexuals' shy away from contact with other humans in favour of structures large and small. Naisho, an American woman, has been lovingly connected with the Golden Gate Bridge, has a fence for a lover in her bedroom, used to be in love with an archery bow and is now officially married to the Eiffel Tower. Together with Naisho and the documentary crew, a swedish woman introduces us to some of her lovers – a guillotine and a fence, and another American...Watch Documentary
Marc Dutroux (born 6 November 1956 in Brussels) is one of the sickest human beings ever born. He is a Belgian criminal, convicted of having, in 1995 and 1996, kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom died as a result. He was also convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice, Bernard Weinstein. He was arrested in 1996 and has been in prison since then. His widely publicized trial took place in 2004. A number of shortcomings in the Dutroux investigation caused widespread discontent in Belgium with the country's criminal...Watch Documentary
In 2008, BBC cameras filmed two Swedish sisters throwing themselves into traffic on the M6. When it was shown on BBC One, nearly 7 million viewers were glued to their screens, and millions more watched it later on YouTube. The footage was shocking. One previewer wrote "On no account miss this documentary. It opens with what is perhaps the most extraordinary footage I've seen on TV". But this amazing footage was only part of an even more incredible story, one which could not be told at the time for legal reasons. Now, two years later, this documentary reveals the full story of...Watch Documentary
Is there really such a thing as the mad genius? Can an illness be both a blessing and a curse? At seven years old, Nick van Bloss started shaking his head, grinding his teeth and making wild whooping noises. Nick had Tourette's syndrome. No medical intervention helped him. But one activity stopped it all… The moment Nick placed his hands on the piano keys his symptoms vanished. By the age of 20, he was an award winning international pianist. He felt sure that his illness had made him the success he was. But there is a catch. The brain state necessary for his genius can also be...Watch Documentary
Louis meets a Las Vegas hypnotist who claims he can make dreams come true and meets a California man who teaches chat-up...Watch Documentary
The celebrity trend for size zero has been criticised worldwide for encouraging women to starve in secret. This film explores the impact the trend is having on real people living real lives. From Kellie who is striving dangerously to achieve the skinny look, to Victoria who feels that her natural size zero frame is a poisoned chalice, this film exposes the contradictions surrounding women's perceptions of...Watch Documentary
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most feared and misunderstood of all neurological medical conditions. Despite over 200 scientific papers being published on this neurological condition every year, it remains stigmatised and controversial. Yet some doctors don't even believe it exists. One in 20 school children are affected by ADHD, and over one million adults in the UK are affected with the condition. It's a complex condition where children find it difficult to concentrate or are hyperactive and impulsive. Many are often described as stupid, lazy, disorganised,...Watch Documentary


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Reviews of There's No Business Like Show Business 1954
Marilyn is pure sex appeal but Mitzi Gaynor outclassed Marilyn in the movie. Mitzi had a perpetual smile and that girl next door look and attitude that everyone wants to be around. When Mitzi was on screen I was drawn to her even when Marilyn shared the screen with her. The dress Marilyn wore in her first number was stunning. Donald O'Connor was excellent especially in his solo with the statues. Ethel Merman was in control, you could tell this was her movie. Some great song and dance numbers are in this musical.
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The title song of this film was one of those tunes that I simply knew due to other films or television series paying homage or make fun of it. I recall myself singing the song in my head, particularly during moments when I pretend to be like an actor or singer of some kind. It is too bad the rest of the film couldn't match the power that titular song was able to deliver.
The film…
Though it is an undeniable treat to watch Donald O'Connor, Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, and Mitzi Gaynor sing and dance to the standards of Irving Berlin, that is about all there is to "There's No Business Like Show Business." Walter Lang's splashy, CinemaScope musical is a Berlin revue with a tiny bit of plot and comedy thrown in to connect the full-bodied musical numbers. It is all very entertaining, but it lacks the narrative stuff of Hollywood's best movie musicals.…
A razor-thin plot is the loose framework for a series of musical numbers. By this point in her career, Monroe is a star - but she's essentially third wheel for much of this film.
Ed Sullivan reportedly said Monroe's sultry performance of "Heat Wave" was "one of the most flagrant violations of good taste" he had ever witnessed. Viewed from a present perspective, it is undeniably provocative. But ol' Ed is likely rolling in his grave over Farrah Abraham.
a good idea and something i thought i'd really like, especially since marilyn monroe and donald o'connor were starring but in reality it was boring and flat. for a long time it felt like the entire movie had no substance or meaning. i liked the ending though, despite it's soapiness.
This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
This garish ,brash fun musical was made in the second year of the cinemascope revolution and directed by 20th Century Fox's in house director Walter Lang. Lang who had a very long career that began with silent films and went on directing movies right up to 1961 with the lowly and ludicrous Snow White and The Three Stooges. He was a decent enough director and is mostly known for directing Betty Grable and Alice Faye in all those interminable 1940's…
Katie was my faves.
Really silly...
Uninventive Cinemascope musical, what makes this worthwhile is the talent in front of the camera. A blustery Ethel Merman dominates, but Donald O'Connor is at his hyperactive best, and Marilyn doing 'Having a Heatwave' is irresistible.
A LOT of musical numbers if this is what you're jonesing for. Nothing too left-field or secretly-openly-homoerotic but the 'Every Sailor Needs a Tattoo' number could qualify as such.


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Aussie Cable added a bug in IPS4 Bug Tracker[Beta 3a] Redirect forum countIf you add a manual redirect count to a redirect forum, the manually added count does not display correctly on the frontend.
Here is a screenshot of the redirect count in the ACP for the redirect forum:
Here is a screenshot of the redirect forum on the frontend:
Clearly, that is incorrectly showing the manually added count on the frontend.
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Aussie Cable added a bug in IPS4 Bug Tracker[Beta 3 - ips_2fa17] Uncaught exceptionWhile this says I am not using a password for mysql - I am................
Wed, 03 Dec 2014 01:56:05 +0000 (Severity: 0) 192.168.1.5 - http://192.168.1.95/ Access denied for user ''@'localhost' (using password: NO) | File | Function | Line No. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------| | /system/Db/Db.php | [IPS\Db\_Exception].__construct | 121 | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------' | /system/Settings/Settings.php | [IPS\_Db].i | 123 | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------' | /system/Settings/Settings.php | [IPS\_Settings].loadFromDb | 84 | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------' | /system/Dispatcher/Standard.php | [IPS\_Settings].__get | 252 | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------' | | [IPS\Dispatcher\_Standard].__destruct | | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now the version previous (Beta 3 - ips_aee99) had no such errors.
I should add, this was a fresh install.
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Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: Fastest software to date?Beta 4.0 performs a tad slower than 3.4.x. But we have done fine tuning for our 3.4.x but not 4.0, we are in the process of doing that with the beta builds. We chose to not bother with any earlier builds because it would be pointless.
We are running a dedicated server in the rack here, which will be much faster than your VPS, so no thanks.
Performance tests are with stats via New Relic . We are in the process of fine tuning for IPS 4.0, and results are encouraging. Id suspect it will get better with final builds.
The point of this topic was to have some discussion about this site , not mine, my site is not of concern (yet).
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: Fastest software to date?After what the staff have been raving about for months, I think I have every right to question something that seems to contradict what they have been saying, don't you?
Why is it too early, staff have been working on this for months, and I am just making an observation, should I just not say anything if I see bad performance on software I am going to purchase?
The point of this topic was to at least get and intelligent discussion from the staff who are working with the software, and not have to put up with the simple comments about "it's too early" or "give it time it is still beta" - I mean it is very clear to me it is beta software, I have been watching the making of it too.
Now on to some intelligent discussion...........
Great to hear that you have found some issues and have had the chance to sort it out, this is very encouraging indeed. I know that you are all working very hard, and I know that when the software is released it will be brilliant.
I do have faith that you guys are working very hard in making this software as efficient as possible, and from what you have just said, proves that to be the case.
Go on, press it, you know you want too
Unfortunately Marc_S you have not added much to this discussion.
Yeah not so much.
General load time of the main site (cleared cache, hence the DNS look-up time):
And general load time of this topic, seems that the processing time has improved, so your tweaks are noted:
But I am trusting that it will improve further over time as you suggest.
I have much trust in that this site will improve in speed, it is clear now that you are aware of performance issues and are working hard to remedy that, and this (for me at least) is very encouraging indeed.
P.S: I am confident in this software so much, that I have purchased (this week) Pages for the first time, because I think I may have use for it. Now it seems to be user friendly.
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: Fastest software to date?and 122 seconds to submit a post? Really.........
Wow you guys have lots of work to do, that is very clear to me.
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: Fastest software to date?I don't know, but you guys (official IPS employees) keep on stating that IPS 4.0 is the fastest version of your software yet, I am not convinced.
This is what it took to load the site today (8.8 seconds):
This is how long it took to login (17.5 seconds):
Now I am in Australia, and it never takes this long to load the site, it is usually only around 2 seconds to load, and about 3 to login. My own beta site is slower than my 3.4.x version. I am yet to be convinced.
Seems I am not the only one seeing this:
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: First Byte Time?Sure, your welcome :thumbsup:
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: First Byte Time?TTFB ( T ime T o F irst B yte) metric is affected by 3 main components of your server infrastructure:
1. Time it takes for a request to propagate through the network to your web server
2. Time it takes for the web server to process the request and generate the response
3. Time it takes for the response to propagate back through the network to a browser
To improve your servers TTFB, you should decrease the amount of time for each of the above components. To know where you should start, you need to know how to measure your servers TTFB.
You can use WebPage Test to see your servers TTFB, another tool is GTmetrix .
A simple way to improve TTFB is to use a CDN, using a CDN may reduce the distance between your members and the server. Other ways, is to disable not needed add-on's and/or modifications of IPB. Some other ways to improve TTFB is to optimize the server back-end, such as using Nginx, PHP-FPM and changing to MariaDB etc however, if you use a host, this may be impossible because you do not have control over what is installed on the server itself. Hence it is best to use a VPS (virtual private server, shared resources) or VDS (virtual dedicated server, dedicated resources) or using a dedicated server (server in the rack).
TTFB is rather important for your own Google search rankings, however in the end it is just as important to your members (and yourself). I recently found an add-on to my own IPB was causing a TTFB of an extra 2000+ms, so it can be a great incite to find issue's where you do not expect them.
Using Zend Op-cache is a great way to decrease TTFB, it can help drastically .
I am sure there are plenty of resources out there to help you improve your TTFB, but it will be difficult if you are using a host and do not have a dedicated server, Google TTFB or Time to first byte, you have much reading to do :thumbsup:
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: Nginx Friendly URLs
This should do it.
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: I did not upload my photosMake sure you have the permissions set correctly for the uploads folder, for a start.
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: bash bug: new vulnerability foundNasty!
Now weaponized. Take a look at this: http://eepurl.com/4aJMH
Thanks CodingJungle for the heads up, appreciate it
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: Which SSH Client you use?
I use JuiceSSH also on my android, it is also rooted and has adfree and I do not see any ads.
Maybe it is time to update adfree? Or your settings are different to mine?
My settings are:
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: Which SSH Client you use?Always used putty
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: User Geolocation RestrictionPetros
I don't know, but usually when someone uses a messaging service like Skype and sends a message, it gets delivered whether the person is using that service or not, I changed my Skype contact details in late 2013 (which you did read in the PM – see: message ID=172971) and I have yet to chat to you on that service to date.
Do you normally consider sending messages to a service with no response and class it as being a resolved issue? Because I have never spoken to you since changing my skype details. Yes if you send messages to my old skype details it will get delivered, but it was not delivered to me. I (like you) save all Skype messages, and to date, there is zero messages under your Skype details.
I never received any of your messages on Skype, ever, if you have talked to someone, it was never me. I thought that would have been clear after the first & second post here regarding that issue.
I opened Skype just now and sent you a message, no response (Yes I see that you are online). So clearly something is wrong here.
Enough squabble regarding Skype, you have my new details and have had them since late 2013 but never used it.
Now as for the issue, yes I agree that if you use the service that calls: http://www.yourdomain.com/folder/index.php?app=core&module=global§ion=register
Then yes, I agree it would add some time to the load time, and I am ok with that, but not on every page load , that is the complaint.
I would prefer to talk to you personally and sort this issue away from the public, so we can come to some amicable resolution.
P.S: I know some things get said in the heat of the moment, but look at it from my point of view - no response in over 6 months!
Aussie Cable added a post in a topic: User Geolocation RestrictionJust to prove my point, here is a test of your own site 3DKiwi, and it looks the same pattern as with mine.
Webpage test (adds around 1000ms to your TTFB):
And GTMetrix (approx 917ms):
Of course in the real world, these times may be more/less.
Mind you, I cant disable the application to prove it improves your TTFB, so you should be able to do this. I would appreciate you doing a comparison to see if I am on to something here.
Look, I am not trying to be unreasonable here, just trying to get some help with an issue I brought to light 6 months ago, although - I think I am have been wasting my time, quite frankly.
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If you're looking to try out your German translation skills the German company no man's land contacted us and is looking for submissions for its 2011 issue coming out in November. no man's land is now accepting poetry and prose electronically and by mail. If interested contact Isabel Cole. Viel Glück!
Call for Submissions – no man's land # 6
Contemporary German-language fiction and poetry in English translation.
Deadline: August 6, 2011.
no man's land, the online journal for contemporary German literature in translation, is seeking submissions for its 2011 issue.
For prose, send up to 3 texts (stories or self-contained novel excerpts, max. 4,000 words each) by one or different contemporary* writers. For poetry, send work by up to 3 poets, each to a maximum of 5 poems. No simultaneous submissions, please, and – with some possible exceptions** – no previously-published translations. The deadline is August 6, 2011 (postmark date), and we will inform contributors by early September 2011; the issue will go online in November. We regret that we are unable to offer honoraria.
Please include your contact information, biographical and publication information (for both translator and author) and a copy of the original. Also, please provide proof of permission from the original publisher and/or author – whoever holds the rights to the piece (this could be a copy of a letter, or forward us an e-mail).
If you can include the original text in file format (PDF or other), we prefer that you send submissions electronically to Isabel Cole at email@example.com. Otherwise, mail them to no man's land, PO Box 02 13 04, 10125 Berlin, Germany.
To save us time and keep us from misplacing your work, please observe the following guidelines for electronic submissions:
1) Submit all texts (poems or prose) by one author in the same file (i.e. not a separate file for each little poem).
2) Name the file with your translation as follows: pr for prose, ly for poetry_your last name_the author's last name_e. So Anthea Bell's translation of prose by E. T. A. Hoffmann would be: pr_bell_hoffmann_e.doc. Name the file with the original the same way, but ending with _dt (pr_bell_hoffmann_dt.doc). Stephen Mitchell's translation of Rilke poems would be ly_mitchell_rilke_e.doc, and the original would be ly_mitchell_rilke_dt.doc.
Apologies if this sounds complicated, but it really would be a great help!
For more information, see our "Translators' Tips" on the no man's land website and feel free to contact us at the above e-mail address.
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*Defined more or less as writers currently active, or active in the later 20th/early 21st century. When in doubt, query!
This started a while ago, but Rose Mary Salum of Entre los espacios has been interviewing a number of translation journals/magazines about issues of readership, editing, etc., with pretty interesting results.
Each question is a separate post, so here are links to the four already online, along with a quote from one of the responses. (Just for the record, editors from CALQUE, Absinthe, Words Without Borders, Tameme, One Edit, No Man's Land, and CipherJournal are being interviewed.)
Question #1 is about the perceived lack of interest in international literature among English readers.
Brandon Holmquest from CALQUE: I'm not sure if I agree with the idea that readers are disinclined to read things from other countries. There are a hell of a lot of people in this country who are not readers, and a great many who read things like genre fiction. It does the publisher of serious literature, translated or not, no good to consider these people as readers. A record label that puts out hip-hop records cares about hip-hop fans, people who hate music and rock fans can take of themselves.
Question #2: What would seem to be the essential editorial challenge when working with translations?
Tim Adkins from One Edit: Make it interesting.
Question #3: Is expression in one language completely transmittable into another language?
Dwayne Hayes from Absinthe: I'm not sure the thoughts in our own heads are completely transmittable in our own language! That said, translation stands on its own as a literary work and is definitely capable of transmitting the heart of the text.
Question #4: Should the question be more about how much of a culture we try to transmit and how much we intervene, when working with our journals?
Samantha Schnee from Words Without Borders: The mission statement of WWB sums this up nicely: Words Without Borders opens doors to international exchange through translation, publication, and promotion of the world's best writing. WWB publishes selected prose and poetry on the web and in print anthologies (the next one to focus on the Islamic world), stages special events that connect foreign writers to the general public and media, develops materials for high school teachers to use foreign literature in classrooms, and continues to build an unparalleled online resource center for contemporary global writing.
Not sure if there are more questions to come, but what's available so far provides an interesting look into these diverse translation journals—all of which are worth checking out in their own right.
Absinthe points us to no man's land, an online journal dedicated to German translations. We're a tiny bit late to the game, as this is their 2nd issue, but better late than never. According to the site, they are: "more than just an online literary magazine, no man's land is an information resource and forum for the German- and English-speaking literary communities in Berlin and beyond."
The 2nd issue features pieces by Julia Franck and Clemens Meyer.
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Indonesia is mainly known for its brutal death metal scene, but it also has a growing black metal scene. Vallendusk is the latest band to emerge from this scene, as they have released their first EP just this year.
The first thing I noticed was the European influence that's present in the acoustic guitars that show up on occasion. You have the internet to thank for that. The second thing I noticed was how energetic the music was. Generally, atmospheric black metal is a mid-paced affair, but the music Vallendusk plays is pretty fast-paced, and the riffs are, dare I say it, upbeat.
The screams have a bit of a hardcore feel to them, but they manage to fit in with the music quite nicely. The drums are pretty standard for this kind of release, with its blasts and double bass and the occasional fills, but they're still well-performed nonetheless. Like every other Indonesian metal band, the best element is the guitar. The riff have an unusually large amount of melody and draw a great deal of influence from post rock, and there's even this one riff at the beginning of "Foghymn" that sounds like it was drawn straight from the Norwegian scene.
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Universities, John Edwards and the Entertainment-Copyright Complex
May 30, 2005 | 9:27 pm
By David Rothman
Had Nikita Khrushchev really banged his shoe against a desk at the U.N. in October 1960? The spring before, missiles had downed an American U-2 spy plane deep in Soviet territory, and Khrushchev was now waging the Cold War in full fury after a delegate from the Philippines accused the USSR of "swallowing up" Eastern Europe. Witnesses could not agree whether or not the shoe had hit the desk. But something else was clear on a grander level. When Dwight Eisenhower gave his farewell address in early 1961, Washington was undeniably fixated on defeating the Russians. Many in Eisenhower's place would have left office while simply mouthing the usual platitudes in favor of A Strong Defense.
Instead, however, although a retired general, Eisenhower warned of the need to "guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." More than a few Democrats–I'm one–could appreciate the Eisenhower's principles and perspicacity here. Ike saw a need for the military but did not want it to dominate American life. Eisenhower was seeking a middle ground by the standards of the time, and I wonder how he would have felt today about a different complex–the Entertainment-Copyright Complex. Hollywood's copyright zealots own Washington, as shown by their massive campaign donations and their sleazy legislative initiatives. Someday could the Entertainment-Copyright Complex own academia as well?
No, the Motion Picture Association of America isn't exactly appointing law school deans yet. But academics who protested Pentagon-funded research in past decades would do well to ponder the ultimate role of the Entertainment-Copyright Complex in society as a whole and on the campus in particular. The mass media, in line with a built-in conflict of interest as copyright owners, have mostly kept Americans in the dark.
Eight realities and possibilities
Still, here are eight realities and possibilities for academics and others to ponder about the complex:
1. The destructive political dominance of Hollywood over Silicon Valley and even the powerful telecom industry, which enjoys revenues many times higher than those of the content providers. America's techno-giants are not the only ones harmed. Just like the more gung-ho members of the Military-Industrial Complex, Hollywood wants national priorities artificially distorted in its favor at the expense of innovation and the small guy. Hollywood was hardly the sole cause of the dotcom crash, but by contributing to the risks of investing in high-tech startups, its lawyer and campaign donors didn't help. Never mind that broadband was the future. Entertainment lobbyists like Jack Valenti, then CEO of the MPAA, feared that it would let people pirate movies faster. Hollywood donors responded accordingly and apparently haven't stopped. Just one producer, with or without the MPAA's copyright policies in mind, gave more than $900,000 to John Edwards' political action committee early in the last president campaign. No explanation came from either Edwards or the donor, in spite of efforts to elicit one. Could someone have nicely reminded the producer–with a career dependent on the goodwill of companies such as Time Warner–that donations to Edwards would be a career-enhancer?
2. An outrage in Spain, where a university lecturer lost his job because he insisted on giving a speech in favor of legitimate uses of file sharing. A blog headline in a way harkened back to peace protests during the Cold War: "Why corporate cash shouldn't fund academic research." A preview of the distant future at a U.S. university when the MPAA and related organizations such as the Recording Industry Association of America can destroy the careers of law professors? Don't be so fast in dismissing the possibility. James Boyle, now a law professor at Duke but then at American University in Washington, D.C., had his career threatened by none other than Bruce Lehman, Bill Clinton's cyberspace-law czar who paved the way for the Hollywood-bought copyright legislation of the Clinton era. This is no mere rumor. An article about the incident even appeared in the Washington Times.
3. The possibility that Hollywood millionaires and billionaires could band together to make substantial gifts to law schools dealing with entertainment law–raising the question of whether American professors in the future may lose their jobs if they stray too far from the Hollywood line. We're not necessarily talking about the present, but very much about the need for continued vigilance. American law has already reached the point where a prize-winning civil rights documentary must be withdrawn from the market because the copyright-related costs were too high. Do we really want professors to be intimidated to teach the Hollywood line? Duke received a million-dollar anonymous donation from a white hat in the copyright debate, and it is not difficult to imagine the other side doing the same at other schools. A million, in fact, is chump change to entertainment billionaires, who could easily outbid well-meaning foundations. Meanwhile, as shown by the American Association of University Presses' hostility toward Google Print, university campuses certainly have their own bastions of copyright zealotry. Could it eventually expand to law schools?
4. The arrival of now-Prof. John Edwards, beneficiary of massive contributions from Entertainment-Copyright Complex as noted, at the University of North Carolina to set up an anti-poverty center. While in Washington, Prof. Edwards sat on a Senate committee dealing with intellectual property questions. But not a syllable passes through the Senator's lips on the topic of copyright outageous like the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. If the poverty center is like its founder, there might not be any serious examination of the threat that the Entertainment-Copyright Complex poses to Poverty Fighter Number One–education. Why must Prof. Edwards be mute on copyright issues? Moreover, suppose his wife's health problems worsen and he decides to forego another presidential run and instead build an academic career at UNC, maybe even someday as dean of the law school.
5. The concerted efforts of the American Entertainment-Copyright Complex to squeeze as much money as it can from the rest of the world, including impoverished Third World countries, through anti-consumer copyright strategies.
6. The fact that someday, not soon but perhaps eventually, the Entertainment-Copyright might actually cause a war or at least help cause one or prolong one. What could you say when Washington hired Hilary Rosen, at the time the CEO of the RIAA, as a consultant to help rewrite Iraqi copyright law? Inflicting our laws on the rest of the world is hardly the shortest path to lasting peace.
7. The steady erosion of free speech in the United States and many other countries, created by enlarging the control of copyright owners over their content. Remember, Jack Valenti wants copyright owners to control their properties forever, short of a day. It is hard to determine just what a Valenti-esque society would be like–whether individual heirs or corporations would own the content. Either way, the results would be ugly. Give business and the rich people too much power, blur the distinction between the public and the private in a corrupt way, and over the very long term, the path is open to fascism. The existence of media monopolies only magnifies the possible dangers.
8. The Hollywood-encouraged creation of Digital Rights Management schemes, which could potentially be exploited by dictators both in the United States and elsewhere. Industry and government can use DRM to limit access to information to those forced to pay a price in either money or privacy. Certainly some members of the Copyright-Entertainment Complex value their privacy. If you doubt this, just try to contact the Hilary Rosen through the email address associated HilaryRosen.com, registered in the name of her partner.
Some nuances
Do the above paragraphs mean that Jack Valenti, a War World II veteran who fought the forces of Hitler and Mussolini, is a fascist or communist–given the sleazy industry-government connections and the command-driven approach for important parts of the U.S. economy? Or that Hilary Rosen is? Or maybe Bruce Lehman, who, during his encounter toward James Boyle, might as well be wearing jackboots? I don't think so, although Lehman shows signs of another ideology, DMCAism.
Even I myself am willing to see some usefulness in the Entertainment-Copyright Complex. Like Hitler, the Soviets wanted their own lebensraum at neighboring countries' expense; and, however Strangelovian, the B-52s of the Military-Industrial Complex did serve a purpose. Similarly I believe in the need for fair, sensible copyright law. I can even understand the usefulness of a legal system enabling Hollywood studios to amass enough money for Titanic-style films, at least with less piggish paychecks for the stars and moguls. In future years, you'll be able to use a variety of sophisticated software modules to create your own Titanic and Kate Winslet, but the time isn't here yet despite some impressive developments reported in J.D. Lasica's Darknet. So for the moment, if you like blockbusters, yes, the Entertainment-Copyright Complex serves a purpose for you right now
The Complex has other virtues. Along with other elements of mass American culture, U.S. films have even proven to be a unifier of sorts. None other than the dictator of North Korea is passionate fan of U.S. movies, and his son even sneaked into Japan to try to take in an offshoot of Disneyland. Such a fixation could inhibit a future urge to nuke Tokyo. The rule, as suggested by Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, is that countries with McDonald's franchises don't go to war with each other. Perhaps U.S. taxpayers should help starving North Koreans to buy Big Macs at a special Mickey D's in Pyongyang.
Compared to certain other countries, America lags in such areas as human rights and freedom of the press, and, yes, greater cultural diversity could help on the Internet and in movie theaters; but the world could do worse than to watch Titanic and visit Disneyland together. If nothing else, junk movies notwithstanding, Hollywood over time has come out with its share of classics in the vein of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Citizen Kane.
Buying silence from Mr. Smith?
The problem is Hollywood in recent years has successfully thrown millions even in the direction of politicians depicted as Real Life Mr. Smiths. The self-made John Edwards is a prime example as founder of the anti-poverty center at the University of North Carolina. I had hoped that in his post-Washington days, Prof. Edward could finally take a stand against the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. Prof. Edwards' wife once studied to be an English teacher, and both husband and wife can surely understand what it would have meant if the Bono Act hadn't passed and if schoolchildren could now download The Great Gatsby for free off the Internet. And of course, Prof. Edwards is the son of a textile worker and let his office represent him in Washington as "the people's senator."
Just the same, this "populist" ignored my question submitted during one of those podcasts where he is supposed to try to answer "each and every" query. Three Carolina bloggers, Ed Cone in Greensboro, Brian Russell of AudioActivism.org, and Eric Muller at the UNC Law School, have written of Edwards' puzzling silence. And yet it goes on. Does this mean that Edwards does not really care what the UNC community thinks? That the UNC-Edwards match is just a mating between a prestige-oriented university and a sexy politician who, via his donations to set up the center, purchased Chapel Hill's good name? It does not help that months after the announcement, the center's Web page has yet to list its first staff hiring–suggesting that the poverty center might be mostly a clubby PR gimmick for Edwards and UNC.
Hollywood's Manchurian candidate?
By speaking out on Bono and the DMCA and the like, Prof. Edwards could show he cared more about education and anti-poverty efforts than about Valenti-style lobbyists and political donors. Within the limits of academic standards, the center could highlight the relationship between Draconian copyright laws and the diminished opportunities that the poor would enjoy for education and civic participation. The world would know that he was not Hollywood's Manchurian Candidate, quietly biding his time. U.S. copyright law does not revolve around Prof. Edwards and UNC, but his speaking out on copyright, with a school-and-library perspective, would send a message to other prominent politicians in the Democratic Party. Hillary Clinton, his main rival, just might follow, along with John Kerry and others. If Sen. Clinton did not, then Prof. Edwards' forthrightness on copyright would be one way to distinguish the two leading Democratic prospects for '08.
More than a few times in his life, Prof. Edwards has framed political questions in terms of, "Is it right?" This is a chance to apply the same principle and along the way elevate his national stature. Right now I can think of another ex-politician, Jack Glickman, former director of the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government, who sold out to Hollywood to become Jack Valenti's successor. Given enough time and money, people like Glickman may work to sway academia the way the Entertainment-Copyright Complex has corrupted Washington. Meanwhile I have already outlined what might follow in time if permanent copyright and other atrocities happened and America stopped being America. Let the firing of the Spanish lecturer and Bruce Lehman's bullying of James Boyle serve as warnings against a society dominated by thuggish black suits from Hollywood and politicians and bureaucrats willing to do the complex's bidding. Politicians like Prof. Edwards could help by acting like Eisenhower instead of Glickman.
Update, 6:35 a.m., June 27: Continuing to revise.
This post is a prime example of the hysteria that liberals are trying to whip around the issue of IP theft. Your problem isn't with the RIAA, it's with the fact that America is based on the free-market. Why don't you find a socialist country to join where all the music is given away freely? Then maybe you'll realize why everyone prefers the evil-empire created music: free-markets create better products.
Get over it.
"Freemarketers create better products."
Exactly my belief as well. In fact, that's why I'm disturbed over the domination of the entertainment industry by RIAA-type groups–which care less about the entertainment biz as a whole than about the welfare of the usual suspects. What's more, if you love competition, maybe you can do something about the outrageous fees that the big boys charge for permissions. Those are just two examples. See Darknet, J.D. Lasica's book, subject of a forthcoming review in the TeleBlog. Thanks for writing. – DR
"Why don't you find a socialist country to join where all the music is given away freely? Then maybe you'll realize why everyone prefers the evil-empire created music: free-markets create better products."
The DMCA does only one thing: it takes our capitalist society and turns it into a COMMAND ECONOMY (that's right, communism).
By allowing the **AA's to imprison and sue those who merely create the computer equivalent of the screwdriver, our government has given them all the leverage they need to FORCIBLY DICTATE the design of new technologies to tech companies completely unrelated to "their" music and movies.
Another standard characteristic of a free capitalist market is the existence of private individual property. DRM is depriving people of that right by micromanaging THEIR purchased property against their will in their own homes, thus depriving them of said right to personal property. Without the concept of personal ownership, it is arguable that a capitalist system will collapse.
The DMCA has turned our economy into a nearly communist regime with the copyright cartels appointed as the "commanders" of our new command economy.
Plasmacutter, our whole economy is far from "a nearly communist regaime." But, in effect, within the area of high tech, Valenti and crew are certainly doing their parts to effect a command-driven approach. Thanks for your perspective comments. I hope you'll act on them.
Especially I hope you'll spread word about John Edwards and encourage people to ask why he hasn't spoken out against the Entertainment-Copyright Complex.
Drug companies are fair game for him, and during a podcast, if I'm not mistaken, his wife even used the word "bought" to describe certain government activities or legislation that the companies had influenced. But when it comes to copyright law, Edwards is mum, mum, mum despite having been "the People's Senator."
The longer he is silent, the more likely it is that he's Hollywood's Manchurian Candidate for '08.
You and others can email Edwards via his poverty center at the University of North Carolina. While I've been blunt in my commentaries, I would strongly encourage people not to flame Edwards–just to remind him politely that Hollywood-bought copyright law has been a disaster for the tech and telecom industries, which, in revenue, dwarf the entertainment biz.
I'm hardly expecting zillions of e-mails to pour into John Edwards' office, but this is a start. Of the prospective Democratic candidates for '08, he might well be the most likely to speak out against copyright term extension and the DMCA. One reason? To uphold his "populist" rep. Another? He has so much to explain–such as the huge donations from producer Steve Bing early in Edwards' previous presidential campaign.
If we can turn around Edwards, some others in both parties might well follow.
Copyrighter Said, "Why don't you find a socialist country to join where all the music is given away freely?"
The DMCA has made this country a socialist country. So why move to another socialist country?
If anything, I will find a "free country" if there are any more left in the world!


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Kevin Jenkins emerged through the doors of Becknell Gymnasium with a smile on his face and an outstretched arm. Shaking a lot of hands — that's what coaches do, right? Over the past 27 years, Jenkins has shaken many hands, and after reaching his 200th win last season at Lyon College, he's smiled a lot, too.
Cord-Charlotte students elect Romney as president
updated: 11/02/2012 9:59 a.m. Discuss
Students at Cord-Charlotte Elementary School sported "I voted" stickers after they voted in their own presidential election Tuesday morning. Gregg Cooper, the school's principal, said that this is the third time the school has participated in a mock presidential election, and in the last two, the students accurately predicted the outcome of the actual election. The results of the 2012 mock election at Cord-Charlotte was Mitt Romney, 70; Barack Obama, 58.
Potluck meal to help raise funds for homeless mission
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Homelessness and hunger are everywhere, and no one is immune to either. The people of White County are no exception. Each year, just before Thanksgiving, the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness cosponsor National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week, which is Nov. 11-17.
Selfless servant: Batesville educator recognized for work with children
updated: 11/02/2012 9:47 a.m. Discuss
Lorrie McClure's son Matthew has achalasia, a rare condition causing his esophagus to become nonfunctioning. Because of the condition, she and Matthew must make regular trips to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. But McClure doesn't let that stop her from making time to devote to the futures of all the other children in Independence County as the Parents as Teachers and supplemental programs coordinator for the Batesville School District.
A feast for everyone: Community Thanksgiving Feast a family affair
updated: 10/31/2012 11:17 a.m. Discuss
Heather and Dane Moore take the traditional family Thanksgiving feast a few steps farther and welcome the entire community for dinner. Heather said she has a servant's heart. After she and her husband, Dane, volunteered at a community Thanksgiving dinner in Lonoke, they decided that it would be a great thing to bring to Cabot.
School garners national award for its healthier environment
updated: 10/31/2012 11:19 a.m. Discuss
It took two years of hard work by the staff and students at Eagle Mountain Magnet Elementary School to achieve a national award for their efforts to create a healthier school environment and generation, but that work was recently recognized on a national level.
Jacksonville shop hanging up costumes for good
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After Wednesday night, when children dress in costume and go door to door in search of candy, a Halloween tradition in Jacksonsville will come to an end — the Costume Corner will close its doors after 25 years of outfitting children and adults for their night of hiding behind masks.
Flavor madness: Family turns hobby into homegrown business
updated: 10/26/2012 8:52 a.m. Discuss
Amanda Martin poured some Black Dandy tea into a cup as she offered her guests some chocolate-chip scones and gluten-free lavender cookies. The tea is a blend of Earl Grey, black tea and roasted dandelion. That may seem like an odd combination, but Martin and her mother, Bonnie Graham, are in the business of combining unexpected flavors into jellies, teas, coffees, baked goods, ice cream and syrups. In fact, one of their most popular combinations is orange citrus rosemary jelly.
Bon voyage: Midland High students preparing to continue study-abroad program
updated: 10/24/2012 9:03 a.m. Discuss
Midland High School students are preparing for another trip to discover other cultures. So far, eight students are on board for the third trip the school will sponsor through the Discovery Student Adventure Program. This time, the students will leave in June 2013 for an eight-day adventure to France and Spain.
State trooper receives award
updated: 10/24/2012 8:59 a.m. Discuss
It's not an everyday occurrence that an Arkansas state trooper draws his gun, and it is a rarity that he may have to fire at a suspect. Every morning, Claudette Jones said, she prays that her husband will come home safely.


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|With 50 int, I would have personally gone for enchanted modifying, that means the Balder Sword would scale with your intellegence stat. ^_^
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You can have my BSS if you want it qf, it's just gathering dust...
LB, you really are a massive geek.
Architect_z wrote:Well yeah, but I already have three enchanted weapons.
With 50 int, I would have personally gone for enchanted modifying, that means the Balder Sword would scale with your intellegence stat. ^_^
Does Gwyn bleed?
LB, you really are a massive geek.
He aint got time to bleed!
@quadfather , just take comfort in the fact that only fags use the B.S.S.
Real men use clubs!!!
I think we should all have a whip round to gather all our spare BSSs for Quad.
It'll have the added benefit of clearing out a ton of space for our Bottomless Boxes as well. Personally I'm getting sick of scrolling through a bunch of identical swords.
A Quad In Need
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@ProfessorLesser Where do you pick up the Balder Side Sword? I farm and kill the Baldur knights in the undead parish quite often to get tranite and souls, and I've only ever got a rapier from them or baldur armor parts.
@SlackMaster - tell me about it
It's either the sword wielding balder knights in the parish, or the two near the top of sens
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I'me moving on in Sen's fortress now, and managed to save Big Hat Logan so have access to some more powerful magic, although they are very expensive... 40,000 for the soul spear! :s
Picked up soul mass last night but lost about 14,000 souls by getting eaten by a mimic chest... the bastardo!!! It was one one at the bottom of the second rolling boulder slope.
Going to play a bit more tonight to farm for green tranite and souls for some more spells. Any good areas to farm for souls?
I tried the dark root forest and get my arse handed to me, but am ok killing a few drakes in the valley of the drakes for 1000 souls a piece.
Soul farming - you're not going to beat Darkroot Garden through the Artorias gate.
LB, you really are a massive geek.
I'd say the best way to get souls is to do co-op on the bosses, Other than that, running and killing everything in the darkroot will get you atleast 10's of thousands. If you kill all trees, stone giants, NPC's.
@LeoliansBro I was watching Mike, on cinemassacre, farming for souls in the darkroot forest area, and he was just down the side of the steps by the Artorias door holding his shield up and all the forest guardians were just runnign up the stairs then jumping down and falling off the cliff.
I have the prepare to die edition on the ps3 and I haven't been able to repicate that.
That's funny, because it was supposed to have been patched out, but it still occurred for me (thankfully) in a bravado moment of stupidity (thought I was still in covenant). PTD edition too, so I'd guess the AI pathing has a possibility that it'll still happen, but not a certainty as before.
Me ? Farming AL, parrying Silver Knights, flambe the two Sentinels, about 11k and Titanite chunks with the Gold Serpent ring, along with O&S summons mixed in.
oldschoolsoviet wrote:Me too, after beating O+S, spawing at that bonfire and doing a run for the royal sentinels and the knight got me about 7000 every few mins plus chunks with the ring. Excellent spot.
Me ? Farming AL, parrying Silver Knights, flambe the two Sentinels, about 11k and Titanite chunks with the Gold Serpent ring, along with O&S summons mixed in.
@SlackMaster That's once you get to that bit of course.
Personally I'm off to do some farming of Forest Hunters before I join the Forest Hunters so I can meet thingy in stinkville and buy a demon machete. Yessir. That's my plan.
Also. I have the Dragon Greatsword from Ash Lake. Need 50 str to wield the bloody thing and it doesn't scale so... Is it actually worth using?
The main problem with this approach to the Darkroot Garden is that you need to MAN THE FUCK UP. Get stuck in, if you can't fight and win against these pussies then an exploit will not make your willy one atom larger. Go hit the mage twat to death with your Zweihander, let the invisible thief dance all he likes in front of you before blanging off your shield (at which point you may proceed to hit him to death with your Zweihander). The cleric doesn't like taking damage, he will pray to his Gods for relief after a couple of hits, at which point you can hit him to death with your Zweihander. The Bandit Barbarian Bastard is a little more tricky. Wait for him to make his move and miss, and while he's recovering be sure to be two-handed when you hit him to death with your Zweihander.
I assume you've dealt with the two knights and the girly archer? If not I have a seven word strategy for them too.
Edited by LeoliansBro at 14:47:21 05-07-2013
LB, you really are a massive geek.
@oldschoolsoviet Are you talking about the path towards the Moonlight Butterfly or the area of the forest with the guardians?
Am I the only one who gets that annoying Dolmio ad in my head whenever the game gives you a Titanite Chaaaaank?
It drives me crazy.
@LeoliansBro - you've made me relive the zweihander again - thanks for that
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@Architect_z Also co-op runs are a bit more fun too, if you're not in the mentality for an OCD circuit of an area repeatedly.
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I waited for about 45 minutes to get a co-op go of Artorias in last night, with no successful summons/summonings whatsoever
ProfessorLesser wrote:Hard place to get summons as people with bodies there tend to get set upon by other players being summoned to take them on.
I waited for about 45 minutes to get a co-op go of Artorias in last night, with no successful summons/summonings whatsoever
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playing PC version
EDIT: There were plenty of summon signs coming and going...
Edited by ProfessorLesser at 19:29:04 05-07-2013
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Yes another reason i went back to PS3, that and hackers.
Could help you with artorias next week if you'd want or if you're still not past him by that time.
Edited by Rajin at 19:48:31 05-07-2013
Regarding farming ? I'm talking Anor Londooooooooooo ! My bestest, favouritest place evah. That's yet to come for you if you're still in the Gardens.
What level are you ? 55 myself, so anything around 35+ and I could, by the slimmest of margins, be of possible help.
Need to balance the karma after a day of invading, and trying to re-introduce some BP etiquette.....
/bows, drops one Humanity, backs away
/host eyes shiftily, quickly grabs drop, backs away, realisation
/two complimentary bows, then RUMBLE !
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Sif was simpler then expected and I've done him first try.
Didn't explore down there much further, i'll get back to it eventually.
Then I've farmed that single black knight on the roof of Sen's fortress for at least 20 large titanite shards - upgraded my Wanderer gear then hit Anor londo.Got into some church infested with medic-ninja's and then my curiosity got the better of me so now I'm stuck inside a painting with seemingly no way out.
Why oh why did I have to poke?
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